Fiction Envornnomental Impact (Illusions, Wonders & Disappearing Acts) by James Stevenson. Six numbered paragraphs describing scenes in the country. All except the last one tell of winter; a seagull flying in the distance; dogs who match the landscape; a frozen pond where a child will skate; a dog reflected in a pond; a golf course covered with snow where children pelt...

The Race Track by G. F. T. Ryall. Roderick More O'Ferral's Parnell was second in the Washington, D.C. International at Laurel Race Course in Maryland...

Dance Good Riddance by Mark Van Doren. I threw him as far as Thor...

Annals of Exploration II-AN ACCIDENT IN SPACE by Henry S. F. Cooper. ANNALS OF EXPLORATION about the Apollo 13 spaceflight, the accident that prevented a lunar landing & that endangered the safety of the astronauts, & the return to earth. Tells about the activities at the Manned Spacecraft Center & in the spacecraft, where astronauts James Lovell, Fred Haise, & John Swigert...

Comment by Philip Hamburger. Comment about Judge Learned Hand. Quotes from his 1955 remarks known as "The Twin Principles...

Books by John Updike.

The Talk of the Town Adventure by Whitney Balliett. Talk story about the writer and his wife travelling through New England late at night during the fall & their difficulty in finding sleeping accomodations. They were driving up to Shelburne, Vermont, from Cape Cod, where they were vacationing. They hoped to find a motel northwest of Boston. Tells about...

Musical Events by Winthrop Sargeant.

U. S. Journal SOME REFLECTIONS ON SAND AS REAL ESTATE by Calvin Trillin. U.S. JOURNAL about recent arguments over control of beachfront land. Tells about incident in Martha's Vineyard, an island off the coast of Massachusetts, where many writers and liberal intellectuals own beach homes and uphold the right to private property. There, the accepted method of gaining access to the beach is...

Profiles A QUEENLY AURA by Whitney Balliett. PROFILE of Mabel Mercer, who at 72, remains the matchless but largely unknown "doyenne" of American popular singing. She has been holding forth at the St. Regis Room of the Hotel St. Regis, where she is safely ensconced until at least the first of the year. Since 1941 when she...

The Current Cinema by Pauline Kael. Lengthy review of film "The Savage Messiah", directed by Ken Russell. It is about the life of sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, born in France in 1891. He died in battle in 1915. In 1931 a book came out called "Savage Messiah", by J.S. Ede. The film was written by Christopher...

The Theatre "Enemies", by Brendan Gill.

Fiction Marvin Stanley Pigeon by Thomas Meehan. An Adult Fable for Adolescents of All Ages) This is a parody of the best-seller "Jonathan Livingston Seagull". Marvin Stanley Pigeon was no ordinary pigeon. While other pigeons spent their time grubbing for food, Marvin Stanley Pigeon worked away on his book on the window ledge outside the Manuscript...

The Talk of the Town Effort by George W. S. Trow. Talk story about a visit to the first annual Greater New York Automobile Show, at the Coliseum, last week. This is a new show and not to be confused with the Seventeenth Annual International Automobile Show, which is to be held in the spring. It is the conviction of the...

The Talk of the Town Election Night by George W. S. Trow. Multiple talk story about activities around town on election night, when it became apparent that Pres. Nixon had beaten Sen. McGovern by a large margin for the Presidency. Tells about the scene at a SoHo loft, at Nixon hdqs. at the Roosevelt Hotel, at McGovern hdqs. at the Biltmore (where...

Letter from Washington by Richard H. Rovere. Pres. Nixon's most pressing concern in the days ahead will be with Vietnam, which was almost certainly the uppermost concern in the minds of most voters. There is readon to believe that during the campaign a good many voters thought the Pres., having withdrawn all ground-combat troops, had fulfilled...

Poetry Voyage In The Blue by John Ashbery. As on a festal day in early spring...