The New Books, by Paul Pickrel, THE HARPERS MONTHLY

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The New Books

The Public, the Private, and the Real

by Paul Pickrel

The Harpers Monthly, October 1958, pp. 88-97

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  1. [+]
    January 1958 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 6-11
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 12-20
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 21-24
    4. Nixon: What Kind of President? by William S. White, pp. 25-30
    5. Waldo by Aubrey Goodman, pp. 31-37
    6. San Francisco: New Serpents in Eden by Bruce Bliven, pp. 38-44
    7. The Man in the Blue Suede Shoes by James Baxter and Annette Baxter, pp. 45-46
    8. A Refusal to Mourn, Etc. by Lloyd Frankenberg, p. 47
    9. The Voyage of the Lucky Dragon, Part II by Ralph E. Lapp, pp. 48-55
    10. The Case of the Furious Children by Charles B. Seib and Alan L. Otten, pp. 56-60
    11. Song by Emilie Bix Buchwald, p. 61
    12. The Intercontinental by Tomi Ungerer, pp. 62-63
    13. The Iron Corset on Britain's Spirit by Martin Green, pp. 64-70
    14. Families on Wheels by Alvin L. Schoit, pp. 71-78
    15. After Hours by "Mr. Harper", pp. 79-83
    16. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 84-89 - 9 Reviews
      1. Brainpower Quest by Andrew A. Freeman
      2. What We Want of Our Schools by Irving Adler
      3. A Fourth of a Nation by Paul Woodring
      4. American Education in the Twentieth Century by I.L. Kandel
      5. The Second Report to the President
      6. For Future Doctors by Alan Gregg
      7. The Tarnished Tower by Ann Marbut
      8. Corner Boy by Herbert Simmons
      9. A Maine Village by Lura Beam
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      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 90-93 - 14 Reviews
      1. Amelie and Pierre by Henri Troyat
      2. The House on the Beach by E.L. Withers
      3. The Joy Train by Douglas Fairbairn
      4. The Gentleman from Indianapolis by Booth Tarkington and John Beecroft
      5. Sienese Painting by Enzo Carli
      6. The Life of Christ in Masterpieces of Art by Marvin C. Ross
      7. A Testament by Frank Lloyd Wright
      8. German Expressionism and Abstract Art by Charles L. Kuhn and Jakob Rosenberg
      9. Modern German Painting by Hans Konrad Roethel
      10. German Art of the Twentieth Century by Andrew Carnduff Ritchie, Werner Haftmann, and Alfred Hentzen, ...
      11. The Changing Face of Beauty by Madge Garland
      12. The American Heritage Book of Great Historic Places
      13. Three Hundred Years of American Painting by Alexander Eliot
      14. America's Arts and Skills
    18. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 94-98
    19. Cover by Merle Shore
  2. [+]
    February 1958 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-9
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 10-19
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 20-24
    4. What Is Advertising Good For? by Martin Mayer, pp. 25-31
    5. Our Dumb Colleagues by Arthur C. Clarke, pp. 32-33
    6. A Chance to Withdraw Our Troops in Europe by George F. Kennan, pp. 34-41
    7. What Two Lawyers Are Doing to Hollywood by Murray Teigh Bloom, pp. 42-48
    8. How to Choose a College, If Any by John W. Gardner, pp. 49-53
    9. And I Say the Hell with It by Philene Hammer, p. 54
    10. An Old Boy Who Made Violins by Ben Maddow, pp. 55-59
    11. Antibiotics: Too Much of a Good Thing? by Vernon Knight, M.D., pp. 60-63
    12. The Hillbillies Invade Chicago by Albert N. Votaw, pp. 64-67
    13. Florence: At the Villa Jernyngham by Osbert Sitwell, pp. 68-71
    14. The Voyage of the Lucky Dragon, Part III by Ralph E. Lapp, pp. 72-79
    15. After Hours by "Mr. Harper", pp. 80-82
    16. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 83-88 - 9 Reviews
      1. An Epitaph for Dixie by Harry S. Ashmore
      2. Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver
      3. Home from the Hill by William Humphrey
      4. Some Came Running by James Jones
      5. My Face for the World to See by Alfred Hayes
      6. First Love and Other Sorrows by Harold Brodkey
      7. Kilometer 95 by Herbert Russcol and Margalit Banai
      8. The Man on the Rock by Francis King
      9. The Sibyl by Par Lagerkvist
    17. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 89-91 - 8 Reviews
      1. Forever Strangers by Eleanor R. Mayo
      2. A Lesson in Love by Margaret Creal
      3. Kampong by Ronald Hardy
      4. The Movies by Richard Griffith and Arthur Mayer
      5. And the Price Is Right by Margaret Case Harriman
