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...virtually every major 18th century author. Many of the collection's trophies are currently on display in honor of the new Yale Center. The exhibit begins with Dryden's Fables, Ancient and Modern, which was published in London in 1700, and ends with Wordsworth's manuscript for the second edition of Lyrical Ballads, which appeared in 1800. Also on display are The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, An Elegy Wrote in a Country Churchyard, and James Boswell's manuscript of The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., which Martz says is "literally priceless...
...high color. The mission of Franklin, Deane and Lee to secure France's aid during the Revolution, for example, becomes "a spectacle to delight the gods-smooth Ben, sleek Silas and suspicious Arthur selling a revolution to the most absolute monarch in Europe." Morison was correcting the manuscript of this revision just before he died last year at the age of 88. What a way to go. Mayo Mohs
...Chancellor Manuscript, Ludlum...
...typical day, the gaunt, hollow-eyed Douglas is bundled into his court office by late morning, dawdles over correspondence, takes a nap and then addresses his manuscript. He tires rapidly and is usually taken home by midafternoon. Burger has become solicitous of Douglas' welfare, attending small social events staged by Douglas and his fourth wife, Cathy, 33, and sending over gifts of vintage wine and tasty apricot and orange jam put up by Burger himself...
...Raise the Titanic!, Cussler (4) 5-The Chancellor Manuscript...