Index to Volume 61 Pagination of the volume is divided as follows: Winter, 1-160; Spring, 161-320; Summer, 321-480; Autumn, 481-640. Listed in Readers’ Guide. About Distance (Poem), Gregory Djanikian, 444 by Andrei Sinyavsky, translated by Joanne Turn- Abyss Revisited, The, Gertru7?e Himmelfarb, 337 bull with the assistance of Nikolai Formozov. Adventures in the Thoreau Trade (BOOKs), Walter From Apollinaire’s Knee, Wallace Fowlie, 138, Harding, 277 review of An Essay on French Verse: For Readers Alexander Gerschenkron (TEACHING), Donald Mc- of English Poetry by Jacques Barzun. Closkey, 241 A Sly Don Called Ayer, Jim Holt, 141, review of Alexander Zemlinsky (Music), John D. Barlow, 584 The Meaning of Life by A. J. Ayer Alignment (Poem), Jane Schapiro, 436 Part-time Titan, Bruce M. Gans, 146, review of Allen, James Sloan, Educating Performers, 197 Henry Fielding: A Biography by Donald Thomas. Amadeus and Mozart: Setting the Record Straight, Maps and Chaps, John P. Sisk, 148, review of My A. Peter Brown, 49 France: Politics, Culture, Myth by Eugen Weber. American History: The Terminological Problem, God Arrives, Evelyn Toynton, 151, review of John Lukacs, 17 Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius by Ray AMERICAN SCENE, THE: The Boy Scouts Under Monk. Siege, Allen Salzman, 591 Adventures in the Thoreau Trade, Walter Hard- Amish Beginning, An, John A. Hostetler, 552 ing, 277. Anderson, Quentin, A Culture of One’s Own, 533 Before the Fall, Brian Horowitz, 290, review of Aristides, Toys in My Attic (LIFE AND LETTERS), 7; Landmarks (Vekhi) by Nicholai Berdiaev et al. Merely Anecdotal (LIFE AND LETTERS), 167; Jazz and Literature, John Bostwick, 296, review Whaddya Driving? (LIFE AND LETTERS), 327; of Boy Meets Horn by Rex Stewart, edited by Claire P. Gordon. Compose Yourself (LIFE AND LETTERS), 487 Life into Art, Evelyn Toynton, 298, review of Jean Art and Worship (Poem), Bruce Bawer, 122 Rhys: Life and Work by Carole Angier. Art of the Difficult (Books), William H. Pritchard, Basher, Erich Eichman, 303, review of BAD: or, 319, the Dumbing of America by Paul Fussell. Mutable Memories, Eugen Weber, 308, review of Bad-Mouthed (Books), Donna Rifkind, 616 The Vichy Syndrome: History and Memory in Barlow, John D., Alexander Zemlinsky (MUSIC), France Since 1944 by Henry Rousso, translated 584 by Arthur Goldhammer. Baron Haussmann and Modern Paris (THE CITY), Art of the Difficult, William H. Pritchard, 312, David P. Jordan, 99 review of Begin Here: The Forgotten Conditions Basher (BOOKs), Erich Eichman, 303 of Teaching and Learning by Jacques Barzun. Bauer, Paul, Brave New Words (BOoKs), 465 Survival and Ascendancy, Franz M. Oppen- Bawer, Bruce, Art and Worship (Poem), 122 heimer, 446, review of Benjamin Disraeli Letters: Béarn, Roger du, Clerihews for the Clerisy. Or: A 1842-1847, edited by M. G. Wiebe, J. B. Con- Quick Fix for Cultural Illiteracy (Poem), 399 acher, John Matthews, and Mary S. Millar. Bedtime Stories (Poem), Elisavietta Ritchie, 79 Culture Fair, Benjamin McArthur, 452, review of Being Ernest: Reflections on the Timeliness of Cultural Excursions: Marketing Appetites and Some Outdated Ideas (REAPPRAISAL), Eugen We- Cultural Tastes in Modern America by Neil Har- ber, 575 ris. Before the Fall (Books), Brian Horowitz, 290 Warburgia, Carl Landauer, 456, review of Cas- Berlin and Its Counterworlds, Ruth Gay, 511 sirer, Panofsky, and Warburg: Symbol, Art, and Bernstein, Michael André, Murder and the Utopian History by Silvia Ferretti, translated by Richard Moment, 213 Pierce. BOOKS: 124, 277, 446, 605 A Good European, Alan Rutenberg, 460, review Conversations with Samuel Beckett, Jay A. Levy, of Paul Celan: A Biography of His Youth by Israel 124. Chalfen, translated by Maximilian Bleyleben, Coping with Utopia, Gary Saul Morson, 132, with an introduction by John Felstiner. review of Soviet Civilization: A Cultural History Brave New Words, Pauli Bauer, 465, review of 637 THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR American Fiction in the Cold War by Thomas Dialogues with the Dead, Christopher Clausen, Hill Schaub. 