      6. Drawn from Memory by Ernest H. Shepard
      7. Alarms and Diversions by James Thurber
      8. The Gluyas Williams Gallery by Corey Ford and Gluyas Williams
    18. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 92-98
    19. Cover by Roy McKie
  3. [+]
    March 1958 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-13
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 14-23
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 24-28
    4. New Discoveries About the Sun and Other Stars by George W. Gray, pp. 29-31
    5. Dunce's Song by Mark Van Doren, pp. 32-36
    6. Univac to Univac by Louis B. Salomon, pp. 37-38
    7. How Can the West Recover? by George F. Kennan, pp. 39-47
    8. Montana by Herbert Howarth, pp. 48-52
    9. Who Is Lyndon Johnson? by William S. White, pp. 53-56
    10. Rural Reflections by Adrienne Rich, pp. 57-58
    11. Gentlemen's Game by H.E.F. Donohue, pp. 59-65
    12. The Dialogue of Freud and Jung by Gerald Sykes, pp. 66-71
    13. Father Eugene and the Intelligence Services by Alexis Ladas, pp. 72-77
    14. The Budapest String Quartet by Martin Mayer, pp. 78-83
    15. For a Twenty-fifth Birthday by Thomas Whitbread, pp. 84-85
    16. After Hours by "Mr. Harper" and Henry Hope Reed, Jr., pp. 86-91
    17. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 92-103 - 11 Reviews
      1. I Like It Here by Kingsley Amis
      2. The Return of Ansel Gibbs by Frederick Buechner
      3. The Freest Man on Earth by James Whitfield Ellison
      4. They Came to Cordura by Glendon F. Swarthout
      5. The Conscience of the Rich by C.P. Snow
      6. Maggie-Now by Betty Smith
      7. The Joy Wagon by Arthur T. Hadley
      8. My Brother's Keeper by Stanislaus Joyce
      9. Less Than Kin by William Clark
      10. People of the Reeds by Gavin Maxwell
      11. The Capitalist Manifesto by Louis O. Kelso and Mortimer J. Adler
    18. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 104-107 - 8 Reviews
      1. Young Mr. Keefe by Stephen Birmingham
      2. The Marriage by Mona Goodwyn Williams
      3. Victoria at Night, and Other Stories by Uli Beigel
      4. The Narrow Search by Andrew Garve
      5. Men and Brethren by James Gould Cozzens
      6. Prize Stories 1958 by Paul Engle and Curt Hamack
      7. Verdict! by Michael A. Musmanno
      8. Shinny on Your Own Side by Max Miller
    19. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 108-114
    20. Cover by Burt Goldblatt
  4. [+]
    April 1958 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 6-11
    2. The Easy Chair by Colonel E.B. Crabill, pp. 12-19
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 20-24
    4. What's Happening to Jazz by Nat Hentoff, pp. 25-32
    5. The Work Cure for Women by Lorna Jean King, p. 33
    6. Four Steps to Halt the Slump---And Avoid Another by Ross M. Robertson, pp. 34-37
    7. Platform Before the Castle by Anne Goodwin Winslow, pp. 38-39
    8. Country Doctors Catch Up by Marion K. Sanders, pp. 40-45
    9. CIA: Who Watches the Watchman? by Warren Unna, pp. 46-53
    10. Standing Room Only by Arthur C. Clarke, pp. 54-56
    11. Return of the Native by James Rorty, p. 57
    12. Stars Forming, Burning, and Dying by George W. Gray, pp. 58-64
    13. Happy Marriage by Joyce Cary, pp. 65-68
    14. The English Disease by Norman MacKenzie, pp. 69-72
    15. Math Even Parents Can Understand by Peter F. Drucker, pp. 73-79
    16. After Hours by "Mr. Harper" and Waverley Root, pp. 80-83
    17. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 84-93 - 10 Reviews
      1. Expense Account by Joe Morgan
      2. The Man Who Broke Things by John Brooks
      3. Image of a Society by Roy Fuller
      4. The Price of Diamonds by Dan Jacobson
      5. The Hireling by L.P. Hartley
      6. Madison Avenue, U.S.A. by Martin Mayer
      7. The Guide by R.K. Narayan
      8. The Mackerel Plaza by Peter De Vries
      9. Bitter Lemons of Cyprus by Lawrence Durrell
      10. Exile and the Kingdom by Albert Camus
    18. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 94-99 - 8 Reviews
      1. North from Rome by Helen MacInnes
      2. The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden
      3. Young America's Garden Book by Louise C. Bush-Brown
      4. The Woman Gardener by Frances Perry
      5. Gardens and Grounds that Take Care of Themselves by Amelia Leavitt Hill
      6. A Joy of Gardening by V. Sackville-West
      7. The Guide to Garden Flowers by Norman Taylor
      8. The House Beautiful Book of Gardens and Outdoor Living by Joseph E. Howland
    19. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 100-106
    20. Cover by Burt Goldblatt
  5. [+]
