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Mary Poppins, by P.L. Trovers, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich...
HENRI MATISSE by Louis Aragon. 2 vols., 721 pages. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. $75. The publication of this eccentric, often brilliant, book was one of the major events in the French art world. Aragon, whose talent as a poet-novelist has long been buried under his notoriety as a Marxian apologist, met Matisse in 1941, and until the painter died in 1954 spent hours in his studio at Cimiez talking about the creative process. It took Aragon 27 years to put together his notes on those conversations and Matisse's comments. Aragon can be the most digressive of writers. Luckily...
Almost as long as there have been scientists, man has been trying to measure the speed of light. In 1638, Galileo stationed a brace of lantern bearers on hilltops and tried to time their flashes-with no luck at all. Since then, Danes, Frenchmen and Americans have succeeded in narrowing down the figure to generally accepted modern-day figures, but the search for greater precision still goes...
...people," he insisted during the campaign, "that the people don't believe them any more. I'd like a shot at changing that." The young Wilmington lawyer, who rides a motorcycle and plays touch football, was helped enormously by pert Sister Valerie, 26 (as campaign manager), a brace of other siblings, and parents who collectively reminded Delaware voters of the Kennedy family...
...pages. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich...