Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
"Shimada Masahiko traces all experiences back to the brain, including hysteria, neurosis, and relief that comes through receiving the word as medicine. Michal Hvorecký discusses the topic through two Czech writers, Dominik Tatarka and Egon Bondy,...