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November 19, 1987 Issue
- 17 Articles
[+]
Slyest of the Foxes
(Review)
E.J. Hobsbawm
, pp. 3-6
Duke Ellington, by James Lincoln Collier
Duke Ellington
by James Lincoln Collier
Little Testament
Eugenio Montale
, p. 7
[+]
Casey's Case
(Review)
Thomas Powers
, pp. 8-11
Veil, by Bob Woodward
Veil
by Bob Woodward
[+]
The Last Bengali Renaissance Man
(2 Reviews)
Ian Buruma
, pp. 12-16
The Unicorn Expedition, and Other Fantastic Tales of India, by Satyajit Ray
The Unicorn Expedition, and Other Fantastic Tales of India
by Satyajit Ray
The Home and the World (1985 Film)
by Satyajit Ray
[+]
Off to a Bad Start
(2 Reviews)
David Joravsky
, pp. 17-20
The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846-1876, by Robert V. Bruce
The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846-1876
by Robert V. Bruce
Controlling Life
by Philip J. Pauly
[+]
Grace Street Blues
(Review)
Robert Towers
, pp. 21-22
Presumed Innocent, by Scott Turow
Presumed Innocent
by Scott Turow
'Slave, Come to My Service!'
Joseph Brodsky
, p. 23
[+]
The Family Business
(Review)
Murray Kempton
, p. 24
I Pledge Allegiance, by Howard Blum
I Pledge Allegiance
by Howard Blum
[+]
The Case of the Colorblind Painter
(5 Reviews)
Oliver Sacks and Robert Wasserman
, pp. 25-33
Some Uncommon Observations About Vitiated Sight, by Robert Boyle
Some Uncommon Observations About Vitiated Sight
by Robert Boyle
Caspar Hauser
by P.J. Anselm von Feuerbach
Treatise on Physiological Optics
by Hermann von Helmholtz
Vision
by David Marr
Remarks on Colour
by Ludwig Wittgenstein and G.E.M. Anscombe
Pat Robertson's Catalog Essay for a New Exhibition of Paintings by David Salle
Veronica Geng
, p. 34
[+]
Frankenstein's Mother
(2 Reviews)
Claire Tomalin
, pp. 35-37
Mary Shelley, by Muriel Spark
Mary Shelley
by Muriel Spark
The Journals of Mary Shelley
by Paula R. Feldman, Diana Scott-Kilvert, and Mary Shelley, ...
[+]
The Lash and the Knout
(Review)
C. Vann Woodward
, pp. 38-43
Unfree Labor, by Peter Kolchin
Unfree Labor
by Peter Kolchin
[+]
Indian English
(Review)
Jug Suralyn
, pp. 44-45
Hobson-Jobson, by Henry Yule, A.C. Burnell, and William Crooke
Hobson-Jobson
by Henry Yule, A.C. Burnell, and William Crooke
[+]
Much Ado About Everything
(Review)
Robert M. Adams
, pp. 46-49
The Bottom Translation, by Jan Kott
The Bottom Translation
by Jan Kott
[+]
A New Montaigne
(Review)
Natalie Zemon Davis
, pp. 50-53
Montaigne in Motion, by Jean Starobinski
Montaigne in Motion
by Jean Starobinski
[+]
The Conscientious Spy
(2 Reviews)
Stephen Toulmin
, pp. 54-60
Klaus Fuchs, Atom Spy, by Robert Chadwell Williams
Klaus Fuchs, Atom Spy
by Robert Chadwell Williams
Klaus Fuchs
by Norman Moss
Letters
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, Stanley Hoffmann, and John Schrecker, ...
, pp. 61-64
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