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...Napoleon's greatest battles. Fèvre has never ridden in the subway or a bus; he steadfastly refuses to switch on an electric light or read a daily paper. "What men call progress," he says bitterly, "is nothing but a sham. Transportation has improved, but noble sentiments become rarer...
...funny scenes give it a grisly monotony; the book suggests a tired master who seems to be trying to see how far he can go in revealing his contempt for his large and profitable audience. Out of it, however, Scott-King emerges as one of Waugh's rarer characters...
...Greek) has become slightly more familiar; it offers no real trouble to an attentive reader, and on occasion adds to the sense of immediacy. On the other hand, Cummings' point of view, his simple reliance on what he himself felt, saw and heard, is rarer than ever-at least among travelers permitted to make the same trip nowadays...
...gloom deepened as the fur auction season started last week in Manhattan. Even in the rarer types (e.g., Silverblumink) only half the pelts offered were sold; in the top quality dark ranch mink, prices were off 30 to 50% from last year...
...editorial. The owl now ravaging the fat and complacent pigeons of the Yard is a barred owl, whose proper Latin name is Strix varia, or if one wishes to be sub-specific, Strix varia varia. Scotiaptex nobulosa is the handle of the great grey owl, a much larger and rarer creature in these parts and a bird which would hardly be likely to be lured into the big city even by the prospect of a Harvard-educated prey. We realize that this nomenclatural lapse is not a matter of any great concern, except to us, but in the interest...