The Talk of the Town He Who Gardens by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about miniature roses, which have become a 2-to-3-million-dollar-a-year business in just two short growing seasons. The original miniature rose, the "Rose chinensis minima," which grew only on the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, was first discovered around the turn of...

Musical Events Lyric Scenes by Andrew Porter.

Books Plus Ca Change by Winthrop Sargeant.

The Current Cinema GRILLED PULP by Penelope Gilliatt.

Fiction The Man Who Loved Extinct Mammals by John Updike. Sapers lived rather shapelessly in a city that shall be nameless. He had much loose time, and nothing, somehow, better filled it than the perusal of extinct mammals. For example, "Barylambda," who, quoting Harvey C. Markman in his pamphlet "Fossil Mammals," "had tried to specialize in too many ways and...

The Talk of the Town by Ian Frazier. Talk story about various activities that took place in Manhattan on Monday, July 21, 1975. In the test kitchen of the Rice Council of America, in the Tishman Building, the Council, with the assistance of the Maryland Cup Corporation, attempted to turn two servings of meat into dinner for six...

Comment by Jonathan Schell. In recent weeks the confusing dual nature of detente has been thrown into sharp relief. Little zones of belligerency seem to exist side by side with little zones of friendship & good will. Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger said that under certain conditions the U.S. might be the first to...

Comment by Ved Mehta. Writer quotes at length from letter from a friend well placed in Indira Gandhi's Government, supporting Mrs. Gandhi's recent "strong actions" as having saved the Government from being undermined by the "Opposition." Letter includes excerpts from newspapers...

A Reporter at Large THE ENERGY BAZAAR by Elizabeth Drew. REPORTER AT LARGE about debate over a U.S. energy program. OPEC continued to raise oil prices &this has had a harmful effect on our economy & balance of payments. Pres. Ford's approach was indecisive. He believed in raising prices to discourage consumption of & dependence on imported oil. This...

Fiction The Classroom by Edna O'Brien. Writer remembers her Catholic childhood in Ireland. She describes the usual pattern of days. Tells about school: the girls' classroom, the high-strung teacher the onslaught of information: geography, vocabulary, history. Tells much about Irish heroes, battles, the Famine: the same grinding themes, over and over again. But it was...

The Talk of the Town Wholly Owned Subsidiary by Hendrik Hertzberg. Talk story about publicity party for 32 Miss Universe contestants, who will take part in the Miss Universe Pageant, a beauty contest, on July 19th. Party was held in the Roma di Notte Restaurant on E. 55th St. Press-agent Sheldon Roskin introduced reporters to Harold L. Glasser, pres. of...

U. S. Journal THE BUBBLE GUM STORE by Calvin Trillin. U.S. JOURNAL: MANHATTAN about homey grocery store, Ken and Eve's, on the edge of a strongly Italian section of Greenwich Village, the writer's neighborhood. Tells about what Ken and Eve do to create a warm, friendly atmosphere. Both are young and well-educated and choose to run the store. Writer's...

The Race Track Doldrums by G. F. T. Ryall. Valid Appeal won the Dwyer Handicap at Belmont Park. He is own by Harry Mangurian, Jr. who also owns Desert Vixen...

Poetry The Crimes of the Shade Trees by Larry Levis. Today everyone forgave me...

Poetry Memory of Summer Facing West by W. S. Merwin. Sheep and rocks drifting together before sunset...

Poetry Wait by Galway Kinnell. Wait, for now...