… if we dwelt inland, where the magic of seeing our theater come splashing around a bend in the river was denied us, we … were praised. Like old fashioned American architecture—falsely grand and noisy in the 1850’s—old fashioned American … “Otranto” and “Udolpho.” Alongside of the bad writing that dies soon, come the greater works of the romantic spirit, …
… Frederic Prokosch. Harper. $2.50. The Power House. By Alex Comfort. Viking. $3.00. The Ballad and the Source. By … or directly, the phenomenon of war; the other five are studies in family life, where a kind of undeclared war, … for astonishment over their deaths, wounds, or survivals. Kersh’s prose, like Stephen Crane’s, is distinguished …
Reporting
… history and impact . The social networking book cataloging website has even found fans among our own Thomas Jefferson …
… By William Ralph Inge. New York: Longmans, Green and Company. $4.00. The Limitations of Science. By J. W. N. … illustrations, metaphors, selecting with a particular audience in mind. The result is Babel. The Very Reverend … to the total course of things. Pushed into the future, it points to a time when all things will be at one temperature, …
Talisman
… shells for her family and friends. That, I admire. I also admire Jean-Paul Sartre’s work, but I am, again, not so … 3 p.m., when you think that you’re about to fall into a coma. She also sneaked in one cup of strong but milky tea in … the popcorn has is offset by the unpronounceable ingredients of a topping that bills itself as “all natural.” …
… a low hum vibrating in the back of his head. Sometimes he also saw her in the faces of people around him who had known … Deep sleep was the only place where he found some peace and comfort. Whenever Jon thought of traveling, he considered a … altered dosage and new drugs were administered. When she died, he was forced to remember those words vividly. “You …