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The Atlantic Monthly, December 1957, pp. 168-171

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    January 1957 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. Eye Witness in Warsaw by Edward Crankshaw, pp. 35-38
    2. Aliens in a Free World by Joseph Wechsberg, pp. 39-42
    3. One Kind of Colloquy by Robert Hillyer, p. 43
    4. Making and Judging Poetry by W.H. Auden, pp. 44-52
    5. A Way of Dying by Anonymous, pp. 53-55
    6. Chairman Billingsley by Dillon Anderson, pp. 56-60
    7. Miss Carlo by Nathaniel LaMar, pp. 61-64
    8. Pursuit by Sylvia Plath, p. 65
    9. Alaska Fights for Statehood by Ernest Gruening, pp. 66-69
    10. The Lion and the Throne by Catherine Drinker Bowen, pp. 70-78
    11. Eight Years in the Making by Wolf Mankowitz, p. 79
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      1. Trolley Car Treasury by Frank Rowsome, Jr. and Stephen D. Maguire
      2. Portraits from Memory, and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell
      3. These Thousand Hills by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
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      Reader's Choice The Fountain Overflows, by Rebecca West by Charles J. Rolo, pp. 85-88 - 9 Reviews
      1. The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West
      2. The Last Parallel by Martin Russ
      3. The Muses are Heard by Truman Capote
      4. Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
      5. The Heike Story by Eiji Yoshikawa
      6. Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
      7. Modern Japanese Literature by Donald Keene
      8. The Mermaids by Eva Boros
      9. Antonello da Messina by Stefano Bottari
    15. Accent on Living by Charles W. Morton, p. 89
    16. Of Near and Far by R.G.G. Price, p. 90
    17. To Market, To Market by Lisl Auf def Heide, p. 91
    18. No Letter Today by Virginia Burns Feine, p. 91
    19. The Border Tortilla by Walter O'Meara, p. 92
    20. Record Reviews by John M. Conly, pp. 93-94
    21. Pleasures and Places by Charles J. Rolo, pp. 95-100
    22. Cover paiting of W.H. Auden by Stanley Meltzoff
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    February 1957 Issue = 25 Articles
    1. What Russian Students Think by Merle Fainsod, pp. 31-36
    2. Are Living Costs Out of Control? by John Kenneth Galbraith, pp. 37-41
    3. Young Man with a Spear by Joseph Whitehill, pp. 42-47
    4. How Good Is Polio Vaccine? by David D. Rutstein, M.D., pp. 48-51
    5. The Young Poets by Ann Thomas, p. 52
    6. Night Speech by Robert Hutchinson, p. 52
    7. Child on a Pullman by Robert Krieger, p. 53
    8. The Hawk in the Storm by Ted Hughes, p. 53
    9. Boy in Church by Robert Hutchinson, p. 54
    10. Diver by Conrad Hilberry, p. 54
    11. The Cloud of Mistrust by Edith Mirrielees, pp. 55-58
    12. A Plea to Boys and Girls by Robert Graves, p. 59
    13. Schussing a Few Decades by Newton F. Tolman, pp. 60-62
    14. The Day We Lost Tilo by Frances Johnson, pp. 63-67
    15. Submerged Artists by Walter Pach, pp. 68-73
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      Atlantic Bookshelf by Edward Weeks, pp. 74-77 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Last Angry Man by Gerald Green
      2. The FBI Story by Don Whitehead
    17. [+]
      Reader's Choice The Crack in the Picture Window, by John Keats by Charles J. Rolo, pp. 78-85 - 8 Reviews
