Mr. Marek's Elephant, by Martin Mayer, THE HARPERS MONTHLY

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Mr. Marek's Elephant

by Martin Mayer

The Harpers Monthly, August 1957, pp. 66-71

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    9. Departure: September by Mark Van Doren, p. 51
    10. Italy's Greatest Actress by Luigi Barzini, Jr., pp. 52-56
    11. The Wish by Adrienne Rich, p. 57
    12. The Spirit of Our Times by Lovell Thompson, pp. 58-66
    13. The Edsel and How It Got That Way by Eric Larrabee, pp. 67-73
    14. The Jet That Crashed Before Take-Off by Beirne Lay, Jr., pp. 74-76
    15. The Scandal in TV Licensing by Louis L. Jaffe, pp. 77-85
    16. After Hours by "Mr. Harper", pp. 86-89
    17. The New Books by Harvey Breit, pp. 90-94
    18. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 95-100 - 7 Reviews
      1. The Holy Terrors by Jean Cocteau
      2. Coup de Grace by Marguerite Yourcenar
      3. Voss by Patrick White
      4. An Air that Kills by Margaret Millar
      5. Children of the Shadows by Morris L. West
      6. To an Unknown Lady by Andre Maurois
      7. American Tennis: The Story of a Game and Its People by Parke Cummings
    19. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 101-106
    20. Cover by G. Hunter Jones
  10. [+]
    October 1957 Issue = 23 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-15
    2. The Easy Chair by Leo Rosten, pp. 16-21
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 22-26
    4. Russia's Riviera by John Gunther, pp. 27-28
    5. Odysseus by W.S. Merwin, pp. 29-33
    6. The Night the Leaning Tower Didn't Fall by Herbert Mitgang, pp. 34-35
    7. Lee of New Haven and His Political Jackpot by Jeanne R. Lowe, pp. 36-43
    8. The Lure of Pinball by Julius Segal, pp. 44-47
    9. "A Platform and a Passion or Two" by Thornton Wilder, pp. 48-50
    10. An Autumn Wood by Ruthven Todd, p. 51
    11. The Great Coupon Bonanza by Peter Margolies, pp. 52-57
    12. British and American Schools by Derek Colville, pp. 58-62
    13. The Wire by Ben Maddow, pp. 63-68
    14. Quit It, Ompremitywise by Sylvia Wright, p. 69
    15. Why Women Live Longer Than Men by Selig Greenberg, pp. 70-72
    16. The Theology of Jonathan Edwards by Phyllis McGinley, p. 73
    17. What It Costs to Train a Doctor by L.S. Paul, pp. 74-75
    18. Bourguiba: A Different Kind of Arab by Peter Partner, pp. 76-83
    19. After Hours by "Mr. Harper", pp. 84-87
    20. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 88-98 - 11 Reviews
      1. The Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Dwight Macdonald
      2. Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
      3. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
      4. Women, and Sometimes Men by Florida Scott-Maxwell
      5. Islam Inflamed by Jan Morris
      6. Come With Me to Macedonia by Leonard Drohan
      7. Rally Round the Flag, Boys! by Max Shulman
      8. Sullivan by Walter Macken
      9. The Weather of February by Hollis Summers
      10. The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh
      11. The King Ranch by Tom Lea
    21. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 99-105 - 9 Reviews
      1. The Night of the Good Children by Marjorie Carleton
      2. The Blue Cup, and Other Stories by B.J. Chute
      3. Cast Off the Darkness by Peter Putnam
      4. N.A.1 Looking North by George R. Stewart
      5. N. A. 1 -- Looking South by George R. Stewart
      6. Life Photographers: Their Careers and Favorite Pictures by Stanley Rayfield
      7. The Immense Journey by Loren Eiseley
      8. Any Number Can Play by Clifton Fadiman
      9. A Commonplace Book by Charles P. Curtis
    22. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 106-114
    23. Cover by Tomi Ungerer
  11. [+]
    November 1957 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-11
    2. The Easy Chair by Harold Nicolson, pp. 12-23
    3. Personal and Otherwise, pp. 24-28
    4. The Civil Defense Fiasco by Robert Moses, pp. 29-34
    5. The Huddleston Jazz Band by Rev. Trevor Huddleston, pp. 35-39
    6. Inside Samarkand and Other Unlikely Places by John Gunther, pp. 40-45
    7. The Variety of American Cities by David Cort, pp. 46-48
    8. All Souls by May Sarton, p. 49
    9. The Seal That Couldn't Swim by Alexis Ladas, pp. 50-55
    10. What Happened to the Farm Bloc? by Carroll Kilpatrick, pp. 56-58
    11. The Star in the Hills by William Stafford, p. 59
    12. Flight of the Circle Heart by William Eastlake, pp. 60-65
    13. The Cardinal Who "Co-Exists" by Delia Kuhn and Ferdinand Kuhn, pp. 66-71
    14. Rimer, Penna by W.S. Merwin, p. 72
    15. Where's Everybody? by Arthur C. Clarke, pp. 73-77
    16. "O Lovely O Most Charming Pug" by David Ogilvy, pp. 78-79
    17. After Hours by "Mr. Harper", pp. 80-83
    18. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 84-95 - 8 Reviews
      1. The Court and the Castle by Rebecca West
      2. Room at the Top by John Braine
      3. A Bit Off the Map, and Other Stories by Angus Wilson
      4. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
      5. Those Without Shadows by Francoise Sagan
      6. Candles in the Sun by Emily Lutyens
      7. The Shakespearean Ciphers Examined by William F. Friedman and Elizebeth S. Friedman, ...
      8. Return to the Islands by Arthur F. Grimble
