August 18, 1956 Issue, THE NATION

- The Shape of Things, pp. 129-130
- What's Wrong With Nixon?
  Gene Marine
  , pp. 131-134
- Storm Over East Europe
  Mark Gayn
  , pp. 135-136
- Atoms and Genes
  C.H. Waddington
  , pp. 137-140
- Inside the French Left
  Pierre Herve
  , p. 141
- Brotherly Love
  Langston Hughes
  , p. 142
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  Class and Delinquency (4 Reviews)
  Milton L. Barron
  , p. 143
  Youth: The Years from Ten to Sixteen, by Arnold Gesell, Frances L. Ilg, and Louise Bate...
  1. Youth: The Years from Ten to Sixteen by Arnold Gesell, Frances L. Ilg, and Louise Bates Ames, ...
  2. Youth in Danger by Robert C. Hendrickson and Fred J. Cook
  3. Delinquency by Herbert A. Bloch and Frank T. Flynn
  4. Juvenile Delinquency by Grant S. McClellan
- The Hag
  Ted Hughes
  , p. 144
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  Through the Skin (Review)
  May Sarton
  , p. 145
  Over the Bridge, by Richard Church
  1. Over the Bridge by Richard Church
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  New Art Books (5 Reviews)
  S. Lane Faison, Jr.
  , p. 146
  Ancient Italy, by Gisela M.A. Richter
  1. Ancient Italy by Gisela M.A. Richter
  2. Art Treasures of the National Gallery, London by Sir Philip Hendy
  3. The Letters of Peter Paul Rubens by Ruth Saunders Magurn and Peter Paul Rubens
  4. Giorgio di Chirico by James Thrall Soby
  5. Benjamin Henry Latrobe by Talbot Hamlin
- Television
  Anne W. Langman
  , p. 146
- Records
  B.H. Haggin
  , pp. 147-150
- Crossword Puzzle
  Frank W. Lewis