      1. The Crack in the Picture Window by John Keats
      2. The Organization Man by William H. Whyte, Jr.
      3. A Surfeit of Honey by Russell Lynes
      4. Tower in the West by Frank C. Norris
      5. The Day the Money Stopped by Brendan Gill
      6. Stopover: Tokyo by John P. Marquand
      7. Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
      8. The Loving Eye by William Sansom
    18. Accent on Living by Charles W. Morton, p. 86
    19. The Ultimate Automobile by John G. Knecht, p. 87
    20. The Bridge by R.P Lister, p. 88
    21. The Real Cool by Gordon Cotler, pp. 88-89
    22. Record Reviews by John M. Conly, pp. 90-92
    23. Pleasures and Palaces: Rent a House by Joseph Wechsberg, pp. 93-95
    24. In England? by Louis McIntosh, pp. 96-100
    25. Cover design by Russell Carpenter
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    March 1957 Issue = 54 Articles
    1. A Canadian Looks Us Over by James H. Gray, pp. 37-40
    2. The Artist As a Young Man;Letters of James Joyce by Stuart Gilbert and James Joyce, pp. 41-46
    3. Sassenach by Brian Moore, pp. 47-49
    4. The Future of American Opera by Lincoln Kirstein, pp. 50-55
    5. Remembered Words by Harvey H. Bundy, pp. 56-57
    6. The Age of Happy Problems by Herbert Gold, pp. 58-61
    7. Not by Drugs Alone by David D. Rutstein, M.D., pp. 62-64
    8. My Mother's Hands by Robert Fontaine, pp. 65-66
    9. To Judith by John Ciardi, pp. 67-68
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      FDR: A Political Portrait by Gerald W. Johnson, pp. 69-71 - 1 Review
      1. The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919-1933 by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
    11. To Emily Dickinson by John Moffitt, pp. 72-73
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      Atlantic Bookshelf by Edward Weeks, pp. 74-77 - 3 Reviews
      1. Old Friends by Clive Bell
      2. The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier
      3. The Happy Life of a Doctor by Roger Irving Lee
    13. Books the Editors Like , pp. 78-79
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      Reader's Choice Gertrude Stein: Her Life and Work, by Elizabet... by Charles J. Rolo, pp. 80-87 - 7 Reviews
      1. Gertrude Stein: Her Life and Work by Elizabeth Sprigge
      2. The Sea Dreamer by Gerard Jean-Aubry
      3. Race and Nationality in American Life by Oscar Handlin
      4. The Fall by Albert Camus
      5. A Legacy by Sybille Bedford
      6. A Small Fire by Gladys Schmitt
      7. The Dark of Summer by Eric Linklater
    15. Accent on Living by Charles W. Morton, p. 88
    16. Buttons are an Extra by Michael Jackson, p. 89
    17. The Analyst's Lament by M. Philip Stern, p. 90
    18. The Dusenberg Place by Alex Atkinson, p. 91
    19. Record Reviews by John M. Conly, pp. 92-93
    20. Pleasures and Places by Louis McIntosh, pp. 94-98
    21. The New Germany, pp. 99-101
    22. Introduction by the Editor by Walter Hasenclever, p. 102
    23. German Character and History by Theodor Heuss, pp. 103-109
    24. Germany Today and Tomorrow by Konrad Adenauer, pp. 110-112
    25. The Weighing Machine by Heinrich Boll, pp. 113-115
    26. After the Second Flood by Wilhelm Lehmann, p. 116
    27. Divided City by Hans Wallenberg, pp. 117-119
    28. Memento by Rudolf Hagelstange, p. 120
    29. Atoms with Hooks and Eyes by Werner Heisenberg, pp. 121-124
    30. Faithful Antigone by Elisabeth Langgasser, pp. 125-126
    31. Art as Evidence of Freedom by A. Schulze Vellinghausen, pp. 127-130
    32. Reproductions of Art and Architecture, pp. 131-143
    33. The "New Bauhaus" of Ulm by Clemens Fiedler, p. 144
    34. Think of This... by Gunter Eich, p. 145
    35. Our Tyrants by Friedrich Sieburg, pp. 146-148
    36. The Face of the Fisherman by Walter Hollerer, p. 149
    37. A Literature in Transition by Hans Egon Holthusen, pp. 150-152
    38. Some Reflections by Ernst Junger, pp. 153-154
    39. The Colors of Past Times by Gerd Gaiser, pp. 155-158
    40. Artists and Old Age by Gottfried Benn, pp. 159-163
