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BOOKS ARTS MANNERS Words that Slay, Wisdom that Mends WILL HERBERG The Governor Listeth: A Book of Inspired Political Reflections By William F. Buckley Jr.

Putnam, 445 pp., $7.95 Political commentators tend to be either of the cosmic pundit type, such as Walter Lippmann or James Reston, or of the bleeding-heart variety, such as Murray Kempton. William F. Buckley Jr. is of neither kind; he is merely the most acute, the most far-ranging, and the most readable political commentator practicing the art today. This was already established by his work as editor of national review and by the essays in his earlier volume, The Jeweler’s Eye. It is now confirmed and reconfirmed in a magnificent way in this new collection of articles, book reviews and columns published under the esoteric title (explained in the introduction) The Governor Listeth. As you see, I am an ardent admirer of Mr. Buckley’s writing. And, I hope, with good reason.

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BOOKS ARTS MANNERS Words that Slay, Wisdom that Mends WILL HERBERG The Governor Listeth: A Book of Inspired Political Reflections By William F. Buckley Jr.

Putnam, 445 pp., $7.95 Political commentators tend to be either of the cosmic pundit type, such as Walter Lippmann or James Reston, or of the bleeding-heart variety, such as Murray Kempton. William F. Buckley Jr. is of neither kind; he is merely the most acute, the most far-ranging, and the most readable political commentator practicing the art today. This was already established by his work as editor of national review and by the essays in his earlier volume, The Jeweler’s Eye. It is now confirmed and reconfirmed in a magnificent way in this new collection of articles, book reviews and columns published under the esoteric title (explained in the introduction) The Governor Listeth. As you see, I am an ardent admirer of Mr. Buckley’s writing. And, I hope, with good reason.