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December 25, 1948 Issue - 45 Articles- Trade Winds
Bennett Cerf
, pp. 3-4 - Are Families Passe?
Ruth Benedict
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A New Scholastic Province Rescued (Review) Carlos Baker
, p. 7 The Keats Circle, by Hyder Edward Rollins
- The Keats Circle by Hyder Edward Rollins
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Paradise---Death (2 Reviews) Robert Gorham Davis
, p. 8 A Celebration for Edith Sitwell, by Jose Garcia Villa
- A Celebration for Edith Sitwell by Jose Garcia Villa
- The Song of the Cold by Edith Sitwell
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Sampling Phenomenon (Review) Claude Hill
, p. 8 The Penal Colony, by Franz Kafka
- The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka
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A Ferment at Work (Review) Harrison Smith
, p. 9 New Directions 10, by James Laughlin
- New Directions 10 by James Laughlin
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Listening to a Dialogue of One (Review) David Daiches
, p. 10 On the Limits of Poetry, by Allen Tate
- On the Limits of Poetry by Allen Tate
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Are Psychotics People? (Review) Raymond G. Fuller
, p. 11 The Shame of the States, by Albert Deutsch
- The Shame of the States by Albert Deutsch
- Literary Crypt, p. 12
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A Homesickness and a Long Wandering (Review) H.A. Overstreet
, p. 12 Black Odyssey, by Roi Ottley
- Black Odyssey by Roi Ottley
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Mexican Bundle of Myths (Review) Carey McWilliams
, p. 13 American Me, by Beatrice W. Griffith
- American Me by Beatrice W. Griffith
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Lady Chester in Suburbia (Review) Rosemary C. Benet
, p. 14 The Semi-Detached House, by Emily Eden
- The Semi-Detached House by Emily Eden
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Bypassed by War (Review) Sara Henderson Hay
, p. 14 The Island, by Nard Jones
- The Island by Nard Jones
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Green Mt. Bad Boys (Review) Thomas Foster
, p. 15 Escape from Vermont, by James Gordon
- Escape from Vermont by James Gordon
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Jackson's Whites (Review) Pamela Taylor
, p. 15 Something Gleamed, by Theda Kenyon
- Something Gleamed by Theda Kenyon
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Westernized Pacific Islanders (Review) Bradford Smith
, p. 16 Anatomy of Paradise, by J.C. Furnas
- Anatomy of Paradise by J.C. Furnas
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Natives and Le Grand Docteur (Review) Robert Pick
, p. 17 The Africa of Albert Schweitzer, by Charles R. Joy and Melvin Arnold
- The Africa of Albert Schweitzer by Charles R. Joy and Melvin Arnold
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Symbol of English Imperialism (Review) George Dangerfield
, p. 18 The Reign of Queen Victoria, by Hector Bolitho
- The Reign of Queen Victoria by Hector Bolitho
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The Continent in Capsule (Review) Garrett Mattingly
, p. 19 Men and Centuries of European Civilization, by Louise Fargo Brown and George Barr Carso...
- Men and Centuries of European Civilization by Louise Fargo Brown and George Barr Carson, Jr., ...
- Editorial, pp. 20-21
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Literary Highlights of 1948 (11 Reviews) Amy Loveman
, p. 22 The Divine Comedy, by Lawrence Grant White and Dante Alighieri
- The Divine Comedy by Lawrence Grant White and Dante Alighieri
- The Taste of Angels by Francis Henry Taylor
- Literary History of the United States by Robert E. Spiller, Willard Thorp, and Thomas Herbert Johnson, ...
- Education in a Divided World by James Bryant Conant
- The Age of the Great Depression, 1929-1941 by Dixon Wecter
- The Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Famous Phrases by Burton Stevenson
- The Story of American Golf by Herbert Warren Wind
- The St. Nicholas Anthology by Henry Steele Commager
- American Antique Furniture by Edgar G. Miller, Jr.
- A Star Called Wormwood by Martha S. Bacon
- Physics and Politics by Walter Bagehot
- Letters to the Editor, p. 23
- Seeing Things
John Mason Brown
, pp. 24-26 - Literary I.Q., p. 27
- Winged Words
Carl Binger
, p. 28 - The Film Forum
Raymond Spottiswoode
, pp. 29-30 - Double-Crostic No. 770, p. 31
- The Phoenix Nest
William Rose Benet
, pp. 32-34 SRL/Recordings Section
- Impressions
Irving Kolodin
, pp. 35-36 - Broadway's Ben Britten
Irving Kolodin
, p. 37 - My Favorite Records
Katharine Cornell
, p. 38 - Records Without Recordings, p. 39
A Chronicle of 1948
- Reviews
Irving Kolodin
, p. 40 - Thomson: "Four Saints" (The Composer)
Herbert Weinstock
, p. 41 - Recordings Reports on Classical Releases, p. 42
- The Basic Library, p. 43
- The Other Side
Thomas Heinitz
, p. 44 - Some Highs and Lows
Edward Tatnall Canby
, p. 45 - Hits and Misses
Wilder Hobson
, p. 46 - The Younger Set
Marie L. Mutch
, p. 47 - The Jazz Beat
Gilbert McKean
, p. 48 - Recordings Reports on Popular Releases, p. 49
- Letters to the Recordings Editor, p. 50
- Records Over the Nation, pp. 51-52
- Cover Drawing
Frances O'Brien