    41. This Is Our Manifesto by Wolfgang Borchert, pp. 164-166
    42. German Musical Life by Hans H. Stuckenschmidt, pp. 167-170
    43. Shadows in the Air by Karl Krolow, p. 171
    44. They Do Not See the Marble by Ernst Schnabel, pp. 172-173
    45. The New Generation by Benno Reifenberg, pp. 174-176
    46. The Political Situation by Peter von Zahn, pp. 177-178
    47. The Miracle of German Recovery by Hans Otto Wesemann, pp. 179-182
    48. What Did the Soldier's Wife Receive? by Bertolt Brecht, p. 183
    49. Postwar Theater and Film by Friedrich Luft, pp. 184-186
    50. Fragments by Gottfried Benn, p. 187
    51. A Chronology of German History, p. 188
    52. German Exhibitions in the U.S.A., p. 189
    53. A Map of Germany by Dorothy de Fontaine, pp. 190-192
    54. Cover design by Russell Carpenter
  4. [+]
    April 1957 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. China: Time for a Policy by John K. Fairbank, pp. 35-39
    2. Captain King of Texas by Tom Lea, pp. 40-46
    3. Pay and the Professor by Beardsley Ruml, pp. 47-50
    4. The Voyage by P. Tremayne, p. 51
    5. Pericles on 34th Street by Harry Mark Petrakis, pp. 52-56
    6. The Writing of Ulysses by Stuart Gilbert and James Joyce, pp. 57-62
    7. The Cold-cure Merry-go-round by David D. Rutstein, M.D., pp. 63-66
    8. Writers and Motion Pictures by Elia Kazan, pp. 67-69
    9. The Rock Pool by Eric Barker, p. 70
    10. Mr. Justice Holmes Seeks His Friends by Mark DeWolfe Howe, pp. 71-72
    11. Spring Day by May Sarton, p. 73
    12. God and Success by Curtis Cate, pp. 74-77
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      Atlantic Bookshelf by Edward Weeks, pp. 78-81 - 2 Reviews
      1. Days of the Phoenix by Van Wyck Brooks
      2. Day of Infamy by Walter Lord
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      Reader's Choice A Study of History, by Arnold J. Toynbee and D... by Charles J. Rolo, pp. 82-89 - 7 Reviews
      1. A Study of History by Arnold J. Toynbee and D.C. Somervell
      2. The Bridge at Andau by James A. Michener
      3. A Distant Drum by Charles Bracelen Flood
      4. Challenge to Venus by Charles Morgan
      5. The Butler Did It by P.G. Wodehouse
      6. Say, Darling by Richard Pike Bissell
      7. The King of a Rainy Country by Brigid Brophy
    15. Accent on Living by Charles W. Morton, p. 90
    16. Men and Machines by Donald Hall, p. 91
    17. In a Manner of Speaking by Louise Ellyson, p. 92
    18. Departmentalized by Ruth Aldrich, p. 93
    19. Irritant Incarnate by Georgie Starbuck Galbraith, p. 93
    20. The Mozart Year by John M. Conly, pp. 94-97
    21. Record Reviews, pp. 98-100
    22. cover painting of Captain King by Tom Lea
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    May 1957 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. Epitaph for a Tough Guy by Alistair Cooke, pp. 31-34
    2. The Fever by Robert Graves, p. 35
    3. Dissension in the AEC by Warren Unna, pp. 36-41
    4. My Life, My Cello by Gregor Piatigorsky, pp. 42-46
    5. Cattle Raids on the King Ranch by Tom Lea, pp. 47-52
    6. Worlds Apart by Oscar Handlin, pp. 53-56
    7. The Music Teacher by Nathaniel LaMar, pp. 57-60
    8. Ascari's Last Curve by John Fitch, pp. 61-63
    9. My Table Tennis Racket by Bruce Bliven, Jr., pp. 64-66
    10. Sean O'Faolain by John V. Kelleher, pp. 67-70
    11. What Is Good English? by Margaret Nicholson, pp. 71-75
    12. [+]
      Atlantic Bookshelf by Edward Weeks, pp. 76-79 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Road to Miltown by S.J. Perelman
      2. Lincoln's Commando by Ralph J. Roske and Charles Van Doren
      3. Ringing the Changes by Mazo de la Roche
    13. Books the Editors Like , p. 80
    14. [+]
      Reader's Choice The Town, by William Faulkner by Charles J. Rolo, pp. 80-88 - 10 Reviews
      1. The Town by William Faulkner
      2. One Life by Muriel Rukeyser
      3. Background with Chorus by Frank Swinnerton
      4. The Feast of Lupercal by Brian Moore
      5. The Seraglio by James Merrill
      6. The Homecoming Game by Howard Nemerov
