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A Library 'I'he Boston Letter from Athenceum

No. 93 SEPTEMBER 1990

Architects versus Librarians

EADERS over the past several months may have noticed groups of earnest young men and women, sometimes accompanied by staff, moving about the building with clipboards, through various dimly lit stack areas, murmuring among themselves, frowning over crackling sheets of drafting paper. These keen­ eyed visitors are fully accredited architects, members of the firm of Sch\vartz/ Silver, Inc., who are presently examining the building and consulting with stafi about pos­ sible methods of reorganizing the present structure to provide both printed and warm­ blooded inhabitants of the premises more breathing space. The problem of space, or the gradual attrition of it, is one that is always nagging at us at the Athenreum, and it sometimes presents itself at alarming moments, den1anding immediate solutions. The staff Space Committee, tearing at its collective hair, has sometimes been reduced to believing that nothing short of a miracle on the order of the loaves and fishes will solve the problem of where to put our books! So it was with some interest that we took up a small book that fell into our hands recently, a reprint of two lectures delivered at the Club of Odd Volumes in 1951 by the Director of the then-new Hayden Library at M.I.T., Vernon Tate, and the architect of the new library, Ralph Walker. In this volume, entitled Architect versus Librarian-Two Rounds to a Decision} Mr. Walker eloquently laments the gradual disappearance of space in libraries saying, ''We wonder whether buildings not only need be made flexible but should also be made of some expanding plastic, still un­ kno,vn, and which, given the land, may make a one million, a two million, a thirty million-volume library possible. Good God forbid! . . . Yet, perhaps everything should be preserved, for would you not, for example, like to know what preceded and \vhat followed that famous verse of Sappho's, 'Only you, 0 beautiful ones, I ponder, I changeless for ever.'? ... I think that flexibility has its limits, that the book and its storage must once more give way to the reader and his problems-an em- 2 ~ phasis placed upon the \Vorth and value of a book collection and the surroundings in which it is immediately housed ... I would suggest that once again the library be thought of as qualitatively monumental in character, for it is quite evident that factory-like libraries produce fragments of culture." Mr. \Valker's solution is that of judicious selection and persistent weeding, and these are paths the Athenreum continues to tread. Mean\vhile, although "expanding plastic'' has yet to appear, creations such as compact shelving have, and it is grati­ fying to have in the Athenreum some forty years later not architects "versus" librari­ ans, but architects "·with" librarians, vvorking for the best interests of books and readers alike. And, vvhile \ve're talking about the building, you may be interested in knovving that we're trying to deal with Leaks from Above

For some time novv we have noticed distressing evidence of water damage to the ceilings of the areas of the building directly beneath the second- and fifth-floor ter­ races. A little detective work seemed in order to determine the source of these un­ welcome waterfalls, so several weeks ago a number of holes were opened in the ceilings affected to enable vvorkers to spot the flaws and correct them. We apologize for the temporary disruption in the southeast corner of the Reading Room and in the fourth-floor Bow Room, which have been cleared of tables, chairs, and reading material. We have been assured that this state of affairs will continue only for a month or so more. Athenteum Manuscript Catalogue

We are pleased to announce the publication of A Catalogue of Manuscripts fronz the Collections of the Boston A thenteum, by Stephen Z. Nonack, formerly of the Reference Department. Jill E. Erickson, Head of Reference, edited the catalogue and acted as publication coordinator. This guide represents the first attempt to com­ pile a catalogue of the Library's manuscript collection. As Mr. Nonack writes in his introduction, HOur manuscript collections have been consulted by researchers investigating specific topics such as naval aspects of the War of 1812, Gypsies, the decoration of houses prior to the Civil War, the Brook Farm community, and the history of the Boston Society of Architects." We hope this catalogue will bring our collection to the attention of re~carchers and scholars, members and nonmembers alike. The catalogue is listed at $1 0.00; members \Vill receive the usual 20% discount.

A thentelan Newspapers Available on Microfibn

' ro\v available for sale on microfilm are copies of t\VO scarce nineteenth-century Boston newspapers, a nearly complete run of the Boston Daily TilnesJ and a conl­ plete run of the Boston H'eekly Report. For particulars and prices please call Head of cquisitions John Lannon at (617) 227-0270. lten1S !ron1 Reference

Ms. Erickson reports: "The Reference Department has acquired so1nc extraor­ dinary information this summer, as a result of reader inquiries. Robert Gould Sha\v, for exatnple (who has been a hot topic in Reference ever since the release of the film Glory), once attended a fancy dress ball in female attire. He writes in February. I 855: 'It's really true that everybody at the ball thought I \\'as a lady until I spoke in my own voice; then it was very funny to see their astonishment.' Another re­ searcher brought to our attention that in 183 7 Bronson Alcotfs religious opinions caused a furor in Boston and the Athenreum withdrew his pri' ilcges. Alcott had gained access to the Athenreum in 1835, 'a privilege,' he wrote in his journal, 'that I have sought since my return to Boston but sought hitherto in vain.' "In researching the Oliver Goldsmith quote, 'Books have their time as well as cucumbers,' we uncovered the probable origin of David Dagett's 1799 Fourth of July oration 'Sunbeams May Be Extracted From Cucumbers, But the Process Is Tedious.' Apparently he was referring to Gulliver's Travels ( 1726) in which 1 on a­ than Swift writes, 'He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams from cucumbers, which were to be put in vials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers.'" So may we soon expect to see a mysterious collection of tubes and vials ferment­ ing in the dark aisles of the Locked Room? The cucumber season is in fact upon us, and the bleak days of 1 anuary lie ahead. Stay tuned!

