Photo caption Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975), The Yankee Driver, 1923, oil on canvas, 26 x 23 3/4 in. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Art © T. H. Benton and R. P. Benton Testamentary Trusts / UMB Ba March/April 2010 Volume 31, Issue 2 SUBSCRIBE FOR HUMANITIES MAGAZINE PRINT EDITION Browse all issues Sign up for HUMANITIES Magazine newsletter Also in this issue Sweet Auburn Cambridge's pastoral gateway to paradise set the trend for modern cemeteries. Sarah Stewart Taylor Sailor of Fortune Michael of Rhodes was not your typical fifteenth-century Venetian, and he left his manuscript as proof. Anna Maria Gillis Impertinent Questions with Edwin L. Battistella On the self-help career of grammarian Sherwin Cody. David Skinner Hollywood by Design Oklahoma remembers the career of costumier Edith Head. Laura Wolff Scanlan Better Living through Spelling Connecticut celebrates Noah Webster. Laura Wolff Scanlan Songs of the Times Idaho listens to the songs of its people. Amy Lifson American Zenophilia Our fascination with Buddha goes well beyond power drinks and movie stars. Sarah Pulliam Bailey Remains of the Day Exploring the history of Paris's largest private cemetery Amy Lifson Great Scott! The woman who helped revitalize New Orleans’s down-at-the-heels French Quarter Steve Moyer Fashion Statements Steve Moyer Editor's Note David Skinner
Sweet Auburn Cambridge's pastoral gateway to paradise set the trend for modern cemeteries. Sarah Stewart Taylor
Sailor of Fortune Michael of Rhodes was not your typical fifteenth-century Venetian, and he left his manuscript as proof. Anna Maria Gillis
Impertinent Questions with Edwin L. Battistella On the self-help career of grammarian Sherwin Cody. David Skinner
American Zenophilia Our fascination with Buddha goes well beyond power drinks and movie stars. Sarah Pulliam Bailey
Great Scott! The woman who helped revitalize New Orleans’s down-at-the-heels French Quarter Steve Moyer