      7. The Strange Enchantment by Geoffrey Cotterell
      8. The Black Obelisk by Erich Maria Remarque
      9. Poets in a Landscape by Gilbert Highet
      10. Men and Monuments by Janet Flanner
    15. Accent on Living by Charles W. Morton, p. 89
    16. Coupon Clipper by Jean Tigar, p. 90
    17. Signs by W.G. Hite, p. 91
    18. All My Own Work by Alex Atkinson, p. 91
    19. Highway Construction by Carol Earle Chapin, p. 92
    20. Record Reviews by John M. Conly, pp. 93-94
    21. Pleasures and Places by Charles J. Rolo, pp. 95-100
    22. Cover design by Russell Carpenter
  6. [+]
    June 1957 Issue = 23 Articles
    1. This Was Dylan by Caitlin Thomas, pp. 33-38
    2. When Billy Graham Saved Scotland by R.B. Robertson, pp. 39-45
    3. Composing by Igor Stravinsky, pp. 46-50
    4. Lazy Journalism by John Gould, pp. 51-53
    5. That's Funny, Wasn't It? by Ogden Nash, p. 54
    6. A Kelly Green Sweater by Mitchell J. Strucinski, pp. 55-59
    7. The Lost Planet by N.J. Berrill, pp. 60-63
    8. The Community College by Sigurd Rislov, pp. 64-67
    9. A Life in Art by Wolf Mankowitz, pp. 68-70
    10. Beaumont and Fletcher by John Masefield, pp. 71-74
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      New Voices in Poetry by Leah Bodine Drake, pp. 75-78 - 6 Reviews
      1. One Foot in Eden by Edwin Muir
      2. Poems Old and New by John Hall Wheelock
      3. The Persimmon Tree by Peter Viereck
      4. Riding Lights by Norman MacCaig
      5. Directions in the Sun by Eric Barker
      6. Things of This World by Richard Wilbur
    12. Atlantic Bookshelf by Edward Weeks, pp. 79-84
    13. [+]
      Reader's Choice The Turn of the Tide: A History of the War Yea... by Charles J. Rolo, pp. 85-91 - 6 Reviews
      1. The Turn of the Tide: A History of the War Years by Arthur Bryant
      2. The Innocent Ambassadors by Philip Wylie
      3. The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard
      4. The Decline and Fall of Sex by Robert Elliot Fitch
      5. Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy
      6. The Towers of Trebizond by Rose Macaulay
    14. Accent on Living by Charles W. Morton, p. 92
    15. Male Supremacy by Lorraine Lehan Hopkins, p. 93
    16. Tutee by Newman Levy, p. 94
    17. Memo to the Staff by William O'Hallaren, p. 94
    18. Address to the Senior Class by C.S. Jennison, p. 95
    19. A Thousand Words by Louise Vila, p. 96
    20. Social Discmanship by John M. Conly, pp. 97-99
    21. Record Reviews, p. 100
    22. Pastoral by Lewis Tenney Ross, pp. 100-102
    23. Cover design by Noel Martin
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    July 1957 Issue = 27 Articles
    1. Richard Ely Danielson 1885-1957, p. 23
    2. A Donkey in a World of Horses by Ved Mehta, pp. 24-30
    3. Water: How Fast Can We Waste It? by John Robbins, pp. 31-34
    4. Picasso Speaking by Carlton Lake, pp. 35-41
    5. The Pulitzer Prizes by Arthur Mizener, pp. 42-45
    6. The Space Child's Mother Goose by Frederick Winsor, pp. 46-49
    7. Home of the Redsides by Clark C. Van Fleet, pp. 50-52
    8. The Pine Tree by John A. Keenan, pp. 53-57
    9. O Darkly in the Summer's Eye by Joan LaBombard, p. 58
    10. The Railroads Punish the Passenger by John L. Hess, pp. 59-62
    11. Farewell to the North Woods Guide by J. Donald Adams, pp. 63-65
    12. The Last Voyage by Tom Filer, pp. 66-73
    13. Dry Light and Hard Expressions by Alfred Kazin, pp. 74-76
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      Coke of Norfolk by Erwin N. Griswold, pp. 77-79 - 1 Review
      1. The Lion and the Throne by Catherine Drinker Bowen
    15. Looking Out to Sea by Samuel French Morse, pp. 80-81
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      Atlantic Bookshelf by Edward Weeks, pp. 82-83 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Durable Fire by Howard Swiggett
      2. The Short Reign of Pippin IV by John Steinbeck
      3. The Lady by Conrad Richter
    17. Books the Editors Like , p. 84
