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...Jake Bird, a 46-year-old convicted Negro ax murderer, learned that his lawyer, J. W. Selden of Tacoma, Wash., had died. Selden was the fifth man connected with Bird's trial to die in the eleven months since the killer had predicted: "All the guys who had anything to do with this case are going before I do." Like all the others involved-the judge, an undersheriff, a police lieutenant and the clerk of court-Selden died of a heart attack...
...pepped up by the singing, spoofing and sass of attractive young Mary McCarty (Sleepy Hollow). With only one unhackneyed satirical target, the show has a sharp eye for such riddled ones as movie endings, magazine ads, the Jazz Age. The fresh gag is Ballad for Billionaires (music by Albert Selden, lyrics by Billings Brown). Sample...
...Below stairs" this setup is neatly imitated by Bullivant the butler and Mrs. Selden the cook, who spend the bulk of the day tyrannizing over two minor lackeys named George and Miriam with just the same genteel, long-winded authorita-tiveness that Horace exercises upstairs...
...AMERICAN POEMS (184 pp.)-Edited by Selden Rodman-Penguin Signet...
...Selden Rodman has collected 100 American poems, ranging from the twisted, Donne-like prayers of colonial minister Edward Taylor to a fine elegy by 31-year-old Robert Lowell. To introduce the poems, Rodman has written a breathless essay which takes the reader on a dizzy, profitless tour of American poetic history. Most readers will prefer to skip Rodman's off-the-hip grading of American poets and go directly to their work. On the whole, his selections are very good. He has omitted such chestnuts as The Raven and 0 Captain! My Captain! and included less well-known...