Gallery Events

"Once Upon A Time: An Exhibition of Illustrated Children's Books and Chil­ dren's Book Illustrations" will open the fall season at the Athenreum Gallery on Septen1ber 12 and run through November 3, 1990. Fairy tales, folk tales and fables, alphabet books, toy books, adventure stories and classics will be represented by rare and special publishers' editions of familiar stories from childhood. Included among the books on view will be an exceptional eighteenth-century book with illus­ trations of George Washington published in 1782, and two illustrated versions of the Fables of Aesop, one written in Italian and published in Venice, the other a twentieth-century American version illustrated by Alexander Calder. A wonderful selection of original art and illustrations from children's books, magazines and films will also be a major part of the exhibition. There are several events scheduled in connection with the exhibition. Three enter­ tainments for children are scheduled for three successive Saturdays in October: October 6 at 11:00 a.1n.: Johannah Segarich, mezzo-soprano, and Melinda Crane, piano, will present "Fables," a selection of classical songs for children. October 13 at 11:00 a.m.: Mary Churchill and her Cranberry Puppets will pre­ sent two plays, "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and "The \Vitch Who Hates Birthdays." 4 ~ October 20 at 11:00 a.rn.: Betty Lehrman \Vill present "Tales for the Telling: Whimsical Stories and Songs." Reservations are necessary for these events and will be taken on a first come, first served basis. Please call the reservation line at ( 617) 22 7-8112. Events connected with the Children's Exhibition \Vill conclude with a Symposium on SJturday, November 3, from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., entitled "Reading and the Child." Participants \vill be Kenneth Brecher, Sandy Cohen, Jerome Kagan, Leonard S. Marcus, Diana Lam, Robert McCloskey, and Peter A. Wick. The moderator will be Ruth Mehrtens Galvin, Boston Athenreum Trustee and Chair of the Trustee Library Committee. Participation fee for those who are not members of the Athe­ nreum will be $25.00. For information please call Anthea Harrison of the Art De­ partment at ( 617) 227-0270. "India: Beauty in Stone," an exhibition of photographs by Beatrice Pitney Lamb, will open on November 12 and run through December 8, 1990. The opening recep­ tion is scheduled for Thursday, November 15, from 5:30 to 7:30P.M. A group photography exhibition, including photographs by Gwen Akin, Alan Ludwig, Barbara Morss Marshall, Olivia Parker, and Rosamond Purcell will open on December 17, 1990, and run through February 2, 1991. The opening reception is scheduled for Monday, December 17, from 5: 30 to 7:30 P.M. Events connected }Vith the photography exhibition: On Thursday, December 20, the five photogra­ phers represented will discuss their work. Brent Sikkema, fine art dealer, will be moderator. Reservations are necessary; please call the reservation line at ( 617) 227-8112. A series of four photography classes will be given by the participating photographers on Saturdays in 1 anuary and the first week in February, 1991. Gwen Akin and Alan Ludwig will demonstrate and discuss the process of platinum printing with a small printer. Barbara Morss Marshall will speak on the problem of photo­ graphing animals on safari. Olivia Parker will discuss issues relative to the produc­ tion of photographic books. Rosamond Purcell's class will be a discussion of where photographic ideas come from. Each photographer will give a slide lecture on his or her \VOrk. Participants \vill be encouraged to bring portfolios of their own work for critique. The cost will be $200 for the series of four classes, all contingent upon sufficient enrollment. Classes will be limited to 25 people. More information will be forthcoming; in the meantime please call Donald Kelley or Anthea Harrison at (617) 227-0270. Members arc reminded that reservations for events may be made at any tilne. The reservation line number is ( 617) 227-8112. If you make a reservation and later find you arc unable to attend, please do call and let us know; many of our programs arc booked to capacity, and there is always someone \.vho \Vill be glad to usc your scat. Children's Story Hour

This fall the thenreum \vill otTer a oncc-a-\veck story hour for boys and girls age three to five in the Children's Room. rfhe program is open to the children of Athenreum members and to other interested children. The scri~.:s \Vill run for six weeks, from October 5 through November 9, on Friday afternoons. Registration is required and space is lin1ited to ten children in each of two groups, one at 3:00 P .r-.1. and the other at 4:00 P.M. Please telephone Anthea Harrison at ( 61 7) 22 7-0270 for information and registration. Funding for the program is provid~d by Hill House and the Boston Athenreun1. The Athenreun1 also plans to continue the story hour at regular Wednesday n1orning sessions for pre-school children who attend day care center~. Volunteers Dr. V. Celia Lascarides-Manley and Mrs. Marie E. Paquet will again be our readers, and agJin we thank then1 for their time and enthusiasm.