    19. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 96-99 - 11 Reviews
      1. The Return of Lady Brace by Nancy Wilson Ross
      2. The Three-Cornered Halo by Christianna Brand
      3. Sandy Was a Soldier's Boy by David Harry Walker
      4. America, with Love by Kathleen Winsor
      5. The Mendelman Fire by Wolf Mankowitz
      6. Domestic Relations by Frank O'Connor
      7. American Panorama by Eric Larrabee
      8. Get Away from Me with Those Christmas Gifts, and Other Reactions by Sylvia Wright
      9. Subways Are for Sleeping by Edmund G. Love
      10. Rand McNally Atlas of World History by Robert R. Palmer
      11. The World of John McNulty by John McNulty
    20. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 100-106
    21. Cover by Robert Osborn
  12. [+]
    December 1957 Issue = 17 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 Voyage of the Lucky Dragon, Part I by Ralph E. Lapp, pp. 27-36
    5. Porgy's Goat by Dorothy Heyward, pp. 37-41
    6. Power Struggle on the Canadian Border by Richard L. Neuberger, pp. 42-49
    7. Vermont: Where Are All Those Yankees? by Miriam Chapin, pp. 50-54
    8. Divide and Rue It in the Middle East by Charlton Ogburn, Jr., pp. 55-61
    9. Glaucoma: The Sinister Halo by James Robbins Miller, pp. 62-64
    10. Fable for Flipped Lid by George Starbuck, p. 65
    11. Your Child Can Sing by Elsa B. Ruedebush, pp. 66-68
    12. House of Many Rooms by Robin White, pp. 69-77
    13. After Hours by "Mr. Harper", pp. 78-81
    14. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 82-93 - 10 Reviews
      1. Baruch: My Own Story by Bernard Baruch
      2. Mr. Baruch by Margaret L. Coit
      3. A Death in the Family by James Agee
      4. Last Tales by Isak Dinesen
      5. The Dangerous Games by Tereska Torres
      6. Pemberton, Ltd. by Anthony Glyn
      7. Make My Bed by Nathaniel Burt
      8. Reluctant Empire by George Fuermann
      9. The Road to Tyburn by Christopher Hibbert
      10. The Naked God by Howard Fast
    15. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 94-98 - 7 Reviews
      1. The Test by Pierre Boulle
      2. The Wise Children by Christine Weston
      3. How to Read a Novel by Caroline Gordon
      4. The Sledge Patrol by David Howarth
      5. My Friends, The Huskies by Robert Dovers
      6. Antarctic Night by Jack Bursey
      7. A Measure of Love by Iris Origo
    16. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 99-106
    17. Cover by Ben Shahn
9. [+]
  Issues of 1958 = 12 Issues, 247 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1959 = 11 Issues, 257 Articles
[+]
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1. [+]
  Issues of 1960 = 12 Issues, 262 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1961 = 12 Issues, 273 Articles
3. [+]
  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
6. [+]
  Issues of 1965 = 12 Issues, 325 Articles
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  Issues of 1966 = 12 Issues, 273 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1967 = 12 Issues, 269 Articles
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  Issues of 1968 = 12 Issues, 228 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1969 = 12 Issues, 248 Articles
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Issues of the 1970s = 10 Years, 114 Issues, 2,355 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
6. [+]
  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
1. [+]
  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
9. [+]
  Issues of 1988 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1989 = 12 Issues, 251 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1990s = 10 Years, 109 Issues, 2,094 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1990 = 11 Issues, 220 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1991 = 8 Issues, 151 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1992 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1993 = 9 Issues, 183 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1994 = 11 Issues, 224 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1995 = 12 Issues, 221 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1996 = 12 Issues, 227 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1997 = 12 Issues, 213 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1998 = 10 Issues, 182 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1999 = 12 Issues, 218 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 2000s = 9 Years, 87 Issues, 1,520 Articles
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  Issues of 2000 = 11 Issues, 178 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 2001 = 12 Issues, 215 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 2002 = 12 Issues, 199 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 2003 = 11 Issues, 201 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 2004 = 10 Issues, 180 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 2005 = 12 Issues, 218 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 2006 = 11 Issues, 174 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 2007 = 2 Issues, 25 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 2009 = 6 Issues, 130 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 2010s = 1 Year, 2 Issues, 39 Articles
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  Issues of 2010 = 2 Issues, 39 Articles