    May 1958 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-13
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 14-20
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 21-24
    4. A Scientist's Case for the Classics by Werner Heisenberg, pp. 25-29
    5. How Frank Lloyd Wright Got His Medal by Alfred Bendiner, pp. 30-35
    6. The Guns at Falaise Gap by Richard B. McAdoo, pp. 36-45
    7. Why Canadians Are Turning Anti-American by Bruce Hutchison, pp. 46-49
    8. The Academic Overture by Richmond Lattimore, p. 50
    9. Hill Climbing by Boat by Joyce Warren, pp. 51-56
    10. Lament for Minnesota by Leona Train Rienow, p. 57
    11. Exchange by Miriam Waddington, pp. 58-59
    12. The Guy in Ward 4 by Leo Rosten, pp. 60-67
    13. Common Sense About Alimony by Judge Samuel H. Hofstadter and Arthur Herzog, pp. 68-70
    14. Tom Wolfe Writes a Play by Philip W. Barber, pp. 71-76
    15. After Hours by "Mr. Harper" and John Updike, pp. 77-79
    16. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 80-90 - 10 Reviews
      1. The Undiscovered Self by C.G. Jung
      2. Inside Russia Today by John Gunther
      3. A Very Far Country by E.M. Almedingen
      4. The Heart of India by Alexander Campbell
      5. Yonder One World by Frank R. Moraes
      6. Seasons of Jupiter by Anand Lall
      7. Declaration by Tom Maschler
      8. The Contenders by John Wain
      9. Happy as Larry by Thomas Hinde
      10. Dickens at Work by John Everett Butt and Kathleen Tillotson
    17. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 91-94 - 10 Reviews
      1. The Sergeant by Dennis Murphy
      2. The Narrowest Circle by Katharine Shattuck
      3. The Month of September by Frederique Hebrard
      4. Mary Ann by Alex Karmel
      5. The Year of the White Trees by Jane Rothschild Mayer
      6. Fortunate Strangers by Cornelius Beukenkamp, Jr.
      7. The Unbelonging by Alice M. Robinson
      8. Sins of Their Fathers by Marjorie Rittwagen
      9. The Highfields Story by Lloyd W. McCorkle, Albert Elias, and F. Lovell Bixby, ...
      10. Writers at Work by Malcolm Cowley
    18. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, p. 95
    19. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 96-98
    20. Cover Drawing by Alfred Bendiner
  6. [+]
    June 1958 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-9
    2. The Easy Chair by Harry S. Ashmore, pp. 10-19
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 20-22
    4. Notes on Political Leadership by Senator Joseph S. Clark, pp. 23-29
    5. Of Cats by Ted Hughes, p. 30
    6. The Lunar World of Groucho Marx by Leo Rosten, pp. 31-34
    7. Augeias and I by Robert Graves, p. 35
    8. The Gang That Went Good by Dan Wakefield, pp. 36-43
    9. A Friendly Talk by Storm Jameson, pp. 44-49
    10. The New Jet Air Liners by Wolfgang Langewiesche, pp. 50-51
    11. Fable for Blackboard by George Starbuck, pp. 52-56
    12. Fashions in Food by William H. Adolph, pp. 57-61
    13. Australia: The Innocent Continent by D.W. Brogan, pp. 62-68
    14. Reforming Chicago by John Kay Adams, pp. 69-77
    15. After Hours by "Mr. Harper" and Bernard Asbell, pp. 78-81
    16. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 82-89 - 9 Reviews
      1. The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith
      2. The Long March by Simone de Beauvoir
      3. The Mountain Road by T.H. White
      4. Two Women by Alberto Moravia
      5. Chiara by Gene D'Olive
      6. Journey to Java by Harold G. Nicolson
      7. Seidman and Son by Elick Moll
      8. A New England Girlhood by Nancy Hale
      9. Parktilden Village by George P. Elliott
    17. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 90-93 - 8 Reviews
      1. A Place Without Twilight by Peter S. Feibleman
      2. Splendid in Ashes by Josephine Pinckney