Tea

Wednesday afternoon tea for members and their guests will resun1e on October 3, from 3: 30 to 5:30 P .l\1., and continue through May 29, 1991. Donation this year will be $7 .00. No tea will be served on Wednesday, Dccen1ber 26, 1990. Members will soon be receiving this year's notice of Wednesday tea, and Painting and Sculpture Curator Michael Wentworth thought readers might be interested in the illustration used on this year's notice. He writes: "The illustration on this year's tea invitation (which is also available as a note card at the Delivery Desk) i<; the third in a series taken from the Hamburgische Trachten, or Cosllones of llalnburg, drawn and engraved by Cristo ph Suhr ( 1771-1842), Professor, as he describes himself on the title page, of the Royal Academy at Berlin, and published by the artist in 1815. The Athen(eum's copy arrived here not long after it first appeared, presented, according to a handsome calligraphic inscription on the fly leaf, by John Brough, Esq., of Hamburg, on December 15, 1818. "The trade of the Zuckerprobenstecher, or sugar sampler, is a lost one. Until the end of the nineteenth century, sugar was not sold in a free running, or granulated, state as it is today, but in solid conical 'loaves,' which could be more than a yard in length. In the final stages of refining, the molten sugar was set to drain in mould<; of this shape where it solidified, as there was no means of preventing its recaking. It was sold in this loaf form and pounded in the kitchen as required. A sugar sampler worked for a sugar merchant, or wholesaler, boring samples from loaves of different color, quality, and flavor, which he brought to the custon1er to sample and select-as we see him doing on the tea card. "According to Sarah Freeman's recent Mutton and Oysters: The Victorians and Their Food (London, 1989), sugar consumption, equal to between a third and a half \vhat it is today, \vas closely tied to that of coffee and tea. Sugar \vas expensi\ e enough to be used sparingly, more for S\veetening drinks than for cooking, but the habit \Vas nearly universal. Indeed the only people who did not take tea or coffee with sugar \Vere the Methodists and Quakers, \Vho abstained as a protest against the slave trade. White sugar \vas purer but more expensive than bro\vn, \Vhich \Vas often adulterated with bits of cane and grit, but at least Miss Freeman tells us that 6 ~ by mid-century 'technical improvements also meant that, as with coffee, filtering \Vas replacing the traditional method of clearing the sugar \Vith albumen (impurities were collected by the protein); in this case, blood \Vas used, and, although not evi­ dent to the ordinary consumer, a sanguineous residue remained in the finished product.'" Grants to the A thenaum

Director of Development Joan Bragen reports: "The National Endo\vment for the Humanities has awarded a planning grant to the Boston Athenreum to support the organization of an exhibition, catalogue, and programs based on the Abolitionist movement in Massachusetts from 1832 to Emancipation. The project, a collabora­ tion bet\veen the Athenreum and the Museum of Afro American History, \\ill include exhibitions at four sites in Boston, a major publication, and a series of programs to take place from November 28, 1991 through January 26, 1992. Suffolk Univer­ sity and the Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs will also participate in the project. Hln addition, the Athenreum was awarded a generous grant by an anonymous donor to support research on the subject within the Athenreum's own collections. This gift has enabled us to identify rare primary materials of the period, \vhich will be included in the exhibition. We are most grateful for all support for our efforts." Gallery Director Donald Kelley, \Vho is the Project Director for the exhibition, is wondering whether any Athenreum members might have an Abolitionist in the family tree. He \vould be interested in hearing from anyone \Vho does, or who has mementos or diaries from that period. Ms. Bragen continues: "Earlier this year the Athenreum sought support to up­ date, upgrade and expand capabilities for information management and processing systems within the library. Thanks to the generosity of the Alice P. Chase Founda­ tion, Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, Trustee, The Cricket Foundation, and an anonymous benefactor, the Athenreum is at last on-line, booted up, and computer literate. Not only are we the happy recipients of new computer equipment, but library staff has been able to participate in extensive training programs to enable thcn1 to fully utilize that equipment. To date, ne'N computers have appeared in the Reference, Acquisitions, Conservation, and Cataloguing Departments, the Records Office, the Print Room, the Athenreum Gallery, the Director's Office and the Re­ search Office. Tow, \Vith our new FAX machine, we are equipped for the twentieth century and ready to greet the twenty-first!"

Volunteer N elvs

It's been a quiet summer and \Ve have missed our cheerful group of volunteers. As the fall schedule picks up, we hope to sec them an back with us. In preparation for the ne\v round of twice \Vcckly tours of the building this fall, we arc looking for a few additional volunteers interested in serving as guides on Tuesday and Thurs- «4~ 7 day afternoons at 3 o'clock. Staff rnembers Trevor Johnson, Harry Katz: John Lan­ non, Norman Tucker, and Michael Went\vorth will give a series of informal talks in September and October on the history of the Athen[Cum, its archit~cture, and its collections, to serve as an introduction for new volunteers and a refresher course for old hands. If you arc interested in being considered as an Athen~cun1 docent and giving tours, please telephone Michael Wentworth or Anthea Harrison at ( 617) 227-0270 or write to either at lOlh Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108.

Photography Projects in the Building

During the fall several professional photographers will be with us photographing various aspects of the building and the people who work and read here. We have no desire to upset the tranquility of the reading areas or intrude upon the privacy of those reading within them, so if anyone would like to step forward and volunteer to appear in these photographs we would be delighted to hear from them. The photo­ graphs are for two separate projects, one long and one short term. For further infor­ mation, or to offer your services, please contact the Director's Secretary, Bette McElaney. Exhibitions in the Reading Room Cases

Because of repairs to the Reading Room ceiling, mentioned above, the exhibitions in the small cases there have had to be juggled about a bit. Stanley Cushing's exhi­ bition of heraldic bookplates, and his interesting collection of items restored by the Conservation Department will probably be reduced to only one case each. This latter collection, which will be found on display near the Circulation Desk, exhibits some con1pleted restoration projects that readers usually never see. In the future Mr. Cushing, who heads the Athenreum's Conservation Department, will be exhibiting items that need work and similar items illustrating possible treatments. The current exhibition of custom-designed boxes for rare material displays some of the solutions recently constructed. Mr. Cushing reports that his selection of heraldic bookplates wil1 be on view in the Reading Room by mid-September, and he has submitted the following fasci­ nating commentary on what is obviously one of his favorite topics:

Some Heraldic Bookplates in the Boston Athenceum

The interest shown in the four early American heraldic bookplates included in the summer exhibition in the Gallery has prompted this short examination of related exan1ples in our bookplate collection. The Athenreum has an extensive and fasci­ nating array of these often elaborate and beautifully engraved small prints which are meant to indicate O\vnership and family history. While the symbolism of heraldry is often obscure to the viewer, a careful study of the design of fine examples can be very rewarding. • , .. • • •• f •

