A Reporter at Large II-THE SNOW LEOPARD by Peter Matthiessen. REPORTER AT LARGE about a walking journey in the Himalayan mountains to the Crystal Monatery in northwest Nepal near the Tibetan frontier. Writer's diary covers entries from Oct. 23, 1973 to Nov. 18, when he left for a return trip to Kathmandu. Tells about the difficulties of the trek: snow...

The Current Cinema by Penelope Gilliatt. Review of "Straight Time", directed by Ulu Grosbard...

Comment by Ian Frazier. A young friend writes about the concept of Beach Repair, which worries him. He knows what Beach Repair means: owners of oceanfront property, damaged by winter storms, are seeking federal funds to repair their homes and land. Writer visualizes Beach Repair sneaking past his security system with Swamp Drainage and...

The Talk of the Town Friend by Ian Frazier. Talk story about Lenny Randle, 29 year old New York Mets infielder, as told to writer by Sy Presten, a public-relations man and head of Sy Presten Associates. Presten says: "Lenny is not a client...he's a friend.' Presten and Randle met when Randle's car was towed at a...

The Art World (The Art Galleries) by Harold Rosenberg.

The Air Love: Same by James Kaplan. While David waits for his girlfriend's brother Andy to call from the airport, he reads his horoscope: Health, steady, Finance: changing, Love: same. He is dating Ellen, but thinking about Jean. It is the four hundredth day since he last heard from Jean, and he has given up on her...

Fiction One Night in Brazil by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Paltiel Gerstendrescher, a failed Yiddish writer living in Brazil, has sent several letters and a turgid book he published himself to the narrator, who is a prominent writer. The narrator is coaxed into visiting Paltiel in Rio de Janeiro and is surprised to find a scandalous woman he once knew...

The Talk of the Town Plaintiff by E. J. Kahn. Talk story about taxpayer's suit against H.R. Haldeman to deny him the royalties from his recently published book, "The Ends of Power," published by Times Books. Miss Debra Jenkins, 24-year-old secretary and legal assistant in the Manhattan law firm of Berney & Cousins, is the sole plaintiff in...

The Theatre by Edith Oliver.

The Talk of the Town Effects by Mark Singer. Talk story about the New York Magicians Table at the Piccadilly Hotel Coffee Shop on W. 45th St., a gathering of amateur and professional prestidigitators that convenes every weekday afternoon. Various people there perform effects involving playing cards, handkerchiefs, fire, money, and mentalism. Larry Arcuri is a charter member of...

The Race Track by G. F. T. Ryall. Five riders fell in the 9th race at Pimlico last Wednesday. Three of them were hospitalized, but one was released the next day and the others are expected to leave soon. It happened when Indicted Man, ridden by Michael Sim, stumbled at the head of the stretch and two other...

The Talk of the Town Ionesco by Kennedy Fraser. Talk story about talk given by playwright Eugene Ionesco at the City University Graduate Center. Tells about introduction by Professor Rosette Lamont in which she used terms such as "demystification" and "alienation." Ionesco, a short, baldish man in his sixties, and member of the Academic Francaise, spoke in depth about...

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

Poetry Two Poems The House in March by Jerzy Harasymowicz. In the cupboard, spring's whistling...

Poetry Two Poems Sunday At My Aunt's by John Pijewski. We had everything made to order by a cloud...

Poetry The Ram Beneath the Barn by Peter Davison. Deep in the dark between foundation walls...

Poetry Two Poems by Jerzy Harasymowicz. In the cupboard, spring's whistling...