Fiction Methinks the Lady Doth Propel Too Much by S. J. Perelman. Narrator is reminded of the European sex kitten, Alma Mahler and biologist Prof. Pitzel, who accomplished a remarkable experiment on salamanders, while vacationing on Martha's vineyard. The narrator, who rents an efficiency from a man named Moulmein, goes to the beach between West Tisbury and Chilmark. While sunbathing, he sees...

The Theatre KNIGHT-ERRANT by Brendan Gill.

A Reporter at Large CRIME IN NEW YORK by Richard Harris. REPORTER AT LARGE about controlling crime in New York Writer tells of several talks he had with the five top law-enforcement officials in the city. They were: Michal J. Codd, police commissioner; Robert M. Morganthau, District Attorney of New York County; David Ross, the Administrative Judge of the City...

Our Far-Flung Correspondents A SENSE OF SOMETHING FORBIDDING by Jeremy Bernstein. OUR FAR-FLUNG CORRESPONDENTS about the Chamonix Valley of France, at the foot of Mont Blanc. Writer tells how the area has changed with the influx of more visitors, especially since the 1965 opening of the Mont Blanc Tunnel. He also tells of some mountain climbing jaunts with his friend...

The Talk of the Town Old Friend by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about letter from E.M. Frimbo describing the celebration of the Broadway Limited's 75th birthday, held aboard its New York-to-Chicago run. Raymond Loewy, the interior and exterior decorator and designer of the streamlined Broadway locomotive of forty years past, did not attend the birthday celebration. Although now...

The Talk of the Town Lottery by Ian Frazier. Talk story about the drawing of the second million-dollar winner in the history of the New York State Weekly Lottery Game. Dick Cavett assisted in the complicated drawing of the winning ticket and the awarding of lesser sums to the 14 other finalists. Describes the process here and names...

Dance A Crush On Doctor Dance by Shirley Hazzard. Mrs. Grace Thrale, 41, becomes infatuated with Dr. Angus Dance, 33. She first meets him when she takes her son, Rupert, to see him for back trouble. Rupert is operated on and stays in the hospital for a month. Grace sees Dr. Dance often during that time when they meet...

Comment by Suzannah Lessard. One morning, some years ago, a British airplane pilot expressed, for his nephew's American friends, the meaning of the Spanish word, "Querencia," or, affection for the place one calls home. The pilot, stating that he was paid about half of what his American counterparts made, nevertheless, could not imagine leaving...

The Race Track Still the Old Forego by G. F. T. Ryall. Jean-Louis Levesque owns Feuille d'Erable, who won a race for maiden two-year-olds at Canada's Woodbine. This filly is one of the first of Secretariat's crop of foals...

The Current Cinema CONTRASTS by Pauline Kael. Review of the film "Short Eyes," directed by Robert M. Young from Miguel Pinero's adaptation of his play...

Musical Events Festival Fare by Andrew Porter.

Books Discontent in Deutsch by John Updike.

Poetry In There by John N. Morris. Into the rich...

Poetry The Palace by Jorge Luis Borges. The walls, the ramparts, the gardens, the laby...

Poetry Mnemosyne by Robert Dana. Baryshnikov remembers...