177 How Do We Know, Gordon Marino, 468, review Dickson, John, Thomas Wolfe (Poem), 81 of Can’t We Make Moral Judgements? by Mary Disch, Tom, The Last Time I Saw Paris (Poem), 352 Midgley. Djanikian, Gregory, About Distance (Poem), 444 Jewish Reality, Steven Crosby, 471, review of Dropping Off (Poem), Neal Bowers, 222 The Meaning of Jewish Existence: Theological Duffy, Carol Ann, The Grammar of Light (Poem), Essays, 1930-1939 by Alexander Altmann, edited 374 by Alfred L. Ivry, translated by Edith Ehrlich and Leonard H. Ehrlich. Earthly Pleasures (Poem), Ronald Wallace, 563 Writing Historical Fiction, Thomas Mallon, 604. Educating Performers, James Sloan Allen, 197 Question of Style, Arthur Krystal, 611, review of EDUCATION: How Good Are Community Colleges?, Minor Prophecies: The Literary Essay in the Allen Salzman, 116 Culture Wars by Geoftrey H. Hartman. Eichman, Erich, Basher (BOOKS), 303 Bad-Mouthed, Donna Rifkind, 616, review of Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-Ending Re- Falcoff, Mark, The Fourth Reich? (Books), 625 membrance by Kenneth Silverman. Fallowell, Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Quennell at The Irish Question, C. A. Latimer, 620, review of Home (THE LITERARY LIFE), 598 Trollope: A Biography by N. John Hall. Farewell to Blurbs, A (Poem), James M. Pines, 275 Literary Shrinkage, Linda Simon, 622, review of Fathers and Sons (Poem), M. E. Morrow, 435 The Vanishing Subject: Early Psychology and For Mali (Poem), Laurence Lerner, 256 Literary Modernism by Judith Ryan. Fourth Reich?, The (Books), Mark Falcoff, 625 The Fourth Reich?, Mark Falcoff, 625, review of Fowlie, Wallace, From Apollinaire’s Knee (BOOks), The “Nazi Menace” in Argentina, 1931-47 by 138 Ronald C. Newton. From Apollinaire’s Knee (Books), Wallace Fowlie, O Pioneer!, William B. Goodman, 629, review of 138 Kurt Wolff: A Portrait in Essays and Letters Furnas,] . C., Why Johnny Needn’t Read (MISEDU- edited by Michael Ermath, translated by Deborah CATION), 247 Lucas Schneider. Bostwick, John, Jazz and Literature (BOOKS), 296 Galilee (Poem), Daniel Tobin, 565 Boulter, Doug, Sunday Service (Poem), 350 Gans, Bruce M., Part-time Titan (BOOKS), 146 Bowers, Neal, Dropping Off (Poem), 222 Gay, Ruth, Berlin and Its Counterworlds, 511 Boy Scouts Under Siege, The (THE AMERICAN Gentleman of the Old School, A: Homi Bhabha and SCENE), Allen Salzman, 591 the Development of Science in India (SCIENCE), Brave New Words (Books), Paul Bauer, 465 George Greenstein, 409 Brown, A. Peter, Amadeus and Mozart: Setting the God Arrives (BOoKS), Evelyn Toynton, 151 Record Straight, 49 Good European, A (Books), Alan Rutenberg, 460 Goodman, William B., O Pioneer! (BOOKs), 629 City, THE: Baron Haussmann and Modern Paris, Grammar of Light, The (Poem), Carol Ann Duffy, David P. Jordan, 99 374 Clausen, Christopher, Dialogues with the Dead, Greenstein, George, Luie’s Gadgets: A Profile of 177 Luis Alvarez (SCIENCE), 90; A Gentleman of the Clerihews for the Clerisy. Or: A Quick Fix for Old School: Homi Bhabha and the Development Cultural Illiteracy (Poem), Roger du Béarn, 399 of Science in India (SCIENCE), 409 Compose Yourself (LIFE AND LETTERS), Aristides, Grosby, Steven, Jewish Reality (BOOKS), 471 487 Conversations with Samuel Beckett (BOOks), Jay A. Hairpin Curve at Durango, The (Poem), Walter Levy, 124 McDonald, 107 Coping with Utopia (Books), Gary Saul Morson, Harding, Walter, Adventures in