The Eleventh Commandment, by John Holmes, THE HARPERS MONTHLY

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The Eleventh Commandment

by John Holmes

The Harpers Monthly, October 1956, pp. 53-54

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    6. Russian Roulette on Our Airways? by Ernest Conine, pp. 40-45
    7. A Few Words from the Shelf by Bruce Bliven, pp. 46-49
    8. Wanted: More Politics in Defense by Gordon Harrison, pp. 50-55
    9. The Bandits by William Eastlake, pp. 56-62
    10. Ballard vs. the Installment Goliaths by Ruth Brecher and Edward Brecher, pp. 63-66
    11. Cook's Detour by Felicia Lamport, pp. 67-68
    12. What Was Good Enough for Mr. Rochester by Sylvia Wright, pp. 69-71
    13. New Chitons for Old Gods by David McCord, p. 72
    14. Why Labor Should Vote Republican by Arthur Larson, pp. 73-79
    15. After Hours by "Mr. Harper" and Agnes Rogers Allen, pp. 80-82
    16. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 83-86 - 10 Reviews
      1. Segregation: The Inner Conflict in the South by Robert Penn Warren
      2. Azalai by John Skolle
      3. In Search of Adam by Herbert Wendt
      4. Contemporary Capitalism by John Strachey
      5. Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox, 1882-1940 by James MacGregor Burns
      6. The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
      7. A Certain Smile by Francoise Sagan
      8. The Fair Game by Constantine FitzGibbon
      9. Beowulf by Bryher
      10. A Family Party by John O'Hara
    17. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 87-91 - 7 Reviews
      1. Tolbecken by Samuel Shellabarger
      2. Angel's Ransom by David Dodge
      3. The Paper Dolls by Laura Beheler
      4. All the Kingdoms of Earth by Hoke Norris
      5. The Half-Crown House by Helen Ashton
      6. The Seven Islands by Jon Godden
      7. Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday and William Dufty
    18. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 92-98
    19. Cover by Robert Osborn
  10. [+]
    October 1956 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-13
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 14-21
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 22-26
    4. The Next Pope by Luigi Barzini, Jr., pp. 27-34
    5. 247 Christmas Cards by Edward Streeter, pp. 35-37
    6. Bufo Vulgaris by John Ciardi, p. 38
    7. How to Throw Away an Air Base by Porter McKeever, pp. 39-43
    8. Hadrian's Lullaby by Anne Goodwin Winslow, p. 44
    9. The Trial of Mr. M by Louis Auchincloss, pp. 45-52
    10. The Eleventh Commandment by John Holmes, pp. 53-54
    11. The Fight for Congress by Charles B. Seib, pp. 55-60
    12. The Pond by Leonard Hall, pp. 61-63
    13. The Fall and Rise of the University of Maryland by Bayard Webster, pp. 64-68
    14. Style in Science by John Rader Platt, pp. 69-77
    15. After Hours by "Mr. Harper" and Lee Edson, pp. 78-81
    16. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 82-94 - 10 Reviews
      1. Bernard Shaw: His Life, Work, and Friends by St. John G. Ervine
      2. The Outsider by Colin Wilson
      3. Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography by Frank R. Moraes