      3. A Summer Place by Sloan Wilson
      4. Owen Wister Out West by Fanny Kemble Wister and Owen Wister
      5. Willie Mae by Elizabeth Larisey Kytle
      6. Margaret by James Davidson Ross
      7. The Music Man by Meredith Willson
      8. West Side Story by Arthur Laurents
    18. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 94-95
    19. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 96-102
    20. Cover by Robert Osborn
  7. [+]
    July 1958 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-9
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 10-14
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 15-18
    4. Veterans: Our Biggest Privileged Class by John E. Booth, pp. 19-20
    5. On Minding One's Own Business by James Wright, pp. 21-25
    6. Mrs. Gopul Didn't Make It by Raymond A. McConnell, Jr., pp. 26-27
    7. Southerners Who Set the Woods on Fire by Ed Kerr, pp. 28-33
    8. Time on Our Hands by Russell Lynes, pp. 34-39
    9. The Iowan's Curse by Charles G. Finney, pp. 40-47
    10. A Grass-roots Guide to '58 and '60 by William G. Carleton, pp. 48-55
    11. The Catskills: Still Having Wonderful Time by David Boroff, pp. 56-57
    12. The Article as Art by Norman Podhoretz, pp. 58-63
    13. School for Statesman by Joseph Kraft, pp. 64-68
    14. Such Nice Finns by Chad Walsh, pp. 69-80
    15. Dictionary of Charlestonese, p. 81
    16. After Hours by "Mr. Harper" and Richard Edes Harrison, pp. 82-85
    17. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 86-90 - 10 Reviews
      1. The Enemy Camp by Jerome Weidman
      2. The Image Makers by Bernard Dryer
      3. The Time of the Dragons by Alice Ekert-Rotholz
      4. The Passionate City by Ian Stuart Black
      5. The Dangerous American by A.E. Hotchner
      6. The Hard Blue Sky by Shirley Ann Grau
      7. River's End, and Other Stories by Anthony C. West
      8. Darwin's Century by Loren Eiseley
      9. The Beat Generation and the Angry Young Men by Gene Feldman and Max Gartenberg
      10. Memoirs of a Public Baby by Philip O'Connor
    18. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 91-93 - 7 Reviews
      1. A Friend in Power by Carlos Baker
      2. A Dangerous Innocence by Victoria Lincoln
      3. The Gingerbread Man by Ellen Ferber
      4. The Dimensions of Robert Frost by Reginald L. Cook
      5. Cats, and How I Photograph Them by Joseph R. Spies
      6. Famous Fires by Hugh Clevely
      7. Afternoon of an Author by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    19. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 94-95
    20. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 96-98
    21. Cover by Bernard Perlin
  8. [+]
    August 1958 Issue = 23 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-9
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 10-15
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 16-20
    4. Labor Should Get Out of Politics by Dick Bruner, pp. 21-22
    5. Phoenix by David Posner, pp. 23-27
    6. New York's Gay Old Lady by Ben Rathbun, pp. 28-34
    7. The Shadows of the Gods by Arthur Miller, pp. 35-43
    8. Eloise in Academia by Felicia Lamport, p. 44
    9. Making Cigarette Ads Tell the Truth by John A. Blatnik, pp. 45-48
    10. Apology for No Poems by William Gibson, p. 49
    11. Something Spurious from the Mindanao Deep by Wallace Stegner, pp. 50-58
    12. America's Super-Cities by Christopher Tunnard, pp. 59-65
    13. Very Significant Chair by Peter Blake and Jane Fiske McCullough, pp. 66-71
    14. Mid-Air Collisions by A.M. Watkins, pp. 72-74
    15. Soren Kierkegaard by A.L. Rowse, p. 75
    16. Trying to Find the Shape---If Any---of the News in Washington by William S. White, pp. 76-79
    17. The Other Lives by Robert Pack, p. 80
    18. After Hours by "Mr. Harper" and Hally Prentis Nelson, pp. 81-83
