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...ELIZABETH BROUGHTON : "She lost her Mayden-head to a poor young fellow ... in 1660 . . . and away she gott to London, and did sett up for her selfe. She was a most exquisite beautie, as finely shaped as Nature could frame . . . and her price was very deare . . . Richard, Earle of Dorset, kept her [but] at last she grew common and infamous and gott the Pox, of which she died ... I remember thus much of an old song...
Gottschallc: The Banjo (Eugene List, piano; Vanguard). A reminiscence of pre-Civil War New Orleans in the form of brief compositions by a onetime resident, Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-69). The first American to win an international reputation as pianist and composer, Gott-schalk's arrangements of Creole songs and dances were as popular in Paris of the mid-19th century as Chopin's mazurkas...
Inevitably he nuzzles at puppy love. The girl Wanda has "elfin-upslanting eyes" and "wheaten lashes," and when Tone is near, she deep-breathes like "a deer chased by dogs." An older woman, a German, finally initiates Tone in the mysteries of sex ("Aber Gott . . . you are so young'1). Meanwhile Author Boles unravels a skein of subplots. Readers will find themselves aging rather more rapidly than Tone, who keeps himself in shape by doing knee-bends in moments of crisis and repeating that everything is "mighty very fine." The same cannot be said of Author Boles...
Main reasons for Gott's travels are to keep correspondents in touch with the editors' thinking, to meet the statesmen and other leaders with whom correspondents deal locally, and to go over such problems as communications difficulties (censorship in some areas), antiquated transportation, currency exchanges and quick visas. This means busy, schedule-filled days. Of this type of travel, Gott says: "It's stimulating...
Though this year's trip was without adventure, it had its moment of romance. Gott arrived in London just in time for the surprise wedding of Correspondent Richard Weekes and Researcher Ava Smith. Genially, Gott played host at the wedding party, serving champagne and viands in our new TIME-LIFE Building...