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...LIVING WORLD OF AUDUBON by Roland C. Clement. 272 pages. Grosset & Dunlap. $25. Excellent reproductions of 64 of John James Audubon's splendid 19th century engravings of birds juxtaposed against equally splendid 20th century photographs of the same owls, thrushes, hummingbirds and eagles. The fascinating and informative experiment raises the question of which is better: the 120-year-old engraved image or the sophisticated, modern stop-action photo? In making a decision, the reader is likely to pay homage to Audubon...
Ironically, the bill does not fully satisfy environmentalists, either. They urge amendments prohibiting strip-mining on steep slopes, as in Appalachia, which are virtually impossible to restore to their original contours. Moreover, complains Louise Dunlap, coordinator of the Washington-based Coalition Against Strip Mining, the legislation fails 1) to protect Indian-reservation land above rich coal deposits; 2) to curb the power of coal companies that own mineral rights to strip-mine then" deposits without the written consent of a surface owner...
...help women with re-entry problems, several books have recently appeared with titles such as Have You Had It in the Kitchen? (Grosset & Dunlap) and The Back to Work Handbook for Housewives (Collier Books). This spring Simon & Schuster will publish one with a title that tells it all: How to Go to Work When Your Husband Is Against It, Your Children Aren't Old Enough and There's Nothing You Can Do Anyhow...
...June 6, 1969, after numerous cobalt treatments for throat cancer, Mrs. Dunlap S. Garceau, widow of an inventor of medical instruments, died. Her will, drawn up by Wright and executed eight days before her death, bequeathed 200 shares of Standard Oil (N.J.), then worth $15,500, to Wright's wife; the Garceau house, land and personal possessions to Wright's mother; $25,000 each to Wright's two adolescent daughters; and $35,000 cash to Wright's wife "to be used by her in her sole discretion for library purposes and for the arts...
...JOHN R. DUNLAP...