Figure 1 Figure 2

Figure 3 The Early English style of armorial bookplate is represented in the Athcn~um collection by the particularly grand one engraved for Francis G\vyn in 1698. Unlike many later exan1ples which divulge information only to those conversant \\'ith her­ aldry, this plate includes a scroll-edged panel at the bottom which includes nan1c, two addresses and the date. The shield is surrounded by swirling leafy mantling which greatly adds to its impact. The Library owns a good nun1ber of Jacobean style armorials. These arc distin­ guished by the placement of the shield on a symmetrical carved frame where the background is often filled with a fish-scale or brick pattern. The small and rather simple plate for Peter Burrell, Esq., of Beckenham in Kent was apparently used by its owner when ordering his armorial porcelain from China. It was copied exactly by the Chinese artist except for the omission of the motto from the ribbon hanging under the shield. The large and elegant engraving by Thomas Johnston for William P. Smith is one of the earliest signed American bookplates. The artist also engraved the Burgis map of Boston, 1728, owned by the Athenreum. Another fine example of the Jacobean style was done around 1765 for Daniel Horsmanden, Esq., of New York (Fig. 1). Its strong and dignified design is characteristic of this period. Changing styles in bookplate design can be seen in the two Gulston examples owned by the Athenreum. Joseph Gulston's is Jacobean and carries his manuscript signature and the date, 1768. Elize Gulston was his granddaughter and her plate is quite different. A lady's coat of arms is traditionally displayed on a lozenge, and in this case was framed with a Chippendale border. This elaborate style was very popu­ lar in the second half of the eighteenth century and was characterized by asymmetry and extravagant ornamentation. The Athenreum has numerous Chippendale book­ plates including the rather naive one for James Duane, Esq., where the heraldic shield is surrounded by a border containing a strolling man and woman, a seated woman playing the mandolin, and a spouting fountain. It is signed by Henry Dawkins of New York, \vho was an engraver arrested for counterfeiting Continental currency in the American Revolution. An interesting pair of plates has come to light where the Chippendale border of Thomas Deverson's is the exact mirror image of Nicholas Johnston's. Apparently the engraver copied one of them without thinking that the printing process would reverse his work. Luckily. he must have caught himself in time to letter the motto properly. Another pair of Chippendale bookplates are worthy of notice. They were engraved by Billinge apparently for two brothers, Gamaliel and Edward Jeremiah Lloyd. With identical borders and crests, the shields are distinguished by the differ­ ing postures of the reclining lions. The name ribbon under Edward's shield has been cut out and his name printed on a smaller sheet of paper meant to be pasted under the opening, or used as a small bookplate. Nathaniel Hurd of Boston was one of the great early engravers of bookplates in this country. The Athen(eum possesses a rare state of the plate he did for John Went\vorth (Fig. 2). A handsome Chippendale shell design, it is very similar to that 10 ~ done for Robert Hale \vhich is also in the collection. While most of these early bookplates were printed in black ink on \Vhite paper, \Ve do find occasional uses of colored inks. Hurd's Chippendale plate for John Chandler, Jr., is distinguished by its red ink. In the small exhibition currently in the Reading Room, there are examples printed in blue, bro\\ n and green but all of them seem to be quite unusual. Bookplate designers have creatively incorporated coats of arms in numerous diverse settings. Caesar Hawkins' shield is on a scroll suspended between piles of books while William Lynn's (Fig. 3) is precariously leaning among large folios. The Pyott plate by Ed\vard Bramston is an extremely busy Chippendale format with a nautical scene to the left of the shield and a rural scene to the right. Another example probably also by Bramston includes two nautical scenes on either side of the arms of Ed\vard Burrow. A romantic vision of heraldry is caught by Gregorius Ludovicus Way's little scene of a fully armored knight seated by a lake, staring at the full moon and leaning on his shield emblazoned with his arms. The bookplates I have mentioned are a tiny portion of the impressive collection owned by the Athenreum. They will be on display on the First Floor through the month of October and it is hoped that they \Vill stimulate further study.

NEW BOOKS OF INTEREST SELECTED FROM THE FULL LIST OF ACCESSIONS

Art and Architecture

AMOR, ANNE CLARK. William Holman Hunt: GILLEIT, PAULA. Worlds of Art: Painters in The True Pre-Raphaelite. Victorian Society. BARLOW, R.A YMOt-.'D E. A Guide to Sandwich HTGGONNET, ANNE. Berthe Morisot. Glass· Vases, Colognes, and Stoppers. HURLBURT, LAURANCE P. The Mexican Mural­ BERMA 'l, Avts. Rebels on Eighth Street: Juli­ ists in the United States. ana Force and the Whitney Museum of Ameri­ KEMP, MARTIN. The Science of Art: Optical can Art. Themes in Western Art from Brunelleschi to BRO\VN, JANE. The Art and Architecture of Seurat. English Gardens: Designs for the Garden from KE~SLER , H ERBERT L. The Frescoes of the the Collection of the Royal Institute of British Dura Synagogue and Christian Art. Architects, 1609 to the Present Day. MARK, RoBERT. Light, Wind, and Structure: CRO ILEY, ELIZABETH C. Alone Together: A The M y~tery of the Master Builders. Hhtory of New York's Early Apartments. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (New CURRY, DAVID PARK. Childe Hassam: An Island York, N.Y.). The Age of Napoleon: Co~tume Garden Revisited. from Revolution to Empire, 1789-1815. DANTO, ~\1u HUR COLEMAN. Encounters + Re­ ~1IR6, JoAN. Joan Mir6, the Illustrated Books: flections: Art in the HisLorical Present. Catalogue Raisonn6. DRE\V L, HE ·Rv JOHN. Yoruba: 'Tine Centu­ 10 TAGU, JENNIFER. Roman Baroque Sculp­ rie of African rt and Thought. ture: The Indust ry of Art. F LKINER, UZA • E. Leslie \Vilkinson, a Prac­ tORRIS, DAVID. Thomas Hearne and His Land­ tical 1denH t. scape. G EHTGE ' , THOMAS W. Jo eph-Marie Vien, NUDELMAN, EDWARD D. Jessie \Villcox Smith: peintre du roi, 1716-1809. American Illustrator. 1 1

