"A collection of contemporary writing."

Editor: Alexander Trocchi.

Imprint varies. With v. 2, no. 2, the editorial address changed to English Bookshop, Paris. Vol. 1- v. 2, no. 1 carry : "Alice Jane Lougee (Publisher)--Limerick, Maine." on title page.

"Alexander Trocchi edited the review Merlin (published by Alice Jane Lougee) during its brief run of seven numbers from May 1952 to Spring 1955. The magazine was printed by French printers and had for its editorial addresses two Paris bookshops, Librarie Mistral and The English Bookshop, both centers for an expatriate group of writers in the 1950s."--Http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/mlc/findingaids/wtutrocc.html#series9.

See: The continual pilgrimage : American writers in Paris, 1944-1960 / Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno (New York : Grove Press, 1992), p. 129 ff.

Also issued online.