      4. The Happy Warrior by Emily Smith Warner and Hawthorne Daniel
      5. A Catholic Runs for President by Edmund A. Moore
      6. The Heart Has Its Reasons by Wallis W. Windsor
      7. The Nun's Story by Kathryn C. Hulme
      8. The Executive Life by The Editors of Fortune
      9. The Business of Crime by Robert Rice
      10. Gift of Time by Andrew Varna
    17. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 95-99 - 5 Reviews
      1. The Tribe that Lost Its Head by Nicholas Monsarrat
      2. Rachel Cade by Charles E. Mercer
      3. The Sacrifice by Adele Wiseman
      4. The Blue Dog, and Other Fables for the French by Anne Bodart
      5. The Drunken Forest by Gerald Durrell
    18. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 100-106
    19. Cover by Arthur Shilstone
  11. [+]
    November 1956 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-11
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 12-19
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 20-24
    4. Television's Lords of Creation by Martin Mayer, pp. 25-32
    5. Almost Strictly for the Birds by John Sack, pp. 33-39
    6. Frontiers of Religion by George Hedley, pp. 40-45
    7. Digging the Weans by Robert Nathan, pp. 46-49
    8. Shivers of Texas by D.B. Hardeman, pp. 50-55
    9. To Be Black, To Be Lost... by Hannah Kahn, p. 56
    10. The Things the World Wants by C. Hartley Grattan, pp. 57-60
    11. England Gets a Race Problem by Norman MacKenzie, pp. 61-65
    12. Chinese Puzzle at the UN by William Howell Wells, pp. 66-68
    13. Advice for a Wedding by Allen Kanfer, p. 69
    14. The Polar Path by Wolfgang Langewiesche, pp. 70-75
    15. On a Philosophical System by Celeste Turner Wright, pp. 76-79
    16. After Hours by "Mr. Harper", pp. 80-85
    17. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 86-99 - 10 Reviews
      1. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and Other Essays by Aldous Huxley
      2. The Curve of the Snowflake by W. Grey Walter
      3. Homecomings by C.P. Snow
      4. Anglo-Saxon Attitudes by Angus Wilson
      5. The Big Nickelodeon by Maritta Wolff
      6. Never the Same Again by Gerald Tesch
      7. Able Company by Douglas John Hollands
      8. Arms and Men: A Study in America Military History by Walter Millis
      9. This Hallowed Ground by Bruce Catton
      10. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War by Ned G. Bradford
    18. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 100-105 - 9 Reviews
      1. Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
      2. Born in Wedlock by Margaret Echard
      3. The City of the Living, and Other Stories by Wallace Stegner
      4. The Head of Apollo by Elizabeth Frances Corbett
      5. The Great World and Timothy Colt by Louis Auchincloss
      6. With Love from Gracie by Grace Hegger Lewis
      7. The Everlasting Pleasure by Kathleen Smallzried
      8. What Shall I Wear? by Claire McCardell
      9. The World at Home by Anne O'Hare McCormick and Marion Turner Sheean, ...
    19. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 106-114
    20. Cover by Arthur Marokvia
  12. [+]
