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When Saul Bellow wrote his roman a clef, Humboldt's Gift, even knowledgeable readers had trouble recalling the model for Von Humboldt Fleisher. The difficulty would not have occurred if Bellow's chief character had been based on Robert Lowell or John Berry man or Theodore Roethke. Yet, for these celebrated poets, Delmore Schwartz was once the front runner of their generation...
...have long cherished a desire to visit the United States and to meet and learn to know her people," Japan's Emperor Hirohito told United Press Correspondent Wilfred Fleisher in 1921. "I greatly regret that I am unable to carry out my wishes on this occasion, but since it is only a fortnight's trip from Japan to the United States, I hope it will only be a deferred pleasure." Hirohito's pleasure has been deferred for 51 years, but the trip is less formidable these days. So the Emperor, now 71, plans to accept President Nixon...
...REVIEW of this weekend's music would be complete without a mention of the Boston Philharmonia's Sunday night concert. Under-publicized, under-attended, and at a ridiculously early hour, the Philharmonia with Leon Fleisher turned out a fine orchestral performance, one of the best I've heard this season. The program ranged from Haydn to Schnabel, and was uniformly well played...
...MARY ANN FLEISHER...
...Fleisher's bail was set at $50,000 and his case was continued until Friday. His lawyer, Benjamin Learner, said Fleshier had been under FBI surveillance for a full week as they waited for Axe and Power to contact him, but nothing came...