December 1960 Issue, ENCOUNTER

- On Heroic Leadership
  Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
  , pp. 3-11
- A Bicycle Built for Two (story)
  Nigel Dennis
  , pp. 12-22
- The Strangled Cry (II)
  John Strachey
  , pp. 23-37
- Gentlemen Impressionists
  Andrew Forge
  , pp. 38-45
- Edwin Muir
  Michael Hamburger
  , pp. 46-53
- "Vulgar Sociology"
  Daniel Bell
  , pp. 54-56
- No Stink of Zen
  Christmas Humphreys
  , pp. 57-58
- Labour, Loyalty, and the Left
  Henry Fairlie
  , pp. 59-61
- Letter from New York
  Irving Kristol
  , pp. 62-63
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  A Short View of Musil (Review)
  Frank Kermode
  , pp. 64-74
  The Man Without Qualities, Vol. 1, by Robert Musil
  1. The Man Without Qualities, Vol. 1 by Robert Musil
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  "That Poor Little Swinburne" (Review)
  John Wain
  , pp. 75-79
  The Swinburne Letters, by Cecil Y. Lang and Algernon Swinburne
  1. The Swinburne Letters by Cecil Y. Lang and Algernon Swinburne
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  The Way We Live Now (2 Reviews)
  Anthony Hartley
  , pp. 80-82
  Take a Girl Like You, by Kingsley Amis
  1. Take a Girl Like You by Kingsley Amis
  2. The Bachelors by Muriel Spark
- Letters, pp. 83-87
- Authors, pp. 88-90