The Talk of the Town Sherlockian Gathering by Hendrik Hertzberg. Talk story about a dinner sponsored by the Hudson Valley Sciontists, the Dutchess County offspring of the Baker Street Irregulars in honor of the publication by Bobbs-Merrill, of "Dining with Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Cookbook", by Julia Carlson Rosenblatt and Frederic H. Sonnenschmidt. This group of 160 Sherlock...

Comment by Richard Harris. Pres.-Elect Jimmy Carter told reporters a few days after election that he believed he had won because of the debates. Goes on to quote what he said about why he had won. Writer thinks Mr. Carter conducted one of the worst Presidential campaigns within memory. The basic question is...

Jazz New York Notes by Whitney Balliett.

Fiction The Latecomer by James Munves. Stuart Bluestone, who had come back from the dead, visited the old apartment where he and his wife had formerly lived. Friends of theirs had taken over the apartment. A party was in progress when he arrived. Tells how Stuart tried to tell people about himself, he had died of...

The Talk of the Town The Little People by Gerald Jonas. Talk story about Charles Simonds, a 31-year-old artist. For want of a better label, Simonds' work may be described as environmental art. He fashions miniature landscapes and buildings that look like archeological sites seen through the wrong end of a spyglass. He thinks of them as the recently...

The Theatre A Nightcap and After by Brendan Gill.

The Race Track Lady from Argentina by G. F. T. Ryall. The Hialeah Race Track was sold to the City of Hialeah and John Brunetti, a New Jersey racing man. In a very complicated transaction Hialeah will pay nine million dollars and Mr. Brunetti four million three hundred thousand to the old Hialeah Park, Inc. All that remains is for Florida's...

The Air Talking Back by Michael J. Arlen. Entire column on the future of broadcasting using communications satellites. Gives history of development and ownership and operation of such satellites. Discusses how they function and what their use by the Corp. for Public Broadcasting would mean for television audiences...

Musical Events Rhapsody in Blue by Andrew Porter.

The Talk of the Town Spuds by E. J. Kahn. Talk story about a talk with Cecil B. Andrus, Gov. of Idaho. He was in town last week en route to presiding as a relatively old governor, over the Seminar for New Governors, sponsored by the National Governors' Conference at Pinehurst, N.C., to spread the gospel on behalf of the...

Dancing Tharp's Progress by Arlene Croce.

Profiles GOING TO THE TERRITORY by Jervis Anderson. PROFILE of Negro American writer, Ralph Ellison, now 62. He's lived in N.Y.C. for 40 years, but grew up in Oklahoma City. His boyhood there retains an exceptional influence upon his outlook & he harbors an unusual affection for the place. He was born there in March, 1914. In 1933...

The Current Cinema The Curse by Pauline Kael. Full-column review of "Carrie", a thriller, directed by Brian De Palma. Writer discusses this film and the others made by this young director, at length...

Fiction Your Place Is Empty by Anne Tyler. Early in Oct., Hassan Ardavi invited his mother to come from Iran for a visit. His mother accepted immediately. It wasn't clear how long the visit was to last. Hassan's wife thought three months would be a good length of time. Hassan himself had planned on six months. His mother...

Poetry The Falcons by W. S. Merwin. There were years when I knew...

Poetry Little Ode For X by Maura Stanton. Sometimes I call X nostalgia...

Poetry Fifth Avenue Parade by Anthony Hecht. Vitrines of pearly gowns, bright porcelains...