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      Reader's Choice Life at Happy Knoll, by John P. Marquand by Charles J. Rolo, pp. 85-89 - 9 Reviews
      1. Life at Happy Knoll by John P. Marquand
      2. The Club by Andrew Graham
      3. The Taxis of the Marne by Jean Dutourd
      4. Close to Colette by Maurice Goudeket
      5. In the Court of Public Opinion by Alger Hiss
      6. They Hanged My Saintly Billy by Robert Graves
      7. The Devil's Marchioness by William Fifield
      8. The Awakened by Zoe Oldenbourg
      9. The Interplay of East and West by Barbara Ward
    19. Accent on Living by Charles W. Morton, p. 90
    20. Boat Show by Elizabeth Parsons, p. 91
    21. On His Robust and Slatternly Muse by R.P. Lister, p. 92
    22. How Baseball Died by George Stevens, p. 93
    23. Indian Summer by Loyd Rosenfield, p. 94
    24. Record Reviews by John M. Conly, pp. 94-95
    25. Pleasures and Places by Patrick Kinross, pp. 96-97
    26. Martin Luther by Phyllis McGinley, pp. 98-100
    27. Abstraction by Pablo Picasso
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    August 1957 Issue = 25 Articles
    1. Fall-out Fever by Ernest C. Pollard, pp. 27-32
    2. Courtship in Granada by Gerald Brenan, pp. 33-38
    3. The Wonder Horse by George Byram, pp. 39-44
    4. The Young Poets by Lila Ray, p. 45
    5. Song by Jan Burroway, p. 45
    6. Dream of the Pastoral Poet by Randolph Stow, pp. 46-47
    7. Weekend by Whitney Balliett, p. 48
    8. Penelope by Robert Bagg, p. 48
    9. In Search of Sight by Ved Mehta, pp. 49-54
    10. What's Wrong with the American Woman? by Don Cortes, pp. 55-57
    11. The Tomahawk by William Brandon, pp. 58-62
    12. Old Jubal by Herbert Merrill, p. 63
    13. Foreign Trade Is a Two-way Street by Herbert V. Prochnow, pp. 64-68
    14. The Landlocked Sailor by Farley Mowat, pp. 69-72
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      1. Mushrooms, Russia, and History by Valentina Pavlovna Wasson and R. Gordon Wasson, ...
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      1. On the Beach by Nevil Shute
      2. Of Sheep and Men by Robert Blackwood Robertson
    17. [+]
      Reader's Choice Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch, b... by Phoebe Adams, pp. 82-86 - 7 Reviews
      1. Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch by Henry Miller
      2. Tiberius, the Resentful Caesar by Gregorio Maranon
      3. Revolution and Roses by P.H. Newby
      4. The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier
      5. Reflections on Hanging by Arthur Koestler
      6. Wind Between the Worlds by Robert Ford
      7. Tip on a Dead Jockey, and Other Stories by Irwin Shaw
    18. Accent on Living by Charles W. Morton, p. 87
    19. Cotton Picker by Dorothy Otis Wyre, pp. 88-89
    20. No Comparison by R.G.G. Price, p. 90
    21. The Big Top by Crary Moore, p. 91
    22. Two Weeks in August by Ruth Holley Heatherley, p. 91
    23. Record Reviews by John M. Conly, pp. 92-93
    24. Pleasures and Places by Charles J. Rolo, pp. 94-98
    25. Cover painting by Stanley Meltzoff
  9. [+]
    September 1957 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. Is the Death Penalty Necessary? by Giles Playfair, pp. 31-35
    2. Nonconformity by Ben Shahn, pp. 36-41
    3. The Real Billy Graham by David H.C. Read, pp. 42-44
    4. Summer Remembered by Isabella Gardner, p. 45
    5. The Liberation Celebration Machine by Lawrence Durrell, pp. 46-48
    6. Konrad Adenauer by Terence Prittie, pp. 49-54
    7. The Growing Power of Admen by Vance Packard, pp. 55-59
    8. Andrew MacAfee, 1942-1957 by Crary Moore, pp. 60-65
    9. Where Moth and Rust by Gertrude Friedberg, pp. 66-69
    10. First Meetings with W.B. Years by Sir Max Beerbohm, pp. 70-71
    11. Illusion by P. Tremayne, pp. 72-73
    12. Acorns in His Pocket by Donald Culross Peattie, pp. 74-79
    13. [+]
      Atlantic Bookshelf by Edward Weeks, pp. 80-82 - 2 Reviews
      1. Face to Face by Ved Mehta
      2. By Love Possessed by James Gould Cozzens
    14. [+]
      Reader's Choice Islam Inflamed, by Jan Morris by Phoebe Adams, pp. 83-88 - 8 Reviews
