Things Noted Here & There

Tracy Lee Simmons,"As I Am Egypt's Queen," NYT, 1 April, reviews Duane W. Roller's Cleopatra: A Biography.

Judith Shulevitz,"Roots and Branches," The Book, 2 April, reviews Elisa New's Jacob's Cane: A Jewish Family's Journey from the Four Lands of Lithuania to the Ports of London and Baltimore.

Miranda Seymour,"We Three Kings," NYT, 1 April, reviews Miranda Carter's George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I.

Simon Blackburn,"Being and Time," The Book, 3 April, reviews Fred Inglis's History Man: The Life of R.G. Collingwood.

Michael Dirda reviews Paula Byrne's Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead for the Washington Post, 1 April.

Alana Newhouse,"A Closer Reading of Roman Vishniac," NYT, 29 March, takes another look at the photographer's images of pre-World War II European Jewry.

James Gavin,"Dance Dance Revolution," NYT, 1 April, reviews Alice Echols's Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture.