A mother-and-daughter collaboration—black print for D.R., brown for M.R., with conveniently annotated margins re the soi-disant content as well as illustrations—obviously something for both generations. Dorothy Rodgers' tone is of course terribly gracious; Mary's is a nice change (she doesn't like "mingy blobs of pressed caviar on damp toast") while both more than acknowledge a world in which caviar exists. . . . i.e. if you discuss who gets the color TV and who the b/w, or at a time of austerity, you might scrimp by renting the summer place. The Rodgers' Rules of Order cover houses, decor, appliances, marketing, children, entertaining and finally you. When it comes to running that household, you should do everything (they call it trivia. . . ) although you can ask him to pick up something you might have forgotten at the store. But then this is all predicated on the assumption that "while women are acquiring more and more freedom, it seems unjust to expect men to dry more and more dishes" although what this freedom is seems to be for other people. Some of the incidentals are helpful from getting a babysitter via your local hospital (a student nurse) or maintaining the checkbooks. . . . Once again, it will no doubt be personally promoted, with Her and Her appearances?
Pub Date: Oct. 29, 1970
ISBN: 0394452356
Page Count: -
Publisher: Knopf
Review Posted Online: May 8, 2012
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1970
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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