December 1947 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- Henry Ford II Speaks Out
  Henry Ford II #2 and Tom Lilley
  , pp. 25-32
  A Conversation with Tom Lilley
- General Patton's War Letters
  George S. Patton, Jr.
  , pp. 33-37
- Christianity and Human Rights
  Barbara Ward
  , pp. 38-41
- Dishonest Divorce
  Reginald Heber Smith
  , pp. 42-45
- "Banking Is an Art"
  John P. Marquand
  , pp. 46-57
  The Atlantic Serial
- Modern Art and Muddled Thinking
  George Biddle
  , pp. 58-61
- The Conditions of Justice
  R.V. Cassill
  , pp. 62-65
  An Atlantic "First"
- Love Letters of Mark Twain
  Dixon Wecter and Mark Twain
  , pp. 66-72
- The Art of Judging Music
  Virgil Thomson
  , pp. 73-75
- The Logic of Peace
  Ralph Barton Perry
  , pp. 76-82
- In Country Sleep
  Dylan Thomas
  , pp. 83-85
- How to Buy a Castle
  Sir Osbert Sitwell
  , pp. 86-91
- Old Man Rivers
  Thomas Wolfe
  , pp. 92-103
  A Story
- Carol for Christmas at Peace
  John Pudney
  , p. 104
- This Month, p. 105
- The Speakable Cad
  Alan Devoe
  , p. 106
- Picnic
  David Brock
  , p. 107
- Facts: Quarter Horse
  B.F. Sylvester
  , pp. 107-108
- Hollywood: Green Thumb in Your Eye
  Gordon Kahn
  , pp. 109-110
- The Rhinoceros
  R.P. Lister
  , p. 111
- Food: The Busted Staff of Life
  Lee Anderson
  , p. 112
- Radio: It's Delicious---Yum! Yum! Yum!
  Giles Playfair
  , pp. 113-114
- The Power of Books
  H.M. Tomlinson
  , pp. 115-119
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  The Ten Best Novels: Tom Jones (Review)
  Somerset Maugham
  , pp. 120-125
  Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding
  1. Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
- Return to Chartes
  May Sarton
  , pp. 126-127
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  Patton Preferred (Review)
  Sherman Miles
  , pp. 128-133
  War As I Knew It, by George S. Patton, Jr. and Paul D. Harkins
  1. War As I Knew It by George S. Patton, Jr. and Paul D. Harkins
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  Atlantic Bookshelf (3 Reviews)
  Edward Weeks
  , pp. 134-137
  The Peripatetic Reviewer
  1. The Wedding Journey by Walter D. Edmonds
  2. Jenny Villiers by J.B. Priestley
  3. The Pearl by John Steinbeck
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  Lippman Questions Mr. X (Review)
  James H. Powers
  , pp. 138-141
  The Cold War, by Walter Lippmann
  1. The Cold War by Walter Lippmann
- --- by Jane Cobb and Helen Dore Boylston, pp. 142-149
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  Review Adversary in the House, by Irving Stone (Review)
  Gardner Jackson
  , p. 150
  1. Adversary in the House by Irving Stone
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  Review The Achievement of T. S. Eliot, by F.O. Matthi... (Review)
  Walter Elder
  , pp. 150-151
  1. The Achievement of T. S. Eliot by F.O. Matthiessen
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  Review A Certain Rich Man, by Vincent Sheean (Review)
  Phoebe Lou Adams
  , pp. 152-153
  1. A Certain Rich Man by Vincent Sheean
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  Review Letters of J.M. Barrie, by Viola Meynell and J... (Review)
  R.M. Gay
  , pp. 154-155
  1. Letters of J.M. Barrie by Viola Meynell and James M. Barrie
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  Review Canadian Spring, by Florence Page Jaques and F... (Review)
  Theodora Stanwell-Fletcher
  , p. 156
  1. Canadian Spring by Florence Page Jaques and Francis Lee Jaques
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  Review Lucky Forward, by Robert S. Allen (Review)
  Sherman Miles
  , pp. 156-157
  1. Lucky Forward by Robert S. Allen
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  Review The Times of Melville and Whitman, by Van Wyck... (Review)
  Lucien Price
  , pp. 158-159
  1. The Times of Melville and Whitman by Van Wyck Brooks
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  Review Modern Painters, by Lionello Venturi (Review)
  MacKinley Helm
  , pp. 160-161
  1. Modern Painters by Lionello Venturi
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  Review The Axe of Wandsbek, by Arnold Zweig (Review)
  Gerald D. Roscoe
  , p. 162
  1. The Axe of Wandsbek by Arnold Zweig
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  Review The Diver, by E.L. Mayo (Review)
  John Ciardi
  , p. 163
  1. The Diver by E.L. Mayo
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  Review Kingdom of Adventure: Mount Everest, by James ... (Review)
  Bradford Washburn
  , pp. 164-166
  1. Kingdom of Adventure: Mount Everest by James Ramsey Ullman