the Thoreau Trade 132 (BOOKS), 277 CULTURE: In Defense of Poesie and Bullfighting: Harris, Joseph, This Poem (Poem), 349 Scenes from a Taurine Life, John McCormick, Himmelfarb, Gertrude, The Abyss Revisited, 337 109 Holley, Margarei, Weeping Cherries (Poem), 47 Culture Fair (BOOKS), Benjamin McArthur, 452 Holt, Jim, A Sly Don Called Aver (BOOKS), 141 Horowitz, Brian, Before the Fa.i (Books), 290 Demons and Dr. Dawkins, The, David Stove, 67 Hostetler, John A., An Amish Beginning, 552 Culture of One’s Own, A, Quentin Anderson, 533 How Do We Know (Books), Gordon Marino, 468 Der-Hovanessian, Diana, Recycling Today (Poem), How Good Are Community Colleges? (EDUCA- 254 TION), Allen Salzman, 116 638 INDEX How I Became a Plagiarist (JOURNALISM), Noel fighting: Scenes from a Taurine Life (CULTURE), Perrin, 257 109 McCraw, Thomas K., The Trouble with Adam In Defense of Poesie and Bullfighting: Scenes from Smith, 353 a Taurine Life (CULTURE), John McCormick, 109 McDonald, Walter, The Hairpin Curve at Durango Irish Question, The (BOOKs), C. A. Latimer, 620 (Poem), 107 McHugh, Paul R., Psychiatric Misadventures, 497 Jacob Tonson, Bookseller (PUBLISHING), Keith Mallon, Thomas, Writing Historical Fiction Walker, 424 (BooKs), 604 Jacobson, Dan, A Month in the Country (THE MARY Maps and Chaps (Books), John P. Sisk, 148 ELINORE SMITH POETRY PRIZE), 223 Marino, Gordon, How Do We Know (Books), 468 Jazz and Literature (Books), John Bostwick, 296 MARY ELINORE SMITH POETRY PRIZE, THE: A Jewish Reality (Books), Steven Grosby, 471 Month in the Country, Dan Jacobson, 223 John Sparrow: The Warden of All Souls (MEMOIR), MEMOIR: John Sparrow: The Warden of All Souls, John Lowe, 567 John Lowe, 567 Jordan, David P., Baron Haussmann and Modern Merely Anecdotal (LIFE AND LETTERS), Aristides, Paris (THE CITy), 99 167 JOURNALISM: How I Became a Plagiarist, Noel Per- Meyers, Jeffrey, Scott Fitzgerald and Edmund Wil- rin, 257; Listening Through the Jamming, Marcin son: A Troubled Friendship, 375 Krél, 431 Middle East Crisis in Historical Perspective, The, Bernard Lewis, 33 Krél, Marcin, Listening Through the Jamming MISEDUCATION: Why Johnny Needn’t Read, /. C. (JOURNALISM), 431 Furnas, 247 Krystal, Arthur, Question of Style (Books), 611 Month in the Country, A (THE MARY ELINORE SMITH POETRY PRIZE), Dan Jacobson, 223 Landauer, Carl, Warburgia (BOOKS), 456 Morrow, M. E., Fathers and Sons (Poem), 435 Last Time I Saw Paris, The (Poem), Tom Disch, 352 Morson, Gary Saul, Coping with Utopia (BOOKS), Latimer, C. A., The Irish Question, (Books), 620 132 Lawrence A. Cremin (TEACHING), Diane Ravitch, Moser, Charles A., Prince Mirsky: A History (LitT- 83 ERATURE), 260 Lerner, Laurence, For Mali (Poem), 256 MOVIES: Preston Sturges: The Wizard of Holly- Letter from Serbia, Matthew Stevenson, 185 wood, Dan Pinck, 402 Levy, Jay A., Conversations with Samuel Beckett Mr. and Mrs. Peter Quennell at Home (THE LITER- (BooKs), 124 ARY LIFE), Duncan Fallowell, 598 Lewis, Bernard, The Middle East Crisis in Histor- Murder and the Utopian Moment, Michael André ical Perspective, 33 LIFE AND LETTERS: Toys in My Attic, Aristides, 7; Bernstein, 213 Music: Nat King Cole, Terry Teachout, 437; Alex- Merely Anecdotal, Aristides, 167; Whaddya Driv- ander Zemlinsky, John D. Barlow, 584 ing?, Aristides, 327; Compose Yourself, Aristides, Mutable Memories (BOOKS), Eugen Weber, 308 487 Life into Art (BOOKS), Evelyn Toynton, 298 Listening Through the Jamming, (JOURNALISM), Nat King Cole (Music), Terry Teachout, 437 Marcin Krél, 431 LITERARY LIFE, THE: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Quennell O Pioneer! (Books), William B. Goodman, 629 at Home, Duncan Fallowell, 598 One Heart’s Canon, Suzanne Rhodenbaugh, 389 Literary Shrinkage (Books), Linda Simon, 622 