January 1955 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- The Freedom to Think
  Zechariah Chafee, Jr.
  , pp. 27-33
- Debussy, The Man I Knew
  George Copeland
  , pp. 34-38
- Helen
  John Masters
  , pp. 39-43
  A Story
- The Louisiana Purchase
  Oscar Handlin
  , pp. 44-49
  Chance or Destiny?
- The Common Cold
  Richard Gordon
  , pp. 50-51
- The Golden Palace
  R.P. Lister
  , p. 52
- White Commencement
  Josephine Young Case
  , pp. 53-55
- How Can you Shame a Donkey?
  Marjorie Anais Housepian
  , pp. 56-59
  An Atlantic "First"
- A Festival Theater
  John Masefield
  , pp. 60-64
- To Judith
  John Ciardi
  , p. 65
- What's Wrong with Dixon-Yates
  Sen. Estes Kefauver
  , pp. 66-69
- Dixon-Yates in Perspective
  Roscoe Drummond
  , pp. 70-72
- Hidden Caps and Drawn Sabers
  Walter Henry Nelson
  , pp. 73-76
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  The Peripatetic Reviewer (4 Reviews)
  Edward Weeks
  , pp. 77-79
  1. Sir Walter Scott by Hesketh Pearson
  2. Quite Early One Morning by Dylan Thomas
  3. The Tumult and the Shouting by Grantland Rice
  4. Variable Winds at Jalna by Mazo de la Roche
- Books the Editors Like , pp. 80-81
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  Reader's Choice The Woman Within, by Ellen Glasgow (8 Reviews)
  Charles J. Rolo
  , pp. 82-87
  1. The Woman Within by Ellen Glasgow
  2. Sunset and Evening Star by Sean O'Casey
  3. The Autobiography of G. K. Chesterton by G.K. Chesterton
  4. The Dark Child by Camara Laye
  5. A Foreign Economic Policy for the United States by Clarence B. Randall
  6. Masters of Modern Art by Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
  7. Art Treasures of the Prado Museum
  8. Egypt: Paintings from Tombs and Temples by K.S. Diradour and Jacques Vandier
- World of the Future
  Charles W. Morton
  , p. 88
- Hope Springs Eternal
  Alex Haley
  , p. 89
- Iuvenes Dum Sumus
  Donald Hall
  , p. 90
- Warm Enough for You?
  P.M. Hubbard
  , p. 91
- Record Reviews
  John M. Conly
  , pp. 92-94
- How to Heckel Hucksters
  Kathleen Munro
  , p. 95
- Other Women
  Marjorie Riddell
  , p. 96
- On Having Meant Well
  Georgie Starbuck Galbraith
  , p. 96
- A Gateway to Japan, pp. 97-99
  Essays, Stories, Verse
- Japan Speaks to America
  Noel Busch
  , p. 100
- Japan's Place in Asia
  Shigeru Yoshida
  , pp. 101-102
- A New Japan?
  Shigeto Tsuru
  , pp. 103-106
- Two Poems
  Daigaku Horiguchi
  , p. 107
- The Izu Dancer
  Yasunari Kawabata
  , pp. 108-114
  A Story
- The Japanese Theater
  Tsuruo Ando
  , pp. 115-117
- Traditional Dances of Japan
  Sachio Takahashi
  , pp. 118-120
  Drawings
- An Imperial Tanka
  H.M. The Emperor of Japan
  , p. 121
- The Religions of Japan
  Iichi Oguchi
  , pp. 122-125
- Two Samurai Tales
  Saikaku Ibara
  , pp. 126-128
- Contemporary Japanese Art
  Chisaburoh F. Yamada and James Laughlin
  , pp. 129-130
- Reproductions of Japanese Art, pp. 131-139
  Contemporary Artists
- The New Road of Koide
  Sakutaro Hagiwara
  , p. 140
- In Praise of Shadows
  Junichiro Tanizaki
  , pp. 141-144
- Of Women
  Osamu Dazai
  , pp. 145-146
  A Story
- Two Poems
  Akiko Yosano
  , p. 147
- Popular Entertainments of Japan
  Koji Ozaki
  , pp. 148-150
- Poetry Going Out
  Katue Kitasono
  , p. 151
- Japanese Architecture
  Mosuke Morita
  , p. 152
- Beauty in Japanese Architecture
  Yoshio Taniguchi
  , pp. 153-159
- The Surplus Bride
  Kan Eguchi
  , pp. 160-163
  A Story
- Two Poems
  Soseki Natsume
  , p. 164
- Modern Japanese Literature
  Kenzo Nakajima
  , p. 165
  The Main Stream
- --- by Earl Roy Miner, pp. 166-167
- The Conservative Tradition
  Edward Seidensticker
  , pp. 168-169
- Japan's "Cultural Democracy"
  Nyozekan Hasegawa
  , pp. 170-173
- A Chronology of Japanese History, p. 174
- A Glossary of Japanese Words, pp. 174-176