December 3, 1949 Issue, THE SATURDAY REVIEW

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- Trade Winds
  Bennett Cerf
  , pp. 6-10
- Where the Song Begins
  Oscar Hammerstein II
  , pp. 11-14
- Thoreau: A New Estimate
  Henry Seidel Canby
  , p. 15
- On a Seventy-fifth Birthday
  James T. Shotwell
  , p. 16
- What SRL Reviewers are Giving for Christmas, p. 17
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  The Literary Sampler (7 Reviews) , pp. 18-20
  Excerpts and Jottings from Some of the New Books
  1. Four-Square by Dorothy Canfield
  2. No Cause for Alarm by Virginia Cowles
  3. Dark Trees to the Wind by Carl L. Carmer
  4. Benefits Forgot by G.B. Stern
  5. The Crazy Glasspecker by David Dodge
  6. The Story of Language by Mario Pei
  7. Years of the Modern by John W. Chase
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  Paisanos Below the Boot (Review)
  Robert Pick
  , p. 21
  In Sicily, by Elio Vittorini
  1. In Sicily by Elio Vittorini
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  USA in Vermont (Review)
  John T. Winterich
  , p. 22
  Four-Square, by Dorothy Canfield
  1. Four-Square by Dorothy Canfield
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  Darkened Mind (Review)
  Fritz Peters
  , p. 22
  The Tunnel, by Baynard Kendrick
  1. The Tunnel by Baynard Kendrick
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  Past the Baton Sinister (Review)
  Ann F. Wolfe
  , p. 23
  Bridget Malwyn, by Martin Boyd
  1. Bridget Malwyn by Martin Boyd
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  Hoosier Railsplitter (Review)
  Paul Angle
  , p. 23
  Abe Lincoln of Pigeon Creek, by William Edward Wilson
  1. Abe Lincoln of Pigeon Creek by William Edward Wilson
- Editorial, p. 24
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 25-27
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  Designed for Joe, the Mass Man (Review)
  Stuart Chase
  , pp. 28-29
  Backgrounds of Power, by Roger Burlingame
  1. Backgrounds of Power by Roger Burlingame
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  John Jay to George Marshall & Assoc. (2 Reviews)
  Lindsay Rogers
  , pp. 30-31
  The Department of State, by Graham H. Stuart
  1. The Department of State by Graham H. Stuart
  2. The United States in World Affairs, 1948-1949 by John C. Campbell
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  Demagoguery State by State (Review)
  Ralph McGill
  , pp. 32-33
  Southern Politics in State and Nation, by V.O. Key, Jr. and Alexander Heard
  1. Southern Politics in State and Nation by V.O. Key, Jr. and Alexander Heard
- Literary I.Q., p. 34
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  Masked Riders of Socialism (Review)
  C.E. Ayres
  , pp. 34-35
  The Road Ahead, by John T. Flynn
  1. The Road Ahead by John T. Flynn
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  Turbulent Genius & Saintly Spinster (2 Reviews)
  Douglas Grant
  , pp. 36-41
  John Ruskin: The Portrait of a Prophet, by Peter Quennell
  1. John Ruskin: The Portrait of a Prophet by Peter Quennell
  2. Christina Rossetti by Marya Zaturenska
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  An Anatomy, a Miscellany (Review)
  R. Ellis Roberts
  , pp. 42-43
  Benefits Forgot, by G.B. Stern
  1. Benefits Forgot by G.B. Stern
- Literary Crypt, p. 44
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  Belles-Lettres Notes (7 Reviews)
  Robert Halsband
  , pp. 44-45
  James Whitcomb Riley as I Knew Him, by Minnie Belle Mitchell
  1. James Whitcomb Riley as I Knew Him by Minnie Belle Mitchell
  2. A Little Treasury of American Prose by George Mayberry
  3. The Gentleman in America by Edwin Harrison Cady
  4. Arthur Machen by William Francis Gekle
  5. History of the Pre-Romantic Novel in England by James R. Foster
  6. A Short History of English Literature by B. Ifor Evans
  7. England Yesterday and Today by F. Alan Walbank
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  Welfare State and Glad of It (Review)
  James M. Minifie
  , pp. 46-47
  No Cause for Alarm, by Virginia Cowles
  1. No Cause for Alarm by Virginia Cowles
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  USSR Ninety Forty-None (Review)
  Hallett Abend
  , pp. 48-53
  The Country of the Blind, by George S. Counts and Nucia Lodge
  1. The Country of the Blind by George S. Counts and Nucia Lodge
- Seeing Things
  John Mason Brown
  , pp. 54-55
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  Spiritual Thirst (Review)
  Pamela Taylor
  , pp. 56-57
  The Right People, by McCready Huston
  1. The Right People by McCready Huston
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  Out West in '89 (Review)
  Edmund Fuller
  , p. 58
  Shane, by Jack Schaefer
  1. Shane by Jack Schaefer
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  --- by John Cournos (Review) , p. 58
  1. The Freeholder by Joe David Brown
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  Review The Divided Path, by Nial Kent (Review)
  Nathan L. Rothman
  , p. 59
  1. The Divided Path by Nial Kent
- Booked for Travel
  Horace Sutton
  , pp. 60-61
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  Travelers' Tales (2 Reviews)
  H.S.
  , pp. 62-63
  Wine Journeys, by Stuart Olivier
  1. Wine Journeys by Stuart Olivier
  2. London Echoing by James Bone
- The Fine Arts
  James Thrall Soby
  , pp. 64-65
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  Isms in Art (Review)
  Sholom J. Kahn
  , p. 66
  The Aesthetic Theories of French Artists, by Charles Edward Gauss
  1. The Aesthetic Theories of French Artists by Charles Edward Gauss
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  A Way of Seeing (Review)
  John F. Kienitz
  , p. 67
  On Judging Works of Visual Art, by Conrad Fiedler
  1. On Judging Works of Visual Art by Conrad Fiedler
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  The Organic View (Review)
  Stephen C. Pepper
  , p. 68
  Aesthetics, by James K. Feibleman
  1. Aesthetics by James K. Feibleman
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  Art Book Notes (8 Reviews)
  L.R. Sander
  , pp. 69-71
  Masterpieces of Sculpture from the National Gallery of Art, by Charles Seymour, Jr.
  1. Masterpieces of Sculpture from the National Gallery of Art by Charles Seymour, Jr.
  2. The Nativity of Sandro Botticelli by Lionello Venturi and Sandro Botticelli
  3. French Master Drawings of the Eighteenth Century by Erwin Gradmann
  4. Modern French Painters by R.H. Wilenski
  5. The Virgin and Child by Thomas Bodkin
  6. Flemish Pictures by Thomas Bodkin
  7. Blake by Geoffrey Keynes
  8. Klee by Herbert Read
- The Phoenix Nest
  William Rose Benet
  , pp. 72-74
- Double-Crostic No. 819, pp. 75-76
- Cover Drawing
  Hal McIntosh