December 14, 1946 Issue, THE SATURDAY REVIEW

- Trade Winds
  Bennett Cerf
  , pp. 4-8
- "The Long Arm of Coincidence"
  Leonard Bacon
  , pp. 9-10
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  Clues to Old and New Japan (Review)
  Mark Starr
  , p. 11
  The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, by Ruth Benedict
  1. The Chrysanthemum and the Sword by Ruth Benedict
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  Custodian to Tender Consciences (Review)
  T.V. Smith
  , p. 12
  Congress at the Crossroads, by George B. Galloway
  1. Congress at the Crossroads by George B. Galloway
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  One of Literature's Immortals (Review)
  Robert Pick
  , p. 13
  Balzac, by Stefan Zweig
  1. Balzac by Stefan Zweig
- Literary I.Q., p. 14
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  Romantic Treasure Chest (Review)
  F.C. Weiskopf
  , p. 14
  The Blue Flower, by Hermann Kesten
  1. The Blue Flower by Hermann Kesten
- Literary Crypt, p. 15
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  Artlessness Perfected and Tangled (Review)
  John Woodburn
  , p. 15
  The Memorial, by Christopher Isherwood
  1. The Memorial by Christopher Isherwood
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  "A Well of Love" (Review)
  Bernard Sobel
  , p. 16
  Love, by Walter de la Mare
  1. Love by Walter de la Mare
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  An Unsatisfactory War to Fight (Review)
  Merle Miller
  , p. 17
  The Dim View, by Basil Heatter
  1. The Dim View by Basil Heatter
- Editorial, p. 18
- Letters to the Editor, p. 19
- Seeing Things
  John Mason Brown
  , pp. 20-23
- Hearing Things
  Paul Henry Lang
  , pp. 24-25
- The New Recordings
  Edward Tatnall Canby
  , p. 26
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  A Teller of Tales (Review)
  F.C. Weiskopf
  , p. 27
  The Magician, and Other Stories, by Bruno Frank
  1. The Magician, and Other Stories by Bruno Frank
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  Books for Young People (14 Reviews)
  Mary Gould Davis
  , pp. 28-31
  Christmas, 1946
  1. Marta the Doll by Eloise Lownsbery
  2. While Shepherds Watched by Marguerite Vance
  3. All the French Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault
  4. The Birds' Christmas Tree by Emma L. Brock
  5. Prince Godfrey: The Knight of the Star of Nativity by Halina Gorska
  6. Old Con and Patrick by Ruth Sawyer
  7. The Chicken Book by Garth Williams
  8. Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street by Leo Politi
  9. Gift of the Earth by Pachita Crespi
  10. The Sea Is Blue by Marie Lawson
  11. Narizona's Holiday by Addison Burbank and Covelle Newcomb
  12. The Boats on the River by Marjorie Flack
  13. Holiday by Wesley Dennis
  14. Rommany Luck by Patricia Gordon
- The Phoenix Nest
  William Rose Benet
  , pp. 32-34
- Double-Crostic No. 664, pp. 35-36
- Cover Drawing
  Frances O'Brien Garfield