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June 29, 2000 Issue
- 19 Articles
[+]
Conservative Rebel
(Review)
Hilary Mantel
, p. 4
Selected Letters of Rebecca West, by Bonnie Kime Scott and Rebecca West
Selected Letters of Rebecca West
by Bonnie Kime Scott and Rebecca West
A Short History of Humanity
William H. McNeill
, pp. 5-11
[+]
Found Horizon
(2 Reviews)
Ian Buruma
, pp. 12-16
Virtual Tibet, by Orville Schell
Virtual Tibet
by Orville Schell
The Search for the Panchen Lama
by Isabel Hilton
Crossroads in the Past
John Ashbery
, p. 17
[+]
Close to the Edge
(Review)
Gabriele Annan
, pp. 18-19
Mr. Phillips, by John Lanchester
Mr. Phillips
by John Lanchester
[+]
Our Fellow Animals
(2 Reviews)
Ian Hacking
, pp. 20-26
The Lives of Animals, by J.M. Coetzee
The Lives of Animals
by J.M. Coetzee
Ethics into Action
by Peter Singer
[+]
Born Again in Rome
(Review)
Ingrid Rowland
, pp. 27-30
Unearthing the Past, by Leonard Barkan
Unearthing the Past
by Leonard Barkan
[+]
The Devil & Mr. Ruskin
(2 Reviews)
John D. Rosenberg
, pp. 31-35
John Ruskin: The Early Years, 1819-1859, by Timothy Hilton
John Ruskin: The Early Years, 1819-1859
by Timothy Hilton
John Ruskin: The Later Years
by Tim Hilton
'Taiwan Stands Up'
Jonathan Mirsky
, pp. 36-37
[+]
An Endangered Species
(5 Reviews)
Joyce Carol Oates
, pp. 38-41
Everything in This Country Must, by Colum McCann
Everything in This Country Must
by Colum McCann
Scar Vegas, and Other Stories
by Tom Paine#2
Dressing up for the Carnival
by Carol Shields
In the Gloaming
by Alice Elliott Dark
Pastoralia
by George Saunders
Paris
Robert Darnton
, pp. 42-46
The Early Internet
[+]
Under Siege
(Review)
Neal Ascherson
, pp. 47-49
Ladysmith, by Giles Foden
Ladysmith
by Giles Foden
[+]
Early American Get-Up-and-Go
(Review)
Gordon S. Wood
, pp. 50-52
Inheriting the Revolution, by Joyce Appleby
Inheriting the Revolution
by Joyce Appleby
[+]
Phantom Observations
(Review)
John Bayley
, pp. 53-54
Music and Silence, by Rose Tremain
Music and Silence
by Rose Tremain
[+]
Decline and Fall?
(Review)
Roger Shattuck
, pp. 55-58
From Dawn to Decadence, by Jacques Barzun
From Dawn to Decadence
by Jacques Barzun
[+]
Gaiety Redeemed
(Review)
Brad Leithauser
, pp. 59-60
Mayflies, by Richard Wilbur
Mayflies
by Richard Wilbur
Sierra Leone
James Traub
, pp. 61-65
The Worst Place on Earth
Letters
Michael Isikoff, S. Asherah Stern, and Alison Lurie, ...
, pp. 66-72
Cover photograph: Sierra Leonean soldiers
Brennan Linsley
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