Eighth Day and Tales of Manhattan Book Review
Reader's Fare discusses Ther Wilder's The Eighth Day, a midwestern murder tale of Breckenridge Lansing and John Ashley, with a rescue and family endurance, while Tales of Manhattan by Lewis Auchincloss offers 12 stories and a one-act play about wealth, collectors, and mystery, praised for strong prose and timeless insights.
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Charles Dickens
Two Cities
Americas
J.ap
Manhattan
Lewis Auchinclost
Houghton Miffilm
Auchincless
Stirling
Remembering Daring Rescue On Mohawk River Dam Day
Two Cohoes boys in a rowboat near the Mohawk River dam were saved when Philip Martin and Albert Hurley arrived in a second boat as the boats went over the dam. Both crews reached shore safely to a large crowd gathering.
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Cohoes
Mohawk River
Philip Martin
Albert Hurley
Clifton St
Northside
Saratoga Street
Corrupting Influence Reflections by P T
A compact literary note on a power that seems to possess its bearer, a recurring theme of machineless work. The piece hints at changing variations in how influence alters those who wield it, always present though never identical.
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van Vandt Jacobs
Theodore Perrault
Anna Kelly
Mrs. Johnson
Mary Ryan
P.T
Mata Hari Musical Slated For Broadway
New York AP reports David Merrick plans a Mata Hari musical for next season with book by Jerome Coopersmith score by Eddie Thomas and lyrics by Martin Charnin. He has also optioned How Now Dow Jones a Wall Street musical by Max Shulman with scores by Bernstein and Eigh.
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New York
Mata Hari
David Merrick
Jerome Coopersmith
Eddie Thomas
Martin Charnin
Merrick
Wall Street
Max Shulman
Pines Bernstein
Carolyn Eigh
CBS TV plans drama on life of playwright
CBS TV assembles a star cast for Good Times Bad Times a 1967 68 season color special about Anton Chekhov with Nigel Davenport Maurice Denham joining Sir John Gielgud Dame Peggy Ashcroft Dorothy Tutin and Wendy Hiller in London rehearsals Davenport will play Maxim Gorki and Denham will portray Alexander Chekhov both noted stage and screen actors with extensive Shakespeare Shaw and Osborne connections.
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New York
Nigel Davenport
Maurice Denham
John Gielgud
Peggy Ashcroft
Dorothy Tutin
Wendy Hiller
Anton Chekhov
CBS
Lon
Chekhov
Alexander
England
Shakespeare
Shaw
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Harper & Kew
Bridge of San Luis Rey
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Gillies
Herbert A. Calkins
Green Island Notes
John Doremus
Dodds
Cambridge
Florida
Lane Dora
Doremus
Watervliet
Lemon Club
William F. Parker
James J
Callahan
William B. Riley
John J. McLoughlin
Edward A. Dugan
M. F. Conroy
Michael Gunner
William H. Cummings
Dennis McCarthy
William T. Bainbridge
Edward J. Cusack
Matthew McNamara
Lemenaides
Wynantskill
Associated Press
Troy
Upper East Side
John Calanto
Paradise Alley
Cbs-Tv
Don
Beltone
Andante
Roland L. Bourgeois, Inc
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