Dostoevsky biography shines among literary studies
The review lauds David Magarshack's Dostoevsky as the best biography to date, noting extensive use of letters and diaries, coverage from childhood to Siberian exile, and the author’s ability to illuminate the paradoxes of a turbulent genius. It also lists Magarshack’s translations and a long catalog of other contemporary non fiction titles and children's works.
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Dostoevsky
Job
Prometheus
David Magarshack
Pauline
Baden-Baden
Raymond Jahn
Stephen R. Graubard
Evelyn M
Sylvanus M. Duvall
Science
John Rowland
T. K. Derry
Natalie Davis Spingarn
Alec Miller
Eric Bird
Hank Bowman
Gladys Ogden Dimock
Janet Kern
Yeats
John Unterecker
Ferdinand Lundberg
Catherine Collins
H. Montgomery Hyde
E. J. Kahn Jr
Boswell
James Boswell
Louis Braille
Margaret Coit
Nathan Kravetz
Zip Zip
Red Planet
John M. Schealer
Johnny
Maurice Sendak
Flowering Trees Guide From Brooklyn Botanic Garden
A new Brooklyn Botanic Garden Handbook on flowering trees synthesizes advice from E L Kammerer of the Morton Arboretum. It covers major classes such as crab apples, flowering cherries, magnolias, and flowering dogwoods, with details on flowering, fruit, foliage, size, care, pruning, hardiness, and site suitability for home landscapes and street planting.
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E. L. Kammerer
Morton Arboretum
Lisle
Inois
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Flowering Trees Handbook Spotlight Highlights 100 Species
An article by Edward H. Scanlon reviews the Flowering Trees Handbook noting over 100 species with bloom timing from March to November. It cites experts Dr John M. Fogg Jr Harold Perkins and lists trees such as Golden rain tree Silk tree Sour wood Chinese Scholar tree and Aralia. Florida California and Hawaii trees are profiled with color plates and practical cultural notes.
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Edward H. Scanlon
John M. Fogg, Jr
Handbook
Harold O. Perkins
Florida
California
Hawaii
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn
New York
Question of the Week on porch box and Mexican bamboo pest
The column discusses a porch box plant failing to stay uniform due to Mexican bamboo and suggests winter protection, shade and soil factors affecting blooming, and several elimination ideas for the bamboo. Readers are invited to submit better methods. It also covers petunias, geraniums, coleus, and vine pruning to restore a tidy display.
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B. H
Medina
Fick. R. W
Westlake
Coleus
Fire damages paint sprayer at Elyria plant
Elyria firemen were called at 12:48 am Wednesday to the C. A. Olsen Co on Filbert St to control a small blaze that started in an automatic paint sprayer. The fire damaged spraying equipment and spread upward, damaging wiring and lighting fixtures. Firemen opened 200 automatic sprinklers due to the heat. The cause was an electrical arc from the sprayer.
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Elyria
C. A. Olsen Co
Filbert St
Henry Ford Day Proclaimed in Lorain by Mayor Mathna
Lorain Mayor Woodrow W. Mathna proclaimed Henry Ford Day for next Tuesday to mark the 100th anniversary of Ford's birth. Edward H. Mehrer of the Lorain Ford Assembly Plant received the proclamation as Mathna signed it at 10 am, praising Ford as the father of mass production and noting enduring contributions to workers and society.
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Lorain
Woodrow W. Mathna
Henry Ford
Edward H. Mehrer
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