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...black disk of the moon and around it the sun's corona. At least seven prominent streamers were apparent, as well as several smaller ones. The longest extended about twice the moon's diameter. Four spots of red solar prominences appeared plainly during the eclipse. The planet Venus, which appeared even before totality, shone; also Mercury and several stars of first magnitude. The sky appeared a deep blue as did the water even at the beginning of the eclipse. I could see to the west all the way under the moon's shadow to where...
...which no Athenian could understand today. Then he gave me goat's milk and blessed me; asked me to take his picture, and so I did. Thus endeth my great trip adventure of exploration, a sad failure. But tomorrow I go to Syracuse to whistle in Dionysius' Ear, see Venus Anadyomene, and bask in the memory of Plato, Pindar and Aeschylus...
...tempers of Manhattan play reviewers are prone to grow shorter in the spring, when the general air of relaxation tempts fledgling producers and first-play authors to emerge hopefully from Broadway's crannies. Last week one critic compared Arms for Venus to a toothache and another mentioned a session in a dentist's chair...
...Bronze Venus...
Recently acquired by the Fogg Art Museum is a statuette, probably a contemporary copy, of a Venus by Giovanni; Bologna, who worked in Florence in the 16th Century. The figure is small, being but ten inches high and owes its elegance to the high lustre of its dark bronze as well as to its interplay of line...