29 NOVEMBER 1963, page 36

A Depression

She left the room undusted, did not care To hang a picture, even lay a book On the small table. All her pain was there— In absences. The furious window shook With violent storms......

Birth Of A Nation

The American People. By Oscar Handlin. (Hutchinson, 30s.) 'THERE is properly no history,' Emerson once wrote, 'only biography.' He would have been surprised to read a biography......