First published in New World Writing, 16 (16 March 1960). Collected in Slow Learner (1984).
Featuring Vivaldi, Noël Coward, Ebbinghaus, Ruby Keeler, Hoover, Douglas MacArthur, Jack Sharkey, Whirlaway, Lauren Bacall, Columbus.
Noël Coward – A Room with a View (1928)
Pete Seeger – The Golden Vanity (1956)