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Presents a list of documents, bibliographies and other books related to world history that appeared in April 1985 issue of 'The American Hisorical Review.' 'L'Esclavage dans le monde grec: Recueil de textes grecs et latins,' edited by Yvon Garlan; Byzantium: Church, Society, and Civilization Seen Through Contemporary Eyes,' by Deno John Geanakoplos; 'King's Inns Admission Papers, 1607-1867,' edited by Edward Keane et al.

This paper brings together the poetry of authors T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) and César Vallejo (1892-1938), comparing and contrasting their perceptions of time as simultaneity, following the philosophy of Henri Bergson (1859-1941). Simultaneity is for both poets a way of reconnecting with the past, and making the present a more endurable experience. This paper looks specifically at Vallejo's 'A mi hermano Miguel', Trilce VI, LXI, LXIV, LXV and 'Fue domingo en las claras orejas de mi burro . . . ', and at Eliot's 'Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar', The Waste Land and Four Quartets ('Burnt Norton', 'The Dry Salvages'), arguing how it is possible to discern in both authors a use of time which is a union of past, present and future, allowing both Vallejo and Eliot to reconnect with a past irremediably lost and perpetually sought. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers poetry criticism of the unfinished poem "The Fall of Hyperion: A Dream," by John Keats, focusing on his use of the term wild Indian leaf. It is said that tree leaves were used as paper in India and that Keats would likely have used the word savage to refer to East Indians rather than to Native Americans.

This article discusses a series of broadside ballads which report and interpret news arriving in London during the Northern Rising and its aftershocks (1569–70). The ballads share a distinctive motif (heraldic allegory) which allows the evolution of their representational tactics to be traced with some accuracy. Close parallels to the language and chronology of the ballads can also be found in publications linked directly to the Privy Council and in the State Papers—in royal proclamations and a letter to the Queen from Leicester. The evidence adduced is used to provide further detail for our evolving understanding of how a prototype of the public sphere developed in post-Reformation England, and how literary techniques for attracting readers and for apostrophizing the popular voice were used by authors sympathetic to Privy Council directives. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reviews the report `Origen's Hexapla and Fragments. Papers Presented at the Rich Seminar on the Hexapla, 25 July-3 August 1994,' edited by Alison Salvesen.

The article discusses the inscriptions on the Ruthwell Cross, which forms part of what has come to be called "The Ruthwell Crucifixion Poem," which was the subject of research by scholar John M. Kemble. The similarities between this poem and "The Dream of the Rood." It is noted that in a paper written in 1840, Kemble failed to identify the speaker of the Ruthwell poem as the Cross. Scholar Pamela O'Neill and her rejection of the idea that the Cross speaks to the dreamer in the Ruthwell poem is discussed.

The article reports on the identity of the author of the verse "Kalendar of Flora," a copy of which was included among the papers of Jane Austen and mistaken by some to be her work. The author explains that the poem was actually written by Charlotte Smith, published in the book "Minor Morals," and surmises that Austen may have copied the poem for her sister Cassandra.

Reviews the report `Autonomy and Dependence in Residential Care' (Age Concern Institute of Gerontology Research Paper No. 5), by Stella R. Dixon.

Reviews the microfilm `Papers of W.E.B. DuBois, 1877-1965,` from University Microfilms International.

Reviews the microfilm `The Papers of Carlos Montezuma,` from Scholarly Resources.

The article presents information on the book "A Generation of Change: A Profile of America's Older Generation," by Jacob S. Siegel. This book is one of a census monograph series on the population of the United States in the 1980s produced for the National Committee for Research on the 1980 Census. The committee is promoting a coordinated program of census analysis by interdisciplinary groups of scholars. This book arrived on my desk as I was preparing a paper on the future of home-based services for elderly people and was surrounded by special reports from the U.S. Census Bureau, the American Association of Retired Persons, and similar sources. The fact that this book was based on the 1980 census at first unnerved me, knowing how policy analysts, politicians, and students want the most up-to-date numbers. Much of the information in the book, however, has been updated to the mid-1980s by use of the current population reports, other government studies, and the work of specialists in gerontology.