Oppenheimer, Franz M., Survival and Ascendancy LITERATURE: Prince Mirsky: A History, Charles A. (BOOKS), 446 Moser, 260 Overflying Russia (Poem), Elisavietta Ritchie, 210 Lowe, John, John Sparrow: The Warden of All Souls (MEMOIR), 567 Part-time Titan (BOOKS), Bruce M. Gans, 146 Luie’s Gadgets: A Profile of Luis Alvarez (SCI- Perrin, Noel, How I Became a Plagiarist (JOURNAL- ENCE), George Greenstein, 90 ISM), 257 Lukacs, John, American History: The Terminologi- Pinck, Dan, Preston Sturges: The Wizard of Holly- cal Problem, 17 wood (MOVIES), 402 Pines, James M., A Farewell to Blurbs (Poem), 275 McArthur, Benjamin, Culture Fair (Books), 452 Preston Sturges: The Wizard of Hollywood (Mov- McCloskey, Donald, Alexander Gerschenkron IES), Dan Pinck, 402 (TEACHING), 241 Prince Mirsky: A History (LITERATURE), Charles A. McCormick, John, In Defense of Poesie and Bull- Moser, 260 639 THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR Pritchard, William H., Art of the Difficult (BOOKs), Sly Don Called Ayer, A (BOOKS), Jim Holt, 141 312 Solonche, J. R., Schopenhauer at the Englischer Psychiatric Misadventures, Pau! R. McHugh, 497 Hof: A Monologue (Poem), 602 PUBLISHING: Jacob Tonson, Bookseller, Keith Stevenson, Matthew, Letter from Serbia, 185 Walker, 424 Stove, David, The Demons and Dr. Dawkins, 67 Sunday Service (Poem), Doug Boulter, 350 Question of Style (BOOKS), Arthur Krystal, 611 Survival and Ascendancy (BOOKS), Franz M. Op- penheimer, 446 Ravitch, Diane, Lawrence A. Cremin (TEACHING), 83 TEACHING: Lawrence A. Cremin, Diane Ravitch, READER REPLIES, THE: 156, 316, 475; 634 83; Alexander Gerschenkron, Donald McCloskey, REAPPRAISAL: The Reputation on André Malraux, 241 Renee Winegarten, 267; Being Emest: Reflec- Teachout, Terry, Nat King Cole (Music), 437 tions on the Timeliness of Some Outdated Ideas, Teatime in Leningrad (Poem), Elisavietta Ritchie, Eugen Weber, 575 530 Recycling Today (Poem), Diana Der-Hovanessian, Thatcher, Timothy E., Sailing (Poem), 420 254 This Poem (Poem), Joseph Harris, 349 Reputation of André Malraux (REAPPRAISAL), Renee Thomas Wolfe (Poem), John Dickson, 81 Winegarten, 267 Tobin, Daniel, Galilee (Poem), 565 Rhodenbaugh, Suzanne, One Heart’s Canon, 389 Toynton, Evelyn, God Arrives (BOOKS), 151; Life Rifkind, Donna, Bad-Mouthed (Books), 616 into Art (BOOKS), 298 Ritchie, Elisavietta, Bedtime Stories (Poem), 79; Toys in My Attic (LIFE AND LETTERS), Aristides, 7 Overflying Russia (Poem), 210; Teatime in Len- Trouble with Adam Smith, The, Thomas K. Mc- ingrad (Poem), 530 Craw, 353 Rutenberg, Alan, A Good European (Books), 460 Walker, Keith, Jacob Tonson, Bookseller (PUBLISH- Sailing (Poem), Timothy E. Thatcher, 420 ING), 424 Salzman, Allen, How Good Are Community Col- Wallace, Ronald, Earthly Pleasures (Poem), 563 leges? (EDUCATION), 116; The Boy Scouts Under Warburgia (Books), Carl Landauer, 456 Siege (THE AMERICAN SCENE), 591 Weber, Eugen, Mutable Memories (BOOKS), 308; Schapiro, Jane, Alignment (Poem), 436 Being Ernest: Reflections on the Timeliness of Schopenhauer at the Englischer Hof: A Monologue Some Outdated Ideas (REAPPRAISAL), 575 (Poem),J . R. Solonche, 602 Weeping Cherries (Poem), Margaret Holley, 47 SCIENCE: Luie’s Gadgets: A Profile of Luis Alvarez, Whaddya Driving? (LIFE AND LETTERS), Aristides, George Greenstein, 90; A Gentleman of the Old 327 School: Homi Bhabha and the Development of Winegarten, Renee, The Reputation of André Mal- Science in India, George Greenstein, 409 raux (REAPPRAISAL), 267 Scott Fitzgerald and Edmund Wilson: A Troubled Writing Historical Fiction (Books), Thomas Mal- Friendship, Jeffrey Meyers, 375 lon, 604 , Simon, Linda, Literary Shrinkage (Books), 623 Why Johnny Needn’t Read (MISEDUCATION), J. C. Sisk, John P., Maps and Chaps (BOoKs), 148 Furnas, 247 a