Things Noted Here & There

For lack of volunteer hosts, the carnivals of Asian history, bad history, and military history are currently on hiatus. Without volunteer hosts, History Carnival and both ancient/medieval and early modern editions of Carnivalesque could face the same fate. Please contact sharon*at*earlymodernweb*dot*org*dot *uk or carnivalesque*at*earlymodernweb*dot*org*dot*uk if you are interested in serving as a host.

Michael Dirda,"Finding the 'I' In Life," Washington Post, 23 July, reviews Keith Thomas's The Ends of Life: Roads to Fulfillment in Early Modern England.

John Gray reviews Timothy Garton Ash's Facts Are Subversive: Political Writing from a Decade Without a Name for the New Statesman, 16 July.

Finally, farewell to NYU's classicist, Lionel Casson.