November 18, 1939 Issue, THE SATURDAY REVIEW

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- What Is This War About?
  Harry Scherman
  , pp. 3-4
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  Old China and New (Review)
  Florence Ayscough
  , p. 5
  Moment in Peking, by Yutang Lin
  1. Moment in Peking by Yutang Lin
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  Little Mammals of Tropical America (Review)
  Louis J. Halle, Jr.
  , p. 5
  Caribbean Treasure, by Ivan T. Sanderson
  1. Caribbean Treasure by Ivan T. Sanderson
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  The Rubinsteins (Review)
  Herbert F. Peyser
  , p. 6
  Free Artist, by Catherine Drinker Bowen
  1. Free Artist by Catherine Drinker Bowen
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  The Permanent Nation (Review)
  Henry F. Pringle
  , p. 7
  The Living Tradition: Change and America, by Simeon Strunsky
  1. The Living Tradition: Change and America by Simeon Strunsky
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  No Epitaph for Spain (Review)
  Ben Ray Redman
  , p. 7
  In Place of Splendor, by Constancia de la Mora
  1. In Place of Splendor by Constancia de la Mora
- Editorial, p. 8
- Letters to the Editor, p. 9
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  The Antimacassar Age (Review)
  R. Ellis Roberts
  , p. 10
  Victoria Royal, by Rita Wellman
  1. Victoria Royal by Rita Wellman
- No Harvest Ripening
  Anne Morrow Lindbergh
  , p. 10
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  A Generation of the American Theater (Review)
  Edith J.R. Isaacs
  , p. 11
  The American Drama Since 1918, by Joseph Wood Krutch
  1. The American Drama Since 1918 by Joseph Wood Krutch
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  Calendar of Emotions (Review)
  Richard A. Cordell
  , p. 11
  Believe the Heart, by Raymond Holden
  1. Believe the Heart by Raymond Holden
- Children Who Live Forever
  Edward A. Weeks
  , pp. 12-21
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  Some of the Highlights (19 Reviews)
  Rosemary Carr Benet
  , pp. 22-23
  1. The Ugly Duckling by Walt Disney and Hans Christian Andersen
  2. Pinnochio by Walt Disney
  3. A Pint of Judgment by Elizabeth Morrow
  4. Alexander the Gander by Tasha Tudor
  5. Susie Mariar by Lois Lenski
  6. Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky
  7. Fair Play by Munro Leaf
  8. Town by Clement Hurd
  9. Country by Clement Hurd
  10. Bunny's Noisy Book by Margaret Wise Brown
  11. The World Is Round by Gertrude Stein
  12. Princess September and the Nightingale by W. Somerset Maugham
  13. Friendly Little Jonathan by Dorothy Bryan and Marguerite Bryan
  14. Kokwa by Theresa Kalab
  15. The Youngest Camel by Kay Boyle
  16. Cowhand Goes to Town by Phil Stong
  17. Really Not Really! by Lesley Frost
  18. The Mystery at East Hatchett by Peggy Bacon
  19. Sue Barton, Rural Nurse by Helen Dore Boylston
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  Biographies for Boys and Girls Daniel Boone, by James H. Daugherty (3 Reviews)
  Katherine Ulrich
  , p. 24
  1. Daniel Boone by James H. Daugherty
  2. Columbus Sails by C. Walter Hodges
  3. Runner of the Mountain Tops by Mabel Louise Robinson
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  Knowledge in Story Form Millet Tilled the Soil, by Sybil Deucher and O... (3 Reviews)
  Zoe C. Durrell
  , pp. 24-25
  1. Millet Tilled the Soil by Sybil Deucher and Opal Wheeler
  2. Ocean-Born Mary by Lois Lenski
  3. Pigeon House Inn by Sybil Emerson
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  Virginibus Puerisque Kongo the Elephant, by E. Cadwallader Smith (55 Reviews) , pp. 26-28
  1. Kongo the Elephant by E. Cadwallader Smith
  2. Before Things Happen by Dorothy Aldis
  3. Oh, Susannah by Ruth Holberg and Richard Holberg
  4. Terrence O'Hara by Thomas Burns
  5. Mateo and Lolita by Burr Durfee
  6. Curtain Calls for Joseph Haydn and Sebastian Bach by Opal Wheeler
  7. Barney of the North by Margaret S. Johnson and Helen L. Johnson
  8. White Buffalo by Lyla Hoffine
  9. Paula by Marguerite Vance
  10. Farthest West by Laura Adams Armer
  11. The Mystery of Dog Flip by Therese Lenotre
  12. Golden Gate by Valenti Angelo
  13. Jock Barefoot by Maud Lindsay
  14. Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse by Ursula Moray Williams
  15. The Curious Lobster's Island by Richard Warren Hatch
  16. Quetzal Quest by Victor Wolfgang von Hagen
  17. Going-on-Nine by Amy Wentworth Stone
  18. Dhan of the Pearl Country by Phyllis Ayer Sowers
  19. Wiggins for President by Walter R. Brooks
  20. All Over Town by Carol Ryrie Brink
  21. Two Sailors and Their Voyage Around Cape Horn by Warwick M. Tompkins
  22. Osa Johnson's Jungle Friends by Osa Johnson
  23. Around the World with Bobby and Betty by Carveth Wells
  24. How We Get Our Food by Ethel K. Howard
  25. A Boy of Salem by Mildred Buchan Flagg
  26. Tall Timber Tales by Dell J. McCormick
  27. The Fire Fighter by Henry Bolles Lent
  28. Camping Down at Highgate by Hildreth Tyler Wriston
  29. Turgut Lives in Turkey by Nezahet N. Ege
  30. The Magical Jumping Beans by Eleanore Hubbard Wilson
  31. Runaway Prentice by Ethel Parton
  32. The Chisel-Tooth Tribe by Wilfrid S. Bronson
  33. Princess of Yucatan by Alice Alison Lide
  34. The Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett
  35. Where Did Your Garden Grow? by Jannette May Lucas
  36. Machines and the Men Who Made the World of Industry by Gertrude Hartman
  37. How to Play Six Man Football by Ralph Henry Barbour and La Mar Sarra
  38. Sea-Bird Island by Vera Andrus
  39. Heroes, Outlaws and Funny Fellows of American Popular Tales by Olive Beaupre Miller
  40. The Book of American Fighting Ships by Joseph Leeming
  41. The Dark Horse by Will James
  42. Circus Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
  43. Swordfisherman Jim by Josef Berger
  44. The Eagle's Quest by Charlotte Lederer
  45. Make Way for the Mail by John J. Floherty
  46. Go and Find the Wind by Erick Berry
  47. Tembo, The Forest Giant by Walter Joseph Wilwerding
  48. Young Mr. Stone, Book Publisher by Daniel Melcher
  49. Our Country's Money by Frederic Majer
  50. Other People's Houses by Margery W. Bianco
  51. Courageous Lives by Amabel Williams-Ellis
  52. The Book of Fairs by Helen Augur
  53. Here Comes the Mail by Robert Disraeli
  54. The Dawn Hill Brand by Margaret Isabel Ross
  55. How They Make a Motion Picture
- Trade Winds
  P.E.G. Quercus
  , p. 29
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  The Criminal Record (3 Reviews) , pp. 29-30
  The Stars Spell Death, by Jonathan Stagge
  1. The Stars Spell Death by Jonathan Stagge
  2. Knock, Murderer, Knock by Harriet Rutland
  3. The Creeps by Anthony Abbot
- Double-Crostics No. 295, pp. 31-32