PAL, PRADTAPADITYA . Romance of the Taj ~fahal. SEEBOH!\1, CAROLINE. The Country H ouse: A THE PARJAN PHENOMENON: A SURVEY \Vartimc Hi tory, 1939-45. OF VICTORIAN PARIAN PORCELAIN SHA fS, ERIC. Turner's Human Landscape. STATUARY & BUSTS. S~IART, C. M. .f\.fu~cular Churches: Ecclc in ti­ PRICE, SAil Y. Prirruti\ c Art in Civilized Places. cal Architecture of the Iligh Victorian Period. REYNOLDS, GARY A. Against the Odds: Afri­ SPANISH C ITIES OF THE GOLDE ' AGE: can-American Artists and the Harmon Founda­ TilE VIFWS OF ANTON VA DEN \VY1 - tion. GAERDE. ROBINSON, JOHN MARTIN. The Country H ouse SPARKS, Es·rHFR. Universal Limited Art Edi­ at War. tions: A Hi ~to ry and Catalogue, the First RUSSELL, JOitN. Reading Russell: Essays 1941- Twenty-five Years. 1988 on Ideas, I iterature, Art, Theater, Mw')ic, SuSS\tAN, ELISABETH. On the Passage of a Places, and Persons. I cv. People through a Rather Brief :Moment in SAUMARfZ SMITH, CHARLES. The Building of Time: The S1tuationist International, 1957- Castle Howard. 1972. SCHWARTZ, SANFORD. Artists and Writers. VARNEDOE, KIRK. A Fine Disregard: What SEARLE, RoNALD. Slightly Foxed-But Still De­ Makes Modern Art 1\.fodern. sirable· Ronald Searle's Wicked World of Book WAX, CAROL. The Mezzotint: History and Tech­ Collecting. mque.

Belles Lettres, Poetry, and Critici~m

AUERBACH, NINA. Private Theatricals: The McNALLY, TERRENCE. The Lisbon Traviata: A lives of the Victorians. Play in Two Acts. BIDART, FRANK. In the Western Night: Col­ THE OXFORD BOOK OF HUMOROUS lected Poems, 1965-90. PROSE: WILLIAM CAXTON TO P. G. BRAXTON, JOANNr M. Black Women Writing WODEHOUSf: A CONDUCTED TOUR. Autobiography: A Tradition Within a Tradi­ PORTER, K.An-tERINI: AN!'lE. Correspondence. tion. RENOIR, JEAN. Renoir on Renoir: Interviews, CAPEK, KAREL. Toward the Radical Center: A Essays, and Remarks. Karel Capek Reader. SAFIRE, WILLIAM . Language Maven Strikes DAHL,. ROALD. Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: Sto- Again. nes. SETH, VIKRAM. All You Who Sleep Tonight: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY WOMEN POETS: Poems. AN OXFORD ANTHOLOGY. SIMIC, CHARLrs. The World Doesn't End: Prose GILBERT, SANDRA M. No Man's Land: The Poems. Place of the Woman Writer in the Twentieth TILGHMAN, CHRISTOPHER. In a Father's Place. Century. TURNER, FRtDf:RICK W. Spirit of Place: The GILLIATT, PENELOPE. To Wit: In Celebration Making of an American l itcrary Landscape. of Comedy. VRIES, LEONARD or. A Treasury of Illustrated HOWARD, JEAN. Jean Howard's Hollywood: Children's Books: Early Nineteenth-century A Photo Memoir. Classics from the Osborne Collection. r..1cDO\VALL, RoooY. Double Exposure, Take WASSERSTEIN, WENDY. The H eidi Chronicles. Two. WEBER, NICHOLAS Fox. The Art of Babar: The Work of Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff.

Biography

BARRETT, ANTHoNY. Caligula: The Corrup­ CANAVAGGIO, JEAN. Cervantes. tion of Power. CHACE, JAMES. What We H ad: A Memoir. BATTESTIN, MARTIN C. Henry Fielding: A CHADWICK, OwEN. Michael Ramsey: A Life. Life. CHILDS, VIRGINIA. Lady Hester Stanhope: BERGREEN, LAURENCE. As Thousands Cheer: Queen of the Desert. The Life of Irving Berlin. DAB"EY, VIRGINIA BELL. Once There Was a BRO\VN, JORDAN. Elizabeth Blackwell. Farm: A Country Childhood Remembered. 12 ~

