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LITTLE OWL, by Reiner Zimnik, illustrated by Hanne Axmann (Atheneum; $3.50), is a translation from German of a tale about a peeping-owl. The illustrations convey with charm and mystery a mocking view of the foolish fears that isolate adults from the pleasant world of children and small animals...
...three Rembrandts given to the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford (see overleaf) show a moody trio. The young artist is lost to everything but his own thoughts. The gentle Saskia shows two complementary aspects of Rembrandt: the artist who could look into his wife's mind and yet remain fascinated by the texture of her heavily embroidered gown. The brooding landscape displays Rembrandt's vision of landscape as a wide stage on which the drama of nature is acted-trees pitted against sky, light battling with shadow, serenity threatened by a gathering storm...
...monkey"), dubious of Richard Nixon ("I just haven't honestly been able to believe that he is presidential timber"). Not surprisingly, Hughes is also leaving his former publishers. Doubleday & Co., who happen to be bringing out Eisenhower's memoirs. The new Hughes book will be published by Atheneum Press...
WHAT A WAY TO Go (310 pp.)-Wright Morris-Atheneum...
...FREEDOM (344 pp.)−Edward Bennett Williams−Atheneum...