I am struck by how formulaic, under the rhetorical flourish, this review is. "The writer seems to be hankering for a different subject. There are one or two lapses...which prove my own erudition. May I finish with some praise?" And yet I think his re- casting of the "write was you can observe carefully" dictum" is well phrased and in this instance, about right.
David Ritchie, Portland, Oregonhttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9405E7DA143BF93AA3575BC0A967948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2
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