Thursday's Notes

KC Johnson,"Virginia and Duke," IHE, 6 May, compares cases against lacrosse players at the two institutions.

Nathan Perl-Rosenthal,"Modern Times," The Book, 5 May, reviews Eric Nelson's The Hebrew Republic: Jewish Sources and the Transformation of European Political Thought.

Julian Barnes,"A great fiery explosion called Delacroix," TLS, 5 May, reviews Eugène Delacroix's Journal, edited by Michèle Hannoosh. 2 volumes.

Daniel Karlin,"Lewis Carroll, overdrawn again," TLS, 5 May, reviews Jenny Woolf's The Mystery of Lewis Carroll: Understanding the author of"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Elizabeth Sewell's Lewis Carroll: Voices from France .

Christine Rosen,"Life in an Awkward Position," WSJ, 23 April, reviews Robert Love's The Great Oom: The Improbable Birth of Yoga in America.

Morgan Meis,"East Meets the American West: Xie Zhiliu's Yosemite Images," Smart Set, nd, reviews"Mastering the Art of Chinese Painting: Xie Zhiliu (1910–1997)," an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum in Manhattan.

Dwight Garner,"One Man's Hard Road, From Existing to Living," NYT, 4 May, reviews Wilbert Rideau's In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance.