The Saturday Review Archives The Saturday Review • 61 Years, 2,646 Issues, 86,190 Articles, 131,463pp
Show MoreShow AllFinding...Find More
December 6, 1947 Issue - 53 Articles- Trade Winds
Bennett Cerf
, pp. 8-14 - Ambassador to the Cosmos
Russell Maloney
, pp. 15-17 -
[+]
The Literary Sampler (8 Reviews) , pp. 18-19 Excerpts and Jottings from New and Forthcoming Books
- The Meaning of Treason by Rebecca West
- The Times of Melville and Whitman by Van Wyck Brooks
- Rebel at Large by George Creel
- Somewhere the Tempest Fell by Josephine Herbst
- The Aunt's Story by Patrick White
- The Making of Yesterday, 1928-1942 by Raoul de Roussy de Sales
- Letter from Grosvenor Square by John Gilbert Winant
- You're the Boss by Edward J. Flynn
- What SRL Reviewers Are Giving for Christmas, p. 20
- "The Essence of Gandhism"
Louis Fischer
, p. 21 John G. Winant: Casualty of the Peace
-
[+]
"None More Genuinely American" (Review) Herbert Pell
, p. 21 - Letter from Grosvenor Square by John Gilbert Winant
- "The Essence of Gandhiism"
Louis Fischer
, p. 21 - In the Beginning
Evelyn Ames
, p. 22 -
[+]
Most Mortal of Sins (Review) Struthers Burt
, p. 23 The Meaning of Treason, by Rebecca West
- The Meaning of Treason by Rebecca West
- The Author: Rebecca West, p. 23
-
[+]
Private Dramas (Review) Richard McLaughlin
, p. 24 The Reprieve, by Jean-Paul Sartre
- The Reprieve by Jean-Paul Sartre
- The Word As Mirror
Jean-Paul Sartre
, pp. 25-26 -
[+]
Abner-mal Dean-monology (Review) Thomas Sugrue
, p. 27 What am I Doing Here?, by Abner Dean
- What am I Doing Here? by Abner Dean
- Editorial, pp. 28-30
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 31-33
- The Fine Arts
James Thrall Soby
, pp. 34-35 -
[+]
The Anatomy of Exhaustion (Review) John Lydenberg
, pp. 36-37 The Stoic, by Theodore Dreiser
- The Stoic by Theodore Dreiser
- My Current Reading
Joseph W. Alsop
, p. 38 -
[+]
Current Croesus (Review) Catherine Meredith Brown
, p. 38 A Certain Rich Man, by Vincent Sheean
- A Certain Rich Man by Vincent Sheean
-
[+]
Marriage Grabbag (Review) Hollis Alpert
, pp. 38-39 Far and Near, by Pearl S. Buck
- Far and Near by Pearl S. Buck
-
[+]
Pallid Jezebel (Review) Ann F. Wolfe
, p. 40 Miss Jill, by Emily Hahn
- Miss Jill by Emily Hahn
-
[+]
Old Crimson Ties (Review) Merle Miller
, pp. 40-43 Class Report, by John Francis Purcell
- Class Report by John Francis Purcell
-
[+]
Sailor of Fortune (Review) Fletcher Pratt
, p. 44 Yankee Pasha, by Edison Marshall
- Yankee Pasha by Edison Marshall
-
[+]
Loamy Legend (Review) Catherine Meredith Brown
, pp. 44-45 The Apple Orchard, by John Kafka
- The Apple Orchard by John Kafka
- Literary I.Q., p. 46
-
[+]
History Sculptured (Review) Thomas Caldecot Chubb
, pp. 46-47 Harp of a Thousand Strings, by H.L. Davis
- Harp of a Thousand Strings by H.L. Davis
-
[+]
Eliot Re-estimated (2 Reviews) Lloyd Frankenberg
, pp. 48-51 The Achievement of T. S. Eliot, by F.O. Matthiessen
- The Achievement of T. S. Eliot by F.O. Matthiessen
- The Family Reunion by T.S. Eliot
-
[+]
"Life's Core of Sweetness" (Review) Robeson Bailey
, p. 52 The Sherwood Anderson Reader, by Paul Rosenfeld and Sherwood Anderson
- The Sherwood Anderson Reader by Paul Rosenfeld and Sherwood Anderson
- Honey from the Lion
Leah Bodine Drake
, pp. 52-53 -
[+]
Resolution of God's Justice (Review) Robert Hillyer
, pp. 54-55 A Masque of Mercy, by Robert Frost
- A Masque of Mercy by Robert Frost
-
[+]
Picaroon's Progress (Review) Gerard Previn Meyer
, pp. 56-57 Hymn to Wreckage, by Robert M. McKinney
- Hymn to Wreckage by Robert M. McKinney
-
[+]
Lyric Commentary (Review) Fleming MacLiesh
, pp. 58-59 The Amazing Year, May 1, 1945-April 30, 1946, by Selden Rodman
- The Amazing Year, May 1, 1945-April 30, 1946 by Selden Rodman
-
[+]
Free Spirit's Trail (Review) David Daiches
, p. 60 The Kid, by Conrad Aiken
- The