    19. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 84-88 - 9 Reviews
      1. The Cultured Man by Ashley Montagu
      2. The King Must Die by Mary Renault
      3. The Horn by John Clellon Holmes
      4. At Lady Molly's by Anthony Powell
      5. A Habit of Loving by Doris Lessing
      6. The End of the Road by John Barth
      7. The Summer Lovers by Hollis Alpert
      8. The Hours After Midnight by Joseph Arnold Hayes
      9. Part of a Long Story by Agnes Boulton
    20. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 89-91 - 7 Reviews
      1. Entry E by Richard Frede
      2. The Color of Murder by Julian Symons
      3. Strangers When We Meet by Evan Hunter
      4. The Question by Henri Alleg
      5. My Secret Diary by Giovanni Guareschi
      6. Mayor Watching and Other Pleasures by Philip Hamburger
      7. Born Innocent by Creighton Brown Burnham
    21. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 92-93
    22. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 94-98
    23. Cover design by George Samerjan
  9. [+]
    September 1958 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 6-13
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 14-21
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 22-24
    4. Why We Are Losing the Ruble War by Waldemar A. Nielsen, pp. 25-31
    5. Just a Simple Country Boy by Priscilla D. Willis, pp. 32-34
    6. The Gunfighters by Constance Urdang, pp. 35-38
    7. The Coming Ice Age by Betty Friedan, pp. 39-45
    8. The Wonderful Zoo in the Bronx by Edith Iglauer, pp. 46-54
    9. How to Get Better Public Servants by Governor Averell Harriman, pp. 55-59
    10. The Almost Perfect Cook by Mira Michal, pp. 60-65
    11. TV Ratings: What They Really Mean by Bernard Asbell, pp. 66-71
    12. "Talent for Life" in a New Russian Novel by Babette Deutsch, pp. 72-74
    13. Egotist by Felix Stefanile, pp. 75-76
    14. The Misunderstood Conservative by William S. White, pp. 77-83
    15. After Hours by Carl Koch, pp. 84-85
    16. "Weddings and Babies" by Richard Leacock, pp. 86-87
    17. Obit by "Mr. Harper", p. 88
    18. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 89-96 - 8 Reviews
      1. The Democratic Vista by Richard Chase
      2. Short Stories of Russia Today by Yvonne Kapp
      3. The Russian Revolution by Alan Moorehead
      4. Germany and the Revolution in Russia, 1915-1918 by Z.A.B. Zeman
      5. Let No Man Write My Epitaph by Willard Motley
      6. The Palace Guard by Donald Braider
      7. The Bystander by Albert J. Guerard
      8. The Southern Heritage by James McBride Dabbs
    19. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 97-99 - 6 Reviews
      1. The Portuguese Escape by Ann Bridge
      2. Discourse with Shadows by Jean Malcolm
      3. House of Many Rooms by Robin White
      4. The Best Short Stories of Edith Wharton by Wayne Andrews and Edith Wharton
      5. Algeria: The Realities by Germaine Tillion
      6. Williamstown Branch by R.L. Duffus
    20. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 100-102
    21. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 103-106
    22. Cover by George Samerjan
  10. [+]
    October 1958 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-11
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 12-21
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 22-26
    4. Imperial Harvard by David Boroff, pp. 27-34
    5. American Homes by Osbert Lancaster, pp. 35-37
    6. Why the Israeli Army Wins by Brig. Gen. S.L.A. Marshall, pp. 38-45
    7. Pennsylvania's New Breed of Politicians by Joseph Kraft, pp. 46-50
    8. The Life and Death of a Western Gladiator by Charles G. Finney, pp. 51-54
    9. The Tree of Knowledge by Robert Oppenheimer, pp. 55-60
    10. The Hard Kind of Courage by James Baldwin, pp. 61-65