      1. Islam Inflamed by Jan Morris
      2. The Last Migration by Vincent Cronin
      3. The Selected Letters of William Carlos Williams by John C. Thirlwall and William Carlos Williams, ...
      4. Love Among the Cannibals by Wright Morris
      5. Justine by Lawrence Durrell
      6. Love and Money by Phyllis Bentley
      7. The Square Pegs by Irving Wallace
      8. The Witches by Jay Williams
    15. [+]
      Accent on Living by Charles W. Morton, p. 89 - 1 Review
      1. Around the World in 80 Days (1956 Film) by Michael Anderson
    16. Round Trip to Yesterday by Eleanor Early, p. 90
    17. Tempora Mutantur by Ferris Greenslet, p. 91
    18. The Minister's Cat by Peg Bracken, pp. 91-92
    19. Boy Blue's Beasts by William Jay Smith, p. 93
    20. Record Reviews by John M. Conly, pp. 93-95
    21. Pleasures and Places by Harvena Richter, pp. 96-100
    22. Cover painting, Existentialists by Ben Shahn
  10. [+]
    October 1957 Issue = 48 Articles
    1. Each One Teach One by Frank C. Laubach, pp. 31-34
    2. Refugee Train by Frederic Morton, pp. 35-40
    3. An Open Letter to Dr. Clarence Cook Little by David D. Rutstein, M.D., pp. 41-43
    4. The Hellenic World&P by Leah Bodine Drake, pp. 44-45
    5. A Grand Day for Mr. Garvey by Edwin O'Connor, pp. 46-49
    6. Song for a Vigil by Ruth Whitman, p. 50
    7. The Biggest Liars of All by Newton F. Tolman, pp. 51-53
    8. The Enchantment of Risk by Ken W. Purdy, pp. 54-57
    9. New York Hurly-burly by Pierre Daninos, pp. 58-59
    10. Dred Scott---A Century After by Fred Rodell, pp. 60-63
    11. October Blizzard by Arthur H. Tasker, pp. 64-65
    12. Of Space and Time by Nancy Cardozo, p. 66
    13. An Atlantic Supplement, pp. 67-69
    14. Introduction by the Editor by Edward Weeks, p. 70
    15. Science and Man's Freedom by Arthur H. Compton, pp. 71-74
    16. The Atom in Use by Otto R. Frisch, pp. 75-79
    17. The Wonderful Century by I. Bernard Cohen, pp. 80-88
    18. The Future of Flight by Louis N. Ridenour, pp. 89-97
    19. The Wise Use of Natural Resources by David A. Shepard, pp. 98-100
    20. The Drive to Create by Harold Gershinowitz, pp. 101-102
    21. What Is Race? by Carleton S. Coon, pp. 103-110
    22. The Clocks of Life by Sterling B. Hendricks, pp. 111-117
    23. Traffic Control in Crowded Skies by Edward P. Curtis, pp. 118-122
    24. Science: Careers for Women by Helen Hill Miller, pp. 123-130
    25. As the Nation Grows Younger by Frank W. Notestein, pp. 131-135
    26. Foresight in the Atlantic, pp. 136-138
    27. Mutations and Evolution by Evelyn M. Witkin, pp. 139-143
    28. Man-made Satellites by Hugh Odishaw, pp. 144-146
    29. Research Builds America's Future by Raymond Stevens, pp. 147-152
    30. Time and the Space Traveler by Eugen Sanger, pp. 153-154
    31. The Paradox of Motion by William R. Brewster, Jr., pp. 155-159
    32. Keeping House in Outer Space by Hartley E. Howe, pp. 160-163
    33. [+]
      The Posthumous Life of Dylan Thomas by Alfred Kazin, pp. 164-166 - 2 Reviews
      1. Dylan Thomas in America by John Malcolm Brinnin
      2. Leftover Life to Kill by Caitlin Thomas
    34. The Glory That Was Grote by Bentz Plagemann, pp. 167-170
    35. Brown Study by R.P. Lister, p. 171
    36. [+]
      Atlantic Bookshelf by Edward Weeks, pp. 172-177 - 2 Reviews
      1. The King Ranch by Tom Lea
      2. The Age of Revolution by Winston Churchill
    37. [+]
      Reader's Choice A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage, b... by Phoebe Adams, pp. 178-186 - 9 Reviews
      1. A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage by Bergen Evans and Cornelia Evans
      2. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
      3. The Quare Fellow by Brendan Behan
      4. The Battle of Cassino by Fred Majdalany
      5. The Transgressor by Julian Green
      6. The Thing Desired by Lalage Pulvertaft
      7. Voss by Patrick White
      8. Parkinson's Law, and Other Studies in Administration by C. Northcote Parkinson
      9. Yallah by Peter W. Haeberlin and Paul Bowles
    38. Accent on Living by Charles W. Morton, p. 187
    39. Table Talk by R.G.G. Price, p. 188
    40. Committees by Johannes Gaertner, p. 189
    41. The Cougair X3 by Leslie Mellichamp, p. 189