DELBANCO, NICHOLAS. Running in Place: MILLETT, KATE. The Loony-bin Trip. Scenes from the South of France. O'TOOLE, PATRICIA. The Fi\e of Hearts: An DODER, DusKo. Gorbacbev: Heretic in the Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Kremlin. Friends, 1880-1918. DURAS, MARGUERITE. La vie materielle practi­ OBERMAN, HEIKO AUGUSTINIUS. Martin Lu­ calities: Marguerite Duras Speaks to Jerome ther: Man Between God and the Devil. Beaujour. OSBORNE, CHARLES. The Life and Crimes of DUTFIELD, MICHAEL. A Marriage of Incon­ Agatha Christie. venience: The Persecution of Ruth and Seretse PASTERNAK, E. B. Boris Pasternak: The Tragic K.hama. Years, 1930-60. FLETCHER, SHEILA. Maude Royden: A Life. PRITCHARD, WILLIAM H. Randall Jarrell: A FOUQUET, LEON CHARLES. Hurrah for My New Literary Life. Free Country. RICE, EDWARD. Captain Sir Richard Francis HAYES, HAROLD T. P. The Dark Romance of Burton: The Secret Agent Who Made the Pil­ Dian Fossey. grimage to ~1ecca, Discovered the Kama Sutra, HAYES, HELEN. My Life in Three Acts. and Brought the Arabian Nights to the West. HOLMES, RICHARD. Coleridge: Early Visions. RUSK, DEAN. As I Saw It. LANE, ANN J. To Herland and Beyond: The SAKHAROV, ANDRE I. Memoirs. Life and Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman. SANBORN, MARGARET. Mark Twain: The Bache­ LEVIN, DAVID. Exemplary Elders. lor Years: A Biography. LUKACS, JoHN. Confessions of an Original Sin­ SHAPIRO, KARL JAY. Poet: An Autobiography ner. in Three Parts. MEER, FATIMA. Higher than Hope: A Biogra­ STRANE, SusAN. A Whole-Souled Woman: phy of Nelson Mandela. Prudence Crandall and the Education of Black MEYERS, JEFFREY. D. H. Lawrence: A Biogra­ Women. phy. WILSON, A. N. Eminent Victorians.

Children's Books

ADLER, DAVID A. A Picture Book of Thomas MACAULAY, DAVID. Black and White. Jefferson. MAHY, MARGARET. Making Friends. BERRY, CHRISTINE. Mama Went Walking. McPHAIL, DAVID M. Lost. CAMERON, ELEANOR. Stowaway to the Mush­ RYLANT, CYNTIIIA. Henry and Mudge and the room Planet. Happy Cat. LATTIMORE, DEBORAH NouRSE. The Dragon's VIORST, Junrm. The Tenth Good Thing about Robe. Barney.

Fiction

AMIS, KINGSLEY. The Folks That Live on the GODDEN, RUMER. Indian Dust: Stories. Hill: A Novel. HALE, RoBERT D. The Elm at the Edge of the ASTLEY, THEA. Reaching Tin Ri'ver. Earth: A Novel. BAKER, NICHOLSON. Room Temperature: A HERR, MICHAEL. Walter Winchell: A Novel. Novel. HOFFMAN, ALICE. Seventh Heaven. BANKS, RUSSELL. Affiiction. HYNES, JAMES. The Wild Colonial Boy: A BARTHELME, DONALD. The King. Novel. Bl::.IG, MARIA. Lost Weddings: A Novel. JOHNSON, DIANE. Persian Nights. Bl 'CHY, MAEVE. Silver Wedding. JONSSON, REIDAR. My Life as a Dog. BLOUNT, RoY. First Hubby. KRAIT, ERIC. Re!>ervations Recommended. CAPONEGRO, MARY. The Star Cafe & Other LEfFLAND, ELLA. The Knight, Death, and the Storie . Devil. CHEVIGNY, BELL GALE. Chloe and Olivia. LINDGREN, ToRGNY. Merab's Beauty and Other COL WIN, LAURIE. Goodbye \Vithout Leaving. Storie~. COR \VELL, BERNARD. \Vaterloo. LOMBREGLIA, RALPH. Men under Water: GIO '0, JEAN. The Man Who Planted Tree~. Short Stories. 13

MATIHIESSEN, PETER. Killing Mister Watson. ARAYAN, R . K. The \Vorld of ~agaraj. McFALL, LYNNE. The One True Story of the O'BRIEN, ED""A. Lantern Slides: Short Stories. World. PALLISER, CHARLES. The Quincunx. McFARLAND, DrNNIS. The Music Room. PATRICK, WILLIAM. Blood Winter. McKNIGHT, R[GINALD. I Get on the Bus: A ROSSNER, JuDrrn. His Little Women. Novel. SCHWARTZ, LYNNE SHARON. Leaving Brook- McLEAY, ALISON. Wayward Tide Passage lyn. Home: A Novel. THOMSON, JUNE. Past Reckoning. MESSINA, MARIA. A House in the Shadowc;. TREVOR, WILLIAM. Family Sms and Other Sto­ MILl HAUSER, STEVEN. The Barnum Museum: nes. Stories. WESLEY, MARY. A Sensible Life. MUKHERJEE, BHARATI. Jasmine. WINTERSON, JEANNETTE. Sexing the Cherry. MURDOCH, IRIS. The Message to the Planet.

Mysteries and Thrillers

ALLINGHAM, MARGERY. The Return of Mr. McQUILLAN, KARIN. Deadly Safari. Campion: Uncollected Stories. MURPHY, HAUGHTON. Murder Times Two: A BABSON, MARIAN. In the Teeth of Adversity. Reuben Frost Mystery. BLACK, VERONICA. A Vow of Silence. NABB, MAGDALEN. The Marshal's Own Case: A CHIBKA, RoBERT. A Slight Lapse. Marshal Guamaccia Mystery. DEXTER, CoLIN. The Wench Is Dead: An In- P ARK.ER, RoBERT B. Stardust. spector Morse Mystery. PERRY, ANNE. Bethlehem Road. FYFIELD, FRANCES. Not That Kind of Place. SHAKESPEARE, L. M. A Question of Risk. GEORGE, ELIZABETH. Well-Schooled in Murder. SIMENON, GEORGES. The Door. GILLESPIE, ROBERT B. Deathstorm. SPRINKLE, PATRICIA HoucK. Murder in the GILMAN, DoROTHY. Mrs. Pollifax and the Charleston Manner. Whirling Dervish. TUROW, ScoTT. The Burden of Proof. HILL, REGINALD. Bones and Silence. WILLIAMS, NIGEL. The Wimbledon Poisoner. HILLERMAN, ToNY. Coyote Waits. WINSLOW, PAULINE GLEN. A Cry in the City. KAMINSKY, STUART M. Poor Butterfly. WRIGHT, LAURALI. A Chill Rain in January. LOGAN, MARGARET. C.A.T. Caper. YORKE, MARGARET. Admit to Murder. MciNERNY, RALPH M. Savings and Loam: An Andrew Broom Mystery.

