Things Noted Here & There

Saul Goldberg,"Tony Judt: the captivating wit and intellect of my friend and teacher," Guardian, 7 August, is a fine tribute by Judt's distant cousin and former student.

William Eamon,"The Disease Called Curiosity," William Eamon, 2 August, plots a changing attitude toward curiosity from the middle ages to the renaissance.

Julie D. Campbell reviews Alison Conway's The Protestant Whore: Courtesan Narrative & Religious Controversy in England, 1680-1750 for the THE, 5 August.

Jan Ellen Lewis reviews T. H. Breen's American Insurgents, American Patriots: The Revolution of the People and Jack Rakove's Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America for the Washington Post, 8 August.

Joel Mokyr,"Enlightened and Enriched," City Journal, Summer, draws on his research for The Enlightened Economy: Britain and the Industrial Revolution.

William Grimes,"Your Tired, Your Poor and Their Food," NYT, 6 August, reviews Andrew Beahrs's Twain's Feast: Searching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens and Jane Ziegelman's 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement.

Jennifer MacDonald,"A View of the Bridge," NYT, 6 August, reviews Kevin Starr's Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge.