Word: sibyl
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Once the lights go out, it is still the 19th century as far as children and ghosts are concerned, reason enough for the perdurability of tales about phantoms, poltergeists and demons. A case in point: Esteban and the Ghost, adapted by Sibyl Hancock (Dial; $10.95). The hero, a wide-eyed tinker, plies his trade in the hills of Spain until he learns of a reward for anyone who can exorcise the ghost from a forbidding castle. The sprite can overwhelm anything except innocence, and Esteban not only survives but prevails. Together, he and the ghost recover some stolen treasure...
...Previously wed to each other, Amanda (Taylor) and Elyot (Burton) meet again on the terrace of a seaside resort in France. Each is on a second honeymoon with a fail-safe second mate. Amanda has chosen conventional, humdrum Victor (John Cullum), and Elyot has chosen humdrum, conventional Sibyl (Kathryn Walker). But Amanda and Elyot are blithe spirits: witty, sophisticated, selfish, mercurial. They skip off to Paris, make love again, tiff tempestuously again and, when discovered by the appalled Victor and Sibyl, steal off together again...
...Attucks is mentioned, the fact remains that, for blacks, the Bicentennial marks the first time the Afro-American population of this country got shafted by an American government. And while women are busily digging up their own Bicentennial heroes--did you know there was a female Paul Revere named Sibyl Ludington--they shouldn't forget that there's a good reason for the phrase Founding Fathers...
...about its subject. Some negative observations are offered about Lord Olivier's vulgarities and his tendency to rant. But the book is mainly an enlarged poster of theatrical quotes: "Range and virtuosity"-James Agee; "Unforgettable"-Kenneth Tynan; "The most lovable person in the theater''-Dame Sibyl Thorndyke; "Simplicity and humility"-Kirk Douglas...
...Died. Sibyl Mary Hathaway, 90, Dame of Sark, a tiny English Channel island that she ruled as a benevolent feudal despot (see THE WORLD...