History

APTHEKER, HERBERT. Abolitionism: A Revo­ CROUCH, STANLEY. Notes of a Hanging Judge: lutionary Movement. Essays and Reviews, 1979-1989. BOURNE, RussrLL. The Red King's Rebellion: CUSTINE, AsTOLPHE. Empire of the Czar: A Racial Politics in New England, 1675-1678. Journey through Eternal Russia. BRADFORD, SARAH. King George VI. DOHLA, JOHANN CONRAD. A Hessian Diary of BRANDT, NAT. The Town That Started the the American Revolution. Civil War. EHRENREICH, BARBARA. The Worst Years of THE CAMBRIDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF IN­ Our Lives: Irreverent Notes from a Decade of DIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, SRI LAN­ Greed. KA, NEPAL, BHUTAN, AND THE MAL­ GIROUARD, MARK. The English Town: A His­ DIVES. tory of Urban Life. CHESTER, THOMAS MORRIS. Thomas Morris GLASS, CHARLES. Tribes with Flags: A Danger­ Chester, Black Civil War Correspondent: His ous Passage through the Chaos of the Mjddle Dispatches from the Virginia Front. East. CORT AZZI, HuGH. The Japanese Achievement: GLENNY, MICHAEL. The Other Russia. A Short History of Japan and Its Culture. HENNESSY, JOHN. The First Battle of Manas­ CRITCHFIELD, RicHARD. An American Looks sas: An End to Innocence July 18-21, 1861. at Britain. HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER. Redcoats & Rebels: 14 ~..,

The American Revolution through British Eyes. PLETE INTRODUCTION TO THE BUILD­ HITCHENS, CHRISTOPHER. Blood, Class, and INGS, GARDE S, COAST AND COUNTRY ~o~talgta; Anglo-American Ironies. 0\\~ED BY THE NATIO rAL TRUST. HOFJ\1A TN, PAUL. That Fine Italian H and. ·EWARK, TIMOTHY. Women \\'arlords: An Il­ HOP KIRK, PETER. The Great Game: On Secret lustrated I\1ilitary History of Female \Varriors. Sentce in High Asia. OFF~ER, A\ ~ER. The First \Vorld \Var, An HOSKING, GEOFFREY A. The Awakening of the Agrarian Interpretation. So\ iet U mon. PAGDE r, A~lH ONY. Spanish Imperialism and HUGHES-HALLEIT, LucY. Cleopatra: Histo­ the Political Imagination: Studies in European riec;, Dreams and Distortions. and Spanhh-American Social and Political The­ JOH~SO ·, JERAH, and WILLIAM P ERCY . The ory, 1513-1 830. Age of R ecovery. PERCY, WILLIAM. Lanterns on the Levee. KAS ON, J oHN F . Rudeness and Chility: M an­ RODGER'), EuGENE. Beyond the Barrier: The ners m Nineteenth-century Urban America. Story of B}rd's First Expedition to Antarctica. KAWAHARA, TOSHIAKI. Hirobito and His ROSS, ANNE. The Life and Death of a Druid Ttmes: A J apane ~e Perspecthe. Prince: The Story of Lindow rvt a.n, an Archaeo­ KEMP, BARRY J . Ancient Eg)pt: Anatomy of a logical Sensation. Civilization. SHEEHAN, JAMES J. German History, 1770-1866. LEE, MA URICE. Great Britain's Solomon: James SPARKS, ALLISTER HADDON. The Mind of South VI and I in His Three Kingdoms. Africa. LOADES, D M . Mary Tudor : A Life. SPENCE, JoNATHAN D. The Search for Modem MAHARJDGE, DALE. And Their Children after China. Them: The Legacy of Let U s Now Praise Fa­ SZULC, TAD. Then and Now: How the World m ous M en, James Agee, \Valk.er E\ans, and the H as Changed Since World War II. Rise and Fall of Cotton m the South. TUCKER, RoBERT W. Empire of Liberty: The MILANIC H, JERALD T . First Encounters: Span­ Statecraft of Thomas Jefferson. ish Explorations in the Caribbean and the \\'HITE, H ENRY S. Prison Life among the Rebeh: Umted States, 1492-1570. Recollections of a Union Chaplain. MOLTKE, H ELMUTH JAMES. Letter~ to Freya: \VINKLER, JOHN J. The Constraints of Desire: 1919-1945. The Anthropology of Sex and Gender in An­ NADER, H ELEN. Liberty in Absolutist Spain: cient Greece. The H ap'\burg Sale of Towns, 1516-1750. YELLIN, JEA"l FAGAN. Women & Sisters: The THE NATIONAL TRUST GUIDE: A COM- Antislavery Feminists in American Culture.