    11. Athens on the Subway by Frederick Gutheim, pp. 66-71
    12. The Day the Taps Run Dry by Robert Rienow and Leona Rienow, pp. 72-78
    13. The Washington Phonies by William S. White, pp. 79-83
    14. After Hours by "Mr. Harper", pp. 84-87
    15. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 88-97 - 9 Reviews
      1. A World of Strangers by Nadine Gordimer
      2. Engaged in Writing by Stephen Spender
      3. Women and Thomas Harrow by John P. Marquand
      4. Venus in Sparta by Louis Auchincloss
      5. The Law by Roger Vailland
      6. Marlborough's Duchess by Louis Kronenberger
      7. American Murder Ballads and Their Stories by Olive Woolley Burt
      8. Once Upon a City by Grace M. Mayer
      9. The Puerto Ricans by Christopher Rand
    16. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 98-102 - 6 Reviews
      1. Young Men See Visions by Mary Mian
      2. The Other Side of the Day by Hilda Sidney Krech
      3. A Novel, A Novella, and Four Stories by Andrew Lytle
      4. Nabokov's Dozen by Vladimir Nabokov
      5. The Housebreaker of Shady Hill, and Other Stories by John Cheever
      6. The Eighth Day of the Week by Marek Hlasko
    17. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 103-104
    18. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 105-108
    19. Cover by George Samerjan
  11. [+]
    November 1958 Issue = 23 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-11
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 12-23
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 24-30
    4. Unsnarling Traffic on the Roads, Rails, and Airways by John I. Snyder, Jr., pp. 31-35
    5. Relic by Ted Hughes, p. 36
    6. Sarah Lawrence: For the Rich, Bright, and Beautfilu by David Boroff, pp. 37-44
    7. The Job the Protestants Shirk by Truman B. Douglass, pp. 45-49
    8. "Dear Justice..." by Juliet Lowell, pp. 50-51
    9. The Men-taming Women of William Inge by Robert Brustein, pp. 52-56
    10. The Ugly Duckling by Allen Kanfer, p. 57
    11. Sweetheart, Sweetheart, Sweetheart by Aubrey Goodman, pp. 58-63
    12. Scientists with Half-closed Minds by Dr. Ian Stevenson, pp. 64-71
    13. Elephants Have the Right of Way by Laurence Lafore, pp. 72-77
    14. Bix and His Lost Music by Ralph Berton, pp. 78-82
    15. Why Latin America Distrusts Us by Thayer Waldo, pp. 83-91
    16. The American Genius for Hypocrisy by William S. White, pp. 92-99
    17. After Hours by Alec Waugh, pp. 100-101
    18. A Million Surprises a Day by Bernard Asbell, pp. 102-105
    19. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 106-119 - 9 Reviews
      1. The Exploding Metropolis
      2. The Bull of Minos by Leonard Cottrell
      3. Mistress to an Age by J. Christopher Herold
      4. The Long Dream by Richard Wright
      5. Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
      6. Someone Will Die Tonight in the Caribbean by Rene Puissesseau
      7. The Bell by Iris Murdoch
      8. The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
      9. The Birds by Oskar Heinroth and Katharina Heinroth
    20. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 120-124 - 10 Reviews
      1. Mr. Robbins Rides Again by Edward Streeter
      2. I Wish He Would Not Die by James Aldridge
      3. Scent of Danger by Donald Mackenzie
      4. Miss. Alcott of Concord by Marjorie Worthington
      5. The Rainbow Comes and Goes by Lady Diana Cooper
      6. The Child Across the River by Giulietta d'Alessandro
      7. Words Are Stones by Carlo Levi
      8. Normandy Revisited by A.J. Liebling
      9. Cornflakes and Beaujolais by Paul Roberts
      10. But I Wouldn't Want to Live There by Heather Jimenez
    21. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 125-128
    22. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 129-132
    23. Cover design by George Samerjan
  12. [+]