    42. Rough Deal by William L. Copithorne, p. 190
    43. Notation in Haste by Elias Lieberman, p. 191
    44. Mal de Vers by Frederick Packard, p. 192
    45. Who? by Lysander Kemp, p. 192
    46. How to Read by H.F. Ellis, p. 193
    47. They Shall Have Music by John M. Conly, pp. 194-202
    48. Cover Design by Gyorgy Kepes
  11. [+]
    November 1957 Issue = 40 Articles
    1. The Atlantic Heritage, pp. 37-38
    2. Russia's Imperial Design by Edward Crankshaw, pp. 39-45
    3. Years with Ross by James Thurber, pp. 46-51
    4. Kitty Hawk by Robert Frost, pp. 52-56
    5. God, the Devil, and the Human Soul by Carl G. Jung, pp. 57-63
    6. Two Tales of Darkness by Ernest Hemingway, pp. 64-68
    7. Hethway Speaking by Max Beerbohm, pp. 69-72
    8. Education in the Western World by James B. Conant, pp. 73-77
    9. The War Orphans by Edith Sitwell, p. 78
    10. Lion of the Afternoon by Brian Moore, pp. 79-83
    11. A Hearsay History of Curzon's Mill by John P. Marquand, pp. 84-91
    12. The Drunken Sisters by Thornton Wilder, pp. 92-95
    13. Echoes by Isak Dinesen, pp. 96-114
    14. Divorce as a Moral Act by Herbert Gold, pp. 115-117
    15. A Toast to 2000 by R.P. Lister, pp. 118-120
    16. The Summons of Art by Francis Henry Taylor, pp. 121-131
    17. Limbo Culture by W.H. Auden, p. 132
    18. Bird of Freedom by Edwin Way Teale, pp. 133-140
    19. The Passing of Keynesian Economics by Sumner H. Slichter, pp. 141-148
    20. I Was There by Nicholas Monsarrat, pp. 149-156
    21. In Broken Times by Agnes de Mille, pp. 157-161
    22. A Little Night Music by Phyllis McGinley, pp. 162-164
    23. Prescott: The American Thucydides by Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 165-173
    24. The Rainbow Bridge by Richard Livingstone, pp. 174-179
    25. Piety and Secularism in America by Reinhold Niebuhr, pp. 180-184
    26. The Door Knocker by Osbert Sitwell, pp. 185-189
    27. The Revolt of Samuel Butler by Angus Wilson, pp. 190-201
    28. Thomas Wolfe by Malcolm Cowley, pp. 202-218
    29. Joseph Conrad in Polish Eyes by Czeslaw Milosz, pp. 219-231
    30. [+]
      Atlantic Bookshelf by Edward Weeks, pp. 232-239 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Return of Lady Brace by Nancy Wilson Ross
      2. A Commonplace Book by Charles P. Curtis
    31. [+]
      Reader's Choice Those Without Shadows, by Francoise Sagan by Charles Rolo, pp. 240-251 - 13 Reviews
      1. Those Without Shadows by Francoise Sagan
      2. The Heretic by Fitzroy Maclean
      3. Titoism: Pattern for International Communism by Charles P. McVicker
      4. The New Class by Milovan Djilas
      5. The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh
      6. Loser Takes All by Graham Greene
      7. Roman Tales by Alberto Moravia
      8. Room at the Top by John Braine
      9. The Isle of Princes by Hasan Ozbekhan
      10. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
      11. Any Number Can Play by Clifton Fadiman
      12. Fullness of Days by Edward F.L.W. Halifax
      13. The Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Dwight Macdonald
    32. Accent on Living by Charles W. Morton, p. 252
    33. Where the Centaurs Graze by Scott Corbett, p. 253
    34. Slow Starter by Georgie Starbuck Galbraith, p. 254
    35. Chowder Is Out! by Sylvia Wright, p. 255
    36. The General's Boots by William K. Goolrick, Jr., p. 256
    37. Imitation of Nature by Judson Jerome, p. 257
    38. Record Reviews by John M. Conly, pp. 258-263
    39. Pleasures and Places by Joseph Wechsberg, pp. 264-270
    40. Cover Design by Gyorgy Kepes
  12. [+]
    December 1957 Issue = 29 Articles
    1. The Right to Vote by Senator Paul H. Douglas, pp. 37-43
    2. Mid-Summer by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, p. 44
    3. The Years with Ross by James Thurber, pp. 45-50
    4. The Guest by Albert Camus, pp. 51-56
    5. Hospital Ward by Anonymous, pp. 57-60
    6. Our Isolation from the Arab World by William R. Polk, pp. 61-65
    7. The Basket Maker by Padraic Colum, pp. 66-67
    8. That Beautiful Shore by James M. Idema, pp. 68-72
    9. Song fo a Bad Night by John Moffitt, p. 73
    10. The Public and Smoking by Clarence Cook Little, pp. 74-79