    December 1956 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-11
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 12-22
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 23-26
    4. The New Super-Highways by Robert Moses, pp. 27-31
    5. The Girl from Sewickley, Pa. by Milton Mayer, pp. 32-33
    6. A Wooden Darning Egg by John Updike, p. 34
    7. Who Really Runs the Senate, Part I by William S. White, pp. 35-40
    8. A Lesson in Discipline by Teresa Foley, pp. 41-44
    9. What Happens to the Talent? by Martin Mayer, pp. 45-52
    10. France's First Discount House by E. Ernest Goldstein, pp. 53-56
    11. Woodrow Wilson Among His Friends by Raymond B. Fosdick, pp. 57-61
    12. Scrolls by Anne Goodwin Winslow, pp. 62-63
    13. Two Graves in Oklahoma by Angie Debo, pp. 64-65
    14. White Sowing by Frances Frost, p. 66
    15. Trujillo by German E. Ornes and John McCarten, pp. 67-72
    16. An Experiment in Reading by Gilbert W. Chapman, pp. 73-77
    17. After Hours by "Mr. Harper", pp. 78-83
    18. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 84-101 - 10 Reviews
      1. Trial Balance: The Education of an American by Alan Valentine
      2. My Forty Years with Ford by Charles E. Sorensen and Samuel T. Williamson
      3. Harlan Fiske Stone: Pillar of the Law by Alpheus Thomas Mason
      4. Much Ado About Me by Fred Allen
      5. The Happy Life of a Doctor by Roger Irving Lee
      6. Over My Shoulder by Clarence B. Randall
      7. The Art of Success by The Editors of Fortune
      8. Work and Its Discontents by Daniel Bell
      9. Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
      10. The New World by Winston S. Churchill
    19. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 102-107 - 15 Reviews
      1. These Thousand Hills by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
      2. The Face of a Hero by Pierre Boulle
      3. The Year of My Rebirth by Jesse Stuart
      4. The Letters of Thomas Wolfe by Elizabeth Nowell and Thomas Wolfe
      5. Women and Children First by Cady Hewes
      6. The Complete Book of Absolutely Perfect Housekeeping by Elinor Goulding Smith
      7. Women Are Wonderful! by William Cole and Florette Robinson
      8. Europa Minor, Travels in Coastal Turkey by Lord Kinross
      9. Autumn Across America by Edwin Way Teale
      10. A Treasury of Vermont Life by Stephen Greene, Arthur Peach, Ralph N. Hill, and Walter Hard, Jr., ...
      11. Before Barbed Wire by Mark H. Brown and W.R. Felton
      12. The Heart of Jazz by William L. Grossman and Jack W. Farrell
      13. Eddie Condon's Treasury of Jazz by Eddie Condon and Richard Gehman
      14. The Real Jazz, Old and New by Stephen Longstreet
      15. The Story of Jazz by Marshall W. Stearns
    20. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 108-114
    21. Cover by Tomi Ungerer
8. [+]
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9. [+]
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  Issues of 1960 = 12 Issues, 262 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1961 = 12 Issues, 273 Articles
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  Issues of 1962 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
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  Issues of 1963 = 12 Issues, 241 Articles
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  Issues of 1964 = 12 Issues, 274 Articles
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  Issues of 1965 = 12 Issues, 325 Articles
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  Issues of 1966 = 12 Issues, 273 Articles
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  Issues of 1967 = 12 Issues, 269 Articles
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  Issues of 1968 = 12 Issues, 228 Articles
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  Issues of 1969 = 12 Issues, 248 Articles
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  Issues of 1970 = 12 Issues, 221 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1971 = 12 Issues, 238 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1972 = 12 Issues, 222 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1973 = 12 Issues, 318 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1974 = 12 Issues, 274 Articles
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  Issues of 1975 = 12 Issues, 256 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1976 = 6 Issues, 123 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1977 = 12 Issues, 226 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1978 = 12 Issues, 234 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1979 = 12 Issues, 243 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1980s = 10 Years, 119 Issues, 2,472 Articles
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  Issues of 1980 = 11 Issues, 219 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1981 = 12 Issues, 231 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1982 = 12 Issues, 190 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1983 = 12 Issues, 211 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1984 = 12 Issues, 298 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1985 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1986 = 12 Issues, 294 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1987 = 12 Issues, 263 Articles
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  Issues of 1988 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1989 = 12 Issues, 251 Articles
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Issues of the 1990s = 10 Years, 109 Issues, 2,094 Articles
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  Issues of 1990 = 11 Issues, 220 Articles
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  Issues of 1991 = 8 Issues, 151 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1992 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
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  Issues of 1993 = 9 Issues, 183 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1994 = 11 Issues, 224 Articles
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  Issues of 1995 = 12 Issues, 221 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1996 = 12 Issues, 227 Articles
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  Issues of 1997 = 12 Issues, 213 Articles
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  Issues of 1998 = 10 Issues, 182 Articles
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  Issues of 1999 = 12 Issues, 218 Articles
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Issues of the 2000s = 9 Years, 87 Issues, 1,520 Articles
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  Issues of 2000 = 11 Issues, 178 Articles
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  Issues of 2001 = 12 Issues, 215 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 2002 = 12 Issues, 199 Articles
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  Issues of 2003 = 11 Issues, 201 Articles
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  Issues of 2004 = 10 Issues, 180 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 2005 = 12 Issues, 218 Articles
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  Issues of 2006 = 11 Issues, 174 Articles
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  Issues of 2007 = 2 Issues, 25 Articles
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  Issues of 2009 = 6 Issues, 130 Articles
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Issues of the 2010s = 1 Year, 2 Issues, 39 Articles
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  Issues of 2010 = 2 Issues, 39 Articles