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October 7, 1939 Issue - 24 Articles- Americans and Poetry
Leonard Bacon
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"Eccentric of the First Magnitude" (Review) Irwin Edman
, p. 5 Thoreau, by Henry Seidel Canby
- Thoreau by Henry Seidel Canby
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Salvage and Rescue on the Ocean Floor (Review) William Beebe
, p. 6 Men Under the Sea, by Edward Ellsberg
- Men Under the Sea by Edward Ellsberg
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Berlin, 1914 (Review) H.J. Haskell
, p. 6 News Is Where You Find It, by Frederic William Wile
- News Is Where You Find It by Frederic William Wile
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Shakespeare as Artist (Review) W.T. Hastings
, p. 7 Shakespeare, by Mark Van Doren
- Shakespeare by Mark Van Doren
- Editorial, p. 8
- Letters to the Editor, p. 9
- Freud's Influence on Literature
Bernard DeVoto
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Jeweler's Work (Review) Henry Seidel Canby
, p. 11 From Another World, by Louis Untermeyer
- From Another World by Louis Untermeyer
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Three Suitors (Review) , p. 12 Breakneck Brook, by Margaret Flint
- Breakneck Brook by Margaret Flint
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Self-Made Painter (Review) Frank Jewett Mather
, p. 12 An American Artist's Story, by George Biddle
- An American Artist's Story by George Biddle
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Man and Boy (Review) Donald Culross Peattie
, p. 12 Hardly a Man Is Now Alive, by Daniel Carter Beard
- Hardly a Man Is Now Alive by Daniel Carter Beard
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South American Jungles (2 Reviews) Louis J. Halle, Jr.
, p. 13 To the Lost World, by Paul A. Zahl
- To the Lost World by Paul A. Zahl
- Back of Beyond by Harold H. Noice
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A Prince on Nothing a Year (Review) Garrett Mattingly
, p. 13 His Majesty of Corsica, by Valerie Pirie
- His Majesty of Corsica by Valerie Pirie
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Tricks versus Truth (Review) H.A. Overstreet
, p. 14 The Fine Art of Propaganda, by Alfred McClung Lee and Elizabeth Briant Lee
- The Fine Art of Propaganda by Alfred McClung Lee and Elizabeth Briant Lee
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Fanatics in Illinois (Review) James Gray
, pp. 14-16 They Sought for Paradise, by Stuart David Engstrand
- They Sought for Paradise by Stuart David Engstrand
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A Psychological Horror Novel (Review) Gladys Graham
, p. 17 The Sea Tower, by Hugh Walpole
- The Sea Tower by Hugh Walpole
- The Phoenix Nest
William Rose Benet
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But Some of His Opponents Were (Review) Toni Stolper
, p. 19 Hitler Is No Fool, by Karl Billinger
- Hitler Is No Fool by Karl Billinger
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The Criminal Record (7 Reviews) , p. 19 Double for Death, by Rex Stout
- Double for Death by Rex Stout
- Double Blackmail by G.D.H. Cole and Margaret Cole
- The Town Cried Murder by Leslie Ford
- The Crying Sisters by Mabel Seeley
- Monkshood by Eden Phillpotts
- The Ten Holy Horrors by Francis Beeding
- Crime Tears On by Carolyn Wells
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Paramour of Power (Review) Gertrude R.B. Richards
, p. 20 Accent on Power, by Valeriu Marcu
- Accent on Power by Valeriu Marcu
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The New Books (7 Reviews) , pp. 21-22 Night of the Poor, by Frederic Prokosch
- Night of the Poor by Frederic Prokosch
- That Flannigan Girl by Patsy Ruth Miller
- The Moon to Play with by Elizabeth Dunn
- Pain, Sex and Time by Gerald Heard
- Charles' Gift by Hulbert Footner
- The Philosophy of Courage by Philip Leon
- The Gem Trader by Louis Kornitzer
- Double-Crostics No. 289, p. 23
- Trade Winds
P.E.G. Quercus
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