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… a consciousness—even if only in its semi-human passive obedience to the influences of time, change, decay, and the … sentinel were now, as ever, on guard within it, he also made no sign of his presence. Unhasteningly, like water … past, were within view; and even moonlight and lanternlight combined were powerless to reveal anything or anybody that …

… We lie on the rocks and enjoy the simpleness of it, Just bodies, not a sister or brother. Old strap welts Pale in the … Baron Wormser, from “Families,” Summer 1984   The competition of life is keenest between those organisms which … Henry Pratt Fairchild, “Battling Impulses,” Fall 1926   This craving to see the ocean again had started, …

… extraction, he had been born and raised in America and felt completely separate from these rich visitors who were … success was iffy, and Porter had been avoiding expensive meals. That night Diane pried shells apart with a vengeance, … was impossible not to feel sorry for him; Mark’s wife had died a few years earlier. He was the only man Porter knew …

… Current Books, Summer 1991 If current academic literary studies seem in danger of giving up the ghost in a morass of … interest so many people. Wandering Ghost: The Odyssey of Lafcadio Hearn , by Jonathan Cott. Knopf $24.95 The strange … Straus & Giroux $18.95 Narrated from the alternating points of view of its four main characters, this novel …

… to the New American Nation Series is one of the most comprehensive and significant of a series that has already … In St. Petersburg, his troops were positioned at strategic points around the city, ready to confront a massive … marched; the troops responded with gunfire. Hundreds died, many more were injured. The legend and the myth of …