    December 1958 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-11
    2. The Editor's Easy Chair by John Fischer, pp. 12-18
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 19-22
    4. Mutiny of the Bountiful by Marion K. Sanders, pp. 23-29
    5. A Student, Departing for Christmas Vacation, to Himself by Thomas Whitbread, pp. 30-31
    6. The Man Who Invented Modern Cooking by Cecil Woodham-Smith, pp. 32-35
    7. Mark Twain Speaks Out: Four Unpublished Pieces by Charles Neider and Mark Twain, pp. 36-41
    8. Brooklyn College: Culture in Flatbush by David Boroff, pp. 42-50
    9. The Extern by Theodore Jacobs, pp. 51-55
    10. The Outraged Okinawans by Barton M. Biggs, pp. 56-60
    11. Extinction by Thruway by Polly Praeger, pp. 61-70
    12. The Innkeeper's Story by Jane Cooper, p. 71
    13. South Dakota's Christian Martyrs by Richard S. Meryman, Jr., pp. 72-74
    14. Heavenly Bodies by Tomi Ungerer, pp. 75-79
    15. Eisenhower Opens the Last Act by William S. White, pp. 80-83
    16. After Hours by Russell Lynes and Pyke Johnson, Jr., pp. 84-87
    17. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 88-101 - 9 Reviews
      1. The Academic Mind by Paul F. Lazarsfeld and Wagner Thielens, Jr.
      2. The Academic Marketplace by Theodore Caplow and Reece J. McGee
      3. Some of My Best Friends Are Professors by George Guion Williams
      4. The Proud Possessors by Aline B. Saarinen
      5. Mine Enemy Grows Older by Alexander King
      6. Agee on Film by James Agee
      7. Here, Of All Places! by Osbert Lancaster
      8. Journey to Poland and Yugoslavia, 1958 by John Kenneth Galbraith
      9. Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
    18. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 102-105 - 9 Reviews
      1. One to Grow On by Nathaniel Benchley
      2. The Darkest Bough by Anne Chamberlain
      3. One Ulysses Too Many by Storm Jameson
      4. The Seven Fat Years by John Brooks
      5. The Gershwin Years: George and Ira by Edward Jablonski and Lawrence D. Stewart
      6. George Gershwin, Man and Legend by Merle Armitage
      7. Complete Book of the American Musical Theater by David Ewen
      8. And Promenade Home by Agnes de Mille
      9. Ezio Pinza: An Autobiography by Robert Magidoff and Ezio Pinza
    19. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 106-107
    20. Jazz Notes by Eric Larrabee, pp. 108-114
    21. Cover by George Samerjan
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  Issues of 1961 = 12 Issues, 273 Articles
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  Issues of 1962 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
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  Issues of 1966 = 12 Issues, 273 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
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  Issues of 1971 = 12 Issues, 238 Articles
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  Issues of 1972 = 12 Issues, 222 Articles
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  Issues of 1973 = 12 Issues, 318 Articles
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  Issues of 1974 = 12 Issues, 274 Articles
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  Issues of 1975 = 12 Issues, 256 Articles
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  Issues of 1976 = 6 Issues, 123 Articles
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  Issues of 1977 = 12 Issues, 226 Articles
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  Issues of 1978 = 12 Issues, 234 Articles
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  Issues of 1979 = 12 Issues, 243 Articles
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  Issues of 1980 = 11 Issues, 219 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1981 = 12 Issues, 231 Articles
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  Issues of 1982 = 12 Issues, 190 Articles
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  Issues of 1983 = 12 Issues, 211 Articles
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  Issues of 1984 = 12 Issues, 298 Articles
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  Issues of 1985 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
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  Issues of 1986 = 12 Issues, 294 Articles
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  Issues of 1987 = 12 Issues, 263 Articles
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  Issues of 1988 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
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  Issues of 1989 = 12 Issues, 251 Articles
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  Issues of 1990 = 11 Issues, 220 Articles
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  Issues of 1991 = 8 Issues, 151 Articles
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  Issues of 1992 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
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  Issues of 1993 = 9 Issues, 183 Articles
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  Issues of 1994 = 11 Issues, 224 Articles
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  Issues of 1995 = 12 Issues, 221 Articles
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  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 2000 = 11 Issues, 178 Articles
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  Issues of 2001 = 12 Issues, 215 Articles
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  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
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  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 2010 = 2 Issues, 39 Articles