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August 27, 1955 Issue - 36 Articles- Trade Winds
Alan Green
, pp. 4-6 - The Myth of Science Fiction
Siegfried Mandel and Peter Fingesten
, pp. 7-8 -
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The Intellect vs. the Spirit (Review) Thomas E. Cooney
, p. 9 The Genius and the Goddess, by Aldous Huxley
- The Genius and the Goddess by Aldous Huxley
- The New Huxley
Thomas E. Cooney
, p. 10 - Literary Crypt, p. 10
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Laughter in Egypt (Review) Harvey Curtis Webster
, p. 11 The Picnic at Sakkara, by P.H. Newby
- The Picnic at Sakkara by P.H. Newby
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A Summer's Impact (Review) Walter Havighurst
, p. 12 Bell's Landing, by Gerald Warner Brace
- Bell's Landing by Gerald Warner Brace
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Notes: Variety Package (6 Reviews) Martin Levin
, p. 12 The Way to the Gold, by Wilbur Daniel Steele
- The Way to the Gold by Wilbur Daniel Steele
- The Lion's Skin by Darwin L. Teilhet
- Good as Gold by Alfred G. Toombs
- Ship's Company by Lonnie Coleman
- Take All You Can Get by Steve Fisher
- The Intimate Illusion by Sarah Litsey
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East and West: The Raw Edge (2 Reviews) Walter L. Dorn
, p. 13 City Divided: Berlin 1955, by Ewan Butler
- City Divided: Berlin 1955 by Ewan Butler
- The Explosion: The Uprising Behind the Iron Curtain by Rainer Hildebrandt
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Princely Yarns (Review) Doris Peel
, p. 14 After the Flood, by Prince Constantine of Bavaria
- After the Flood by Prince Constantine of Bavaria
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Prehistory in Image (Review) Robert Goldwater
, p. 15 Lascaux, Or the Birth of Art, by Georges Bataille
- Lascaux, Or the Birth of Art by Georges Bataille
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Monastic Art (Review) Harry Bober
, p. 16 The Canterbury School of Illumination, 1066-1200, by C.R. Dodwell
- The Canterbury School of Illumination, 1066-1200 by C.R. Dodwell
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"The Big Book": Bible for Alcoholics (Review) John Haverstick
, p. 17 The Big Book,
- The Big Book
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A Modern Walden (Review) Robert Payne
, p. 18 Adventuring with Beebe, by William Beebe
- Adventuring with Beebe by William Beebe
- Literary I.Q., p. 19
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Lessons from the Aborigines (Review) Selden Rodman
, p. 19 Return to Laughter, by Elenore Smith Bowen
- Return to Laughter by Elenore Smith Bowen
- Critics---A Writer's View, p. 20
An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 21
- Broadway Postscript
Henry Hewes
, p. 22 -
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The Movies: Jack and Grace (2 Reviews) Lee Rogow
, pp. 23-29 Pete Kelly's Blues (1955 Film), by Jack Webb
- Pete Kelly's Blues (1955 Film) by Jack Webb
- To Catch a Thief (1955 Film) by Alfred Hitchcock
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1118, p. 30
SR/Recordings
- Rx for Good Music
R.S. Lanier
, pp. 31-33 - Paris to Princeton
Abram Chasins
, pp. 34-35 - First, and Greatest, Otello
George Jellinek
, p. 36 - A New Approach to Cabinet Design
Edgar M. Villchur
, p. 37 - Americana Without Tears
Arthur Berger
, p. 38 - Russian Hit Parade
Victor Seroff
, p. 39 - Recordings in Review
Irving Kolodin
, pp. 40-41 - Recordings Reports I: Orchestral LPs, pp. 42-43
- Recordings Reports II: Miscellaneous LPs, p. 44
- L.A.'s "Most Likely to Succeed"
Mildred Norton
, p. 45 - Farewell Symphony: The Austro-American Radio
H.C. Robbins Landon
, pp. 46-47 - The Other Side
Thomas Heinitz
, pp. 48-49 - The Amen Corner
Wilder Hobson
, p. 50 - Letters to the Recordings Editor, pp. 51-52
- Cover Drawing, After a Photograph by Sanford Roth
Hal McIntosh