The Saturday Review Archives The Saturday Review • 61 Years, 2,646 Issues, 86,190 Articles, 131,463pp
Show MoreShow AllFinding...Find More
December 15, 1956 Issue - 46 Articles- Trade Wubds, pp. 4-6
- What Every Writer Must Learn
John Ciardi
, pp. 7-8 - The Maidens
Norman Cousins
, pp. 9-12 Report on a Homecoming
-
[+]
The Legacy of Brandeis, Holmes, and Stone (2 Reviews) Allison Dunham
, pp. 13-14 Brandeis: A Free Man's Life, by Alpheus Thomas Mason
- Brandeis: A Free Man's Life by Alpheus Thomas Mason
- The Legacy of Holmes and Brandeis by Samuel J. Konefsky
-
[+]
Era of Anguish and Creativity (Review) Jose Lopez-Rey
, p. 15 Post-Impressionism, by John Rewald
- Post-Impressionism by John Rewald
-
[+]
Heritage of a Lonely Man (Review) A.K. Placzek
, p. 16 The Idea of Louis Sullivan, by John Szarkowski
- The Idea of Louis Sullivan by John Szarkowski
- Literary I.Q., p. 17
-
[+]
Rebellion Rides the Rails (Review) Robert S. Henry
, p. 17 The Wild Train, by Charles O'Neill
- The Wild Train by Charles O'Neill
-
[+]
David in Confederate Gray (Review) Earl Schenck Miers
, p. 18 Captain Little Ax, by James H. Street
- Captain Little Ax by James H. Street
-
[+]
Carolina March (Review) Alden Whitman
, p. 18 Sherman's March Through the Carolinas, by John Gilchrist Barrett
- Sherman's March Through the Carolinas by John Gilchrist Barrett
-
[+]
Battles and Leaders Complete (Review) , p. 18 Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, by Ned G. Bradford
- Battles and Leaders of the Civil War by Ned G. Bradford
-
[+]
What Daguerre Hath Wrought (3 Reviews) , p. 19 It Seems Like Yesterday, by H.V. Kaltenborn
- It Seems Like Yesterday by H.V. Kaltenborn
- The Ziegfield Follies by Marjorie Farnsworth
- A Pictorial History of Burlesque by Bernard Sobel
-
[+]
Queen Without Crown (Review) Otis Fellows
, p. 20 La Belle Sorel, by Jacques Carton
- La Belle Sorel by Jacques Carton
-
[+]
Christmas in Bethlehem (Review) Edmund Fuller
, p. 20 The Three Kings, by Richard Sullivan
- The Three Kings by Richard Sullivan
-
[+]
Christmas at Home (Review) S.P. Mansten
, p. 20 Merry Christmas, Mr. Baxter, by Edward Streeter
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Baxter by Edward Streeter
- A Thousandth Poem to Dylan Thomas
John Ciardi
, p. 21 - Morning Stroll
John Moffitt
, p. 21 - Christoforo Colombo
Robert A. Wallace
, p. 21 - Episodes from Two Saints
Howard R. Webber
, p. 22 - The Oyster
John Holmes
, p. 22 - It
Richmond Lattimore
, p. 22 - Bringing Mother Home
Dorothy Rosenberg
, p. 23 - Boy
Harold Witt
, p. 23 - Keeping the Powder Dry, p. 24
An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 25
- Broadway Postscript, p. 26
- TV and Radio, p. 27
- Music to My Ears, p. 28
-
[+]
Camera's Birth (Review) Beaumont Newhall
, p. 29 L. J. M. Daguerre, by Helmut Gernsheim and Alison Gernsheim
- L. J. M. Daguerre by Helmut Gernsheim and Alison Gernsheim
- Booked for Travel
Horace Sutton
, p. 30 -
[+]
Traveler's Tale: Matti Hari in Africa (Review) Joyce Jenkins
, p. 31 African Hayride, by Margaret G. Ryan
- African Hayride by Margaret G. Ryan
- Ideas on Film, p. 32
- Literary Crypt, p. 33
-
[+]
Judicial Conservative (Review) Carl Brent Swisher
, p. 33 Harlan Fiske Stone: Pillar of the Law, by Alpheus Thomas Mason
- Harlan Fiske Stone: Pillar of the Law by Alpheus Thomas Mason
-
[+]
Vanished Wife (Review) Martin Levin
, p. 34 The Sleeping Partner, by Winston Graham
- The Sleeping Partner by Winston Graham
-
[+]
Man on the Hunt (Review) Martin Levin
, p. 34 The Memoirs of a Cross-Eyed Man, by James Wellard
- The Memoirs of a Cross-Eyed Man by James Wellard
-
[+]
Foggy Voyage (Review) Louis O. Coxe
, p. 34 Stranger to the Shore, by Kenneth Dodson
- Stranger to the Shore by Kenneth Dodson
-
[+]
Duly Noted (5 Reviews) S.P. Mansten
, p. 34 Written on Water, by Vicki Baum
- Written on Water by Vicki Baum
- The Mind Reader by Alan Baer Rothenberg
- Turn the Tigers Loose by Walter Lasly
- The Empty Nest by Josephine Lawrence
- Close to the Wind by John Harris
-
[+]
Interpreting the Quest (Review) Joseph Slater
, p. 35 The Magic Flute, by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman
- The Magic Flute by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman
-
[+]
Places... People... Things (3 Reviews) , p. 36 Places, by Geoffrey Grigson and Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith, ...
- Places by Geoffrey Grigson and Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith, ...
- People by Geoffrey Grigson and Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith, ...
- Things by Geoffrey Grigson and Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith, ...
-
[+]
Literary and Academic Themes (Review) David Ignatow
, p. 36 A Word Carved on a Sill, by John Wain
- A Word Carved on a Sill by John Wain
-
[+]
Making the Impossible Familiar (Review) Louis Simpson
, p. 37 Villa Narcisse: The Garden, the Statues, and the Pool, by Katherine Hoskins
- Villa Narcisse: The Garden, the Statues, and the Pool by Katherine Hoskins
-
[+]
Murky Wit (Review) Edwin Honig
, pp. 37-39 Unexpected Truce, by Don Geiger
- Unexpected Truce by Don Geiger
-
[+]
The Criminal Record (9 Reviews) Sergeant Cuff
, pp. 40-42 The Queen's Awards, 1956, by Ellery Queen
- The Queen's Awards, 1956 by Ellery Queen
- The Enormous Shadow by Robert Harling
- Framed for Hanging by Guy Cullingford
- Dig My Grave Deep by Peter Rabe
- Murder in the Wind by John D. MacDonald
- Kill the Boss Good-Bye by Peter Rabe
- Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart
- The Man Who Didn't Fly by Margot Bennett
- Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edogawa Rampo
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1186, pp. 43-44
- Cover Photograph
Orren Jack Turner