Sunday's Notes
Nelson Hernandez,"Buried Treasure," Washington Post, 22 March, reviews Jo Marchant's Decoding the Heavens: A 2000-Year-Old Computer -- and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets.
Danuta Schanzer reviews Valerie Allen's On Farting: Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages for Reviews in History, #733. Consider yourself forewarned ....
Alida Becker,"Twisted Sister," NYT, 19 March, reviews Flora Fraser's Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of Empire.
The National Museum of Health and Medicine has begun putting 19th and 20th century images from its Otis Historical Archives on Flickr. They are at: One, Two, Three, and Four.
Robert Bateman,"Remember the Somme," Washington Post, 22 March, reviews Peter Hart's The Somme.
Raymond Arsenault,"Ploys in the Hood," NYT, 19 March, reviews Beryl Satter's Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America.
Colm Toibin,"The Story Artist," NYT, 19 March, reviews Tracy Daugherty's Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme.