When 'Lost' is found or second guessing is usually right

Several weeks ago, in writing about the release plans of Dan Brown's new instant best-seller, "The Lost Symbol," I reported that the release date set by the publisher Random House was Sept. 15, that security was tight around the book, but that the New York Times would run a review Sept. 14. Janet Maslin's review did indeed run Sept. 14 while the rest of us chumps waited like a dog at the butcher's back door for the bone. The book is supposed to be in newspaper book reviewer offices Sept. 14, said Suzanne Herz, Random's head flak. We'll believe that when we see it (still at home unshaven and in pajamas.)