Things Noted Here and There

Rachel Leow,"bookporn #19: st john's college library, cambridge (I)," and"bookporn #20: st john's college library, cambridge (II)," a historian's craft, 5 and 7 October, put me in need of a good cold shower.

Smithsonian's"37 under 36: America's Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences," October, features four young American historians: UC, Santa Barbara's Reza Aslan, who interprets Islam in a modern and western world; USC's Daniela Bleichmar, who studies old botanical drawings to rewrite the history of the Spanish conquest of the Americas; Princeton's Kevin Kruse, a leading young historian of 20th century America's civil rights revolution; and Wisconsin's Jeremi Suri, who bridges political and social history to re-interpret domestic and international political history.

Jonathan Keats,"Wagner's most fascinating work was his family," Telegraph, 4 October, reviews Jonathan Carr's The Wagner Clan.

Terry Teachout,"Beyond the Musical Avante-Guarde," Commentary, October, reviews Alex Ross's The Rest is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century. Hat tip.

Jon Meacham,"Martinis, Steak, and History," Washington Post, 7 October, reviews Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Journals, 1952-2000.

Ben Hoyle,"Football and the old Marxist who says that it explains the new world," London Times, 6 October, is the latest from Eric Hobsbawm on globalization.