the Archaeological Survey, which the British Viceroy, Lord Cur- zon, had reformed and enlarged in 1901.
Profiting from the digs at Mohenjo- Daro and Harappa, A. L. Basham's The Wonder That Was India: A Sur-vey of the Culture of the Indian Sub-continent Before the Coming of the Muslims (Grove, paper, 1954; Taplinger, cloth, 1968) begins the story 2,500 years before Christ. At that time the once-fertile Indus Val- ley in the northwest (today a part of Pakistan) already supported an ad- vanced pre-Aryan...
David Hapgood, in American Heritage 'Single Tax" (April-May 1978), 383 West Center St.,
Marion, Ohio 43302.
Henry George (1839-97), perhaps America's most innovative economic theorist, may have been right in his notion of taxing land rather than the improvements on land. So writes Hapgood, author and former journalist.
Living in California just 10 years after the Gold Rush (1849), George observed that land, once cheap, was quickly concentrated in a few hands and then held off the market...
Paul Gauguin. National Gallery ofAn, Washrigion, D.C., Chester Dale Collection.
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The great canvases of Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) hang in the world's major museums-the Louvre, the Tate, New York's Met- ropolitan, Washington's National Gallery. His sculptures, ceramics, watercolors, and other works are in collections in cities as diverse as Moscow and Manchester, Stockholm and Indianapolis. Last year an 1894 Gauguin woodcut, Te Faruru- IdOn Fait L'Amour, sold...
The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked and he has not been caught.
-H. L. Mencken
Seldom has a towering historical clude a prolonged correspondence personage been more successfully with Julia Sand, his 32-year-old con- veiled from posterity than Chester A. fidante from Brooklyn. He himself Arthur. "Chet" to his friends, the burnt the rest of his memorabilia- best-dressed man in Washington reason enough,...
Bringing Back "The Tax To End All Taxes: Where Is Henry George Now That We Need Him?" by David Hapgood, in American Heritage 'Single Tax" (April-May 1978), 383 West Center St.,
Marion, Ohio 43302.
"Leaders Sans Troupes: Diregeants Noirs The Disenchanted et Masses Noirs" by Laura Armand-Maslow, in Revue Francaise de Science lack Voter Politique (Feb. 1978), 27 rue Saint Guil-laume, 75341, Paris.
"Buggings, Break-Ins & the FBI" by
James 0.Wilson, in Commentary (June
1978), 165 E. 56th St., New York, N.Y.
10022.
"How to Terminate a Public Policy: A Dozen Hints for the Would-be Ter-minator" by Robert D. Behn, in Policy Analysis (Summer 1978), University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif. 94720.
the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and 10 percent to the Bureau of Prisons. Arguing that "public confidence in the impartial administration of justice is wan- ing," Rogovin would also separate the Department from all correc- tional functions and from the politics of grant-making.
Keeping The Books
"Are We Starving Our Libraries?" Clint Page, in Nation's Cities (July 1978), 1620 Eye St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.
Across the United States, urban libraries...
Paul Hollander, in Worldview ate (June 1978), P.O. Box 986, Farmingdale,
N.Y. 11735.
The United States has been the subject of more denunciation, hostility, and abuse foreign ideologues and intellectuals than any other nation in the world.
Hollander, a University of Massachusetts sociologist, attributes this worldwide animosity to America's affluence, its pervasive cultural presence (which, thanks to American movies, magazines, and television, extends through much of the world), and the recent...