More Noted Things

Liza Mundy,"Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Childbirth …," Slate, 15 February, reviews Randi Hutter Epstein's Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank. Mundy's"When presidents and slaves mingled at the White House," Washington Post, 15 February, recalls a time when Washington authorities and slaves were intimates.

Rosemarie Zagarri reviews Woody Holton's Abigail Adams for the Washington Post, 14 February.

Michiko Kakutani,"It's a Plot! No, It's Not: A Debunking," NYT, 15 February, reviews David Aaronovitch'd Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History.

Roya Nikkhah,"Queen Victoria's passion for nudity goes on display in new art exhibition," Telegraph, 13 February, previews"Victoria & Albert: Art & Love," an exhibition opening at The Queen's Gallery in Buckingham Palace on March 19.