Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
“Man-eating orchids” (March-April). Bernard Witlieb suggested as a possible answer the short story “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid,” by H.G. Wells, in which a man breeds an orchid that overpowers him with its scent and sucks his blood until it is discovered in the act and destroyed by his housekeeper.
Send inquiries and answers to Chapter and Verse, Harvard Magazine, 7 Ware Street, Cambridge 02138, or via email to chapterandverse@harvardmag.com.
Winter exhibits at Houghton Library
With Loved One, the Harvard grad and Lampoon veteran makes her debut as a novelist.
From aphorisms to art heists to democracy’s necessary conditions
A legal victory against Trump, hazing in the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, and kicking off a Crimson football season with style
David Liu has pioneered breakthroughs in gene editing, creating new therapies that may lead to cures.
The rise of Cambridge cyclists, a lettuce boycott, and Julia Child’s cookbooks
