Sunday Notes

Historic Cities, a project of the Historic Cities Center of the Department of Geography, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jewish National and University Library, features historical maps, literature, documents, books, and other items about major cities. It is searchable by year and region. Asia is largely missing from its current offerings, but the site is growing and aims to be world-inclusive. Hat tip.

The Washington Post's Book World, 24 February, is history-rich, with Stephen Budiansky's review of Drew Gilpin Faust's This Republic of Suffering, Michael Dirda's review of Richard M. Cook's Alfred Kazin: A Biography, and much more.

Philip Lopate reviews Bonnie Yochelson's and Daniel Czitrom's Rediscovering Jacob Riis: Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn-of-the-Century New York for the LA Times, 24 February. Hat tip.

William H. Pritchard,"The anatomy of Yeats's inventions," Boston Globe, 17 February, reviews Helen Vendler's Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and Lyric Form.

Motoko Rich,"New CUNY Center to Focus on the Art of the Biography," NYT, 23 February, announces the City University of New York's new Center that will offer four fellowships a year to scholars working on biographies.