The Theatre The Book of the Dead by Brendan Gill.

Reflections AWAITING THE COPERNICAN QUESTION by Richard N. Goodwin. REFLECTIONS about the U.S. economy. There are signs that our present economic deterioration is different from past setbacks-more profound and less likely to yield to traditional polices. During the last 2 yrs., we have experienced serious inflation, followed by recession. Describes monetary policy & fiscal policy as techniques of...

U. S. Journal Some Thoughts at a Congress of Cities by Calvin Trillin. Tells about issues discussed at the National League of Cities' annual Congress of Cities in Houston, including general revenue sharing, Urban Conservation, labor relations, & the often negative impact of even well-meaning federal programs. Tells about lobbyists, citing pressure from General Motors, about the problems of mayors, & the...

Fiction The Analytic Napkin by Marshall Brickman. Recent work by Frimkin and Eliscu has brought new material about the origin and development of the analytic napkin. Various psychoanalysts, namely; Freud, Breuer, Jung, Klein, and Ferenczi attempted to devise a type of cloth to protect their couches from the stains their patients' heads left. Tells about each psychoanalyst's...

Around City Hall AROUND CITY HALL TRAVELS by Andy Logan. When the Mayor returned recently from a trip there was one piece of good news on the school front: the boycott in District 4, in E. Harlem, which had Kept about half the schools closed for 2 weeks, had ended. Tells about the reasons for the boycott. As soon as...

Fiction The Admirer by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Famous author received letter & gifts from an unknown admirer--Elizabeth Abigail de Sollar who wrote in the letter that his books had helped her "find" herself. She set up an appt. to visit the writer at his home. Before she arrived, her husband Oliver Leslie de Sollar called &...

Comment by Jonathan Schell. The other day, as we were reading that the figures on crime in the U.S. had gone up again, we were reminded of a phrase that we had not heard for quite a while: law and order. We could remember the time when we had heard almost nothing else. Candidates...

The Talk of the Town Daytime Dancing by George W. S. Trow. Talk story about a tea dance at the Hotel Carlyle, in honor of the well-bred singer, Robert Short. After hours and hours of vigorous dancing, we left the Carlyle, & noticed Alice Faye. She said she had never been to a tea dance before, that this was her first...

Musical Events Caldwell in Command by Andrew Porter.

The Talk of the Town Daytime Dancing by Jamaica Kincaid. Talk story about Jamaica Kincaid's report on day-time dancing at La Martinique, a black discotheque at 57 W. 57th St. Every Friday from noon to 3 o'clock the young set can lunch and dance for $2.50. Describes the club. In the evenings, La Martinique becomes a regular discotheque run...

The Talk of the Town Rehearsal by Jane Boutwell. Talk story about the dress rehearsal of"Boris Godunov" at the Metropolitan Opera. Writer spoke with members of the cast and Schuyler Chapin, the Met's general manager. Mr. Chapin said that this was the Met's first new production of "Boris" since 1913 and the first to be completely sung in...

Letter from Saigon by Robert Shaplen. In S. Vietnam lately there have been some signs of non-Communist nationalist strength that could be a new political factor in helping to produce a more truly representative govt., able to buy time in negotiations with the Communists before a final showdown. The movement faces rivalry among political &...

The Talk of the Town Forty Years On by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about the recent fortieth-birthday champagne gala of the Wine and Food Society of New York, at the Rainbow Room. Writer was accompanied by the old curmudgeon & Elaine Cariello. Thirteen types of champagne were available, & the hors d'oeuvres were prepared by student chefs at two schools...

Books Topnotch Witcheries by John Updike.

The Talk of the Town The Touch by Whitney Balliett. Talk story about Ellis Larkins, the shy, brilliant, semitransparent jazz pianist, currently appearing at Gregory's (63 & 1st Ave.) Gregory's has several features that belie Larkins' appearance there. It is on a very noisy corner so that sometimes Larkins' elusive, feather-touch style is fogged in by the surrounding din...

The Air (On Television) The Eyes and Ears of the Dead by Michael J. Arlen.

Poetry On Route 202, New Hampshire by Howard Moss. Winter's patchwork being slapped on again Across the street, a tropical fish...

Poetry Fresh Wind in Venice by James Wright. North of one island...