Music

BRAUNBEHRE S, VOLKMAR. !\tozart in Vien- l\1AcDONALD, MALCOLM. Brahms. na, 1781-1791. Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion

ACKERMAN, DIANE. A Natural History of the INCARNATION: CONTEMPORARY WRIT­ Sen es. ERS ON THE NEW ] ESTAI\. IE T. COTKI'I, GroRGE. William James, Public Phi­ PAGAN PRIESTS: RELIGION AND POWER lo opher. J).i THE ANCIENT \\,.ORLD. DE GRAZIA, S1 BASTIAN. Machiavelli in Hell. \VILSON, DANIEL J. Science, Community, and HILLMAN,. JAMeS. A Blue Fire: Selected \Vrit- the Transformation of American Philosophy, mg. 1860-1930.

Social Issues, Education, Governnzent, Law

ADA11S, JAM ES. Engines of \Var: Merchants of CLAEYS, GREGORY. Citi7cns and Saints: Politics Death and the New Arm Race. and Anti ~ politics in Early British Sociali m. BLOCKER, JACK S. American Temperance HOLLORAN, PE1ER C. Bo:;ton's Wayward Chil­ ~1o,· ements: Cycle;; of Reform. dren: Sociul Services for Homeless Children, CH DLER, ALFRI o D UPO IT. calc and Scope: 1830-1930. The Dynamics of Industrial Capitali m. KUv1BALL, R oGE R. Tenured Radicals; How ~ 9 15

Politics Has Corrupted Our Higher Education. PHILLIPS, K EVIl" P. The Politics of Rich and LINDSEY, LA \\'RENCP.. The Growth Experiment: Poor : Wealth and the American Electorate in How the New Tax Policy Is Transforming the the Reagan Aftermath. U S. Economy. TRIBE, LAUREI'CE H . Abortion: The Cla. h of NAU, Ilr NRY R . The Myth of America's De­ Absolutes. clmc: Leading the World Economy into the \VILSON, JAM£S Q Bureaucracy: \\'hat Go\'- 1990s. crnment Agencies Do and \\'hy They Do It.

Miscellaneous

THE AGE OP NAPOlEON: COSTUMES PlSTORlUS, ALAN. Cutting IIill: A Chronicle FROM REVOLUTION TO E\.1PIRE, 1789- of a F amil)' Farm. 1815. QUI1\N, Wn r I·P·f P. Cape Cod .tvfaritime Dis­ AI COCK, JoliN. Sonoran Desert Summer. asters: A Collection of ~11ritime Accidents ALEXANDER, CAROlINE. One Dry Season: In around Cape Cod, Nantucket, and MJrtha's the Footsteps of Mary Kingsley. Vineyard. BRODEUR, PAUL. Currents of Death: Power RAPHAEL, SANDRA An Oak Sprinp Sylva; A Lines, Computer Terminals, and the Attempt Selection of the Rare Books on Trees m the to Cover Up Their Threat to Our Health. Oak Spring Garden Library. BROWN, MICHAEL HAROLD. The Search for Eve. ROBINSON, JANE. \Vayward Women: A Guide COMMONER, BARRY. Making Peace with the to Women Travellers. Planet. RUNTE, ALFRI D. Yosemite: The Embattled Wil­ CONOVER, JoHN H . The Blue Hill Meteoro­ derness. logical Observatory: The First 100 Years- SCHULTES, RICHARD EvANS. The Healing For­ 1885-1985. est: Medicinal and T oxic Plants of the North­ ENCYCI OPEDIA OF HOMOSEXUALITY. west Amazonia. GORDON, ALICE. Texas and the Arkansas River SHUKMAN, HENRY. Sons of the Moon : A Jour­ Valley. ney in the Andes. HASTINGS, Scorr E. The Last Yankees: F olk­ SMITH, BILL. The Caribbean: Essence of the ways in Eastern Vermont and the Border Coun­ Islands. try. SMITH, RoBERT W. The Space Telescope: A HOLLDOBLER, BeRT. The Ants. Study of NASA, Science, Technology, and Poli­ HUNTER-COX, JANE. Ocean Pictures: The tics. Golden Age of Transatlantic Travel, 1936 to STEPHENS, WILLIAM PICARD. Traditions and 1959. Memories of American Yachting: The )0th An­ KENNEDY, RoGER. The Plains States. niversary Edition. LEWIS, TAYLOR BIGGS. Nantucket: Gardens and STEVENS, C. J. The Next Bend in the River: Houses. Gold fvfming in Maine. MAYLE, PETER. A Year in Provence. THE VATICAN LIBRARY - ITS HISTORY MITCHELL, JOHN HANSON. Li\ing at the End AND TREASURES. of Time. VITALEV, VITALI. Special Correspondent: In­ NEWTON, SIR ISAAC. The Preliminary Manu­ \estigating in the So\tet Union. scripts for Isaac Newton's 1687 Principia, 1684- WALKOWICZ, CHRIS. Atlas of D og Breeds of 1685. the \Vorld. O'BRIEN, RICHARD. The Story of American Toys WHITE, JASPFR. Cooking from New England: from the Puritans to the Present. lvfore than 300 Traditional and Contemporary OPIE, IoNA ARCHIBALD . The Treasures of Child­ Recipes. hood: Books, Toys, and Games from the Opie WILFORD, JOHN NoBLE. Mars Beckons: The Collection. ~fystenes, the Challenges, the Expectations of OXENHORN, HARVEY. Tuning the Rig: A Jour­ Our Next Great Adventure in Space. ney to the Arctic. \\:OLFE, RICHARD J. :Vt arbled Paper: Its His­ PERLI . JoHN. A Forest Journey: The Role of tory, Techniques, and Patterns, with Special Wood in the De\ elopment of Ci\lilization. Reference to the Relauonships of farblmg to Bookbinding in Europe and the Western \Vorld.