    11. What Makes News by Mass Communications T.S. Matthews, pp. 80-83
    12. Motion Pictures and Pay TV by Mervyn LeRoy, pp. 84-86
    13. Discipline and Reward A Writer's Life by Catherine Drinker Bowen, pp. 87-92
    14. The Camera's Eye by Yousuf Karsh, pp. 93-103
    15. Speaking of Music by Leonard Bernstein, pp. 104-109
    16. Textbooks That Don't Teach by Oscar Handlin, pp. 110-114
    17. The Vanishing Comedian by Steve Allen, pp. 115-122
    18. Books: Gunpowder of the Mind by David Riesman, pp. 123-132
    19. Norman Rockwell's America by Wright Morris, pp. 133-140
    20. Telephones, People, and Machines by J.R. Pierce, pp. 141-144
    21. The Birth of Radio Drama by Richard Hughes, pp. 145-150
    22. What a Journalist Needs by Louis Lyons, pp. 151-154
    23. Book Publishing: The Changes I've Seen by Alfred A. Knopf, pp. 155-161
    24. [+]
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      1. John Kieran's Treasury of Great Nature Writing by John Kieran
      2. The Woman of My Life by Ludwig Bemelmans
      3. A Cup of Tea for Mr. Thorgill by Storm Jameson
      4. The Old Farmer's Almanac Sampler by Robb Sagendorph
    25. [+]
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      1. Religion and the Rebel by Colin Wilson
      2. Emergence from Chaos by Stuart Holroyd
      3. Not By Bread Alone by Vladimir Dudintsev
      4. The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki
      5. Last Tales by Isak Dinesen
      6. The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud, Vol. III by Ernest Jones
    26. Children's Books: A Christmas List by Charlotte Jackson, pp. 172-174
    27. Accent on Living, pp. 175-179
    28. They Shall Have Music by John M. Conly, pp. 180-190
    29. Cover Design by Gyorgy Kepes
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  Issues of 1966 = 12 Issues, 351 Articles
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  Issues of 1967 = 12 Issues, 349 Articles
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  Issues of 1981 = 12 Issues, 250 Articles
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  Issues of 1982 = 12 Issues, 231 Articles
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  Issues of 1983 = 12 Issues, 227 Articles
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  Issues of 1984 = 12 Issues, 258 Articles
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  Issues of 1985 = 12 Issues, 253 Articles
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  Issues of 1986 = 12 Issues, 270 Articles
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  Issues of 1987 = 12 Issues, 290 Articles
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  Issues of 1990 = 12 Issues, 261 Articles
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  Issues of 1991 = 11 Issues, 217 Articles
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  Issues of 1992 = 11 Issues, 232 Articles
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  Issues of 1993 = 12 Issues, 274 Articles
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  Issues of 1994 = 12 Issues, 247 Articles
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  Issues of 1995 = 9 Issues, 199 Articles
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  Issues of 1996 = 11 Issues, 232 Articles
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  Issues of 1999 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
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  Issues of 2000 = 12 Issues, 273 Articles
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  Issues of 2001 = 11 Issues, 406 Articles
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  Issues of 2002 = 11 Issues, 404 Articles
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  Issues of 2003 = 10 Issues, 336 Articles
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  Issues of 2004 = 10 Issues, 341 Articles
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  Issues of 2005 = 9 Issues, 318 Articles
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  Issues of 2006 = 10 Issues, 382 Articles
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  Issues of 2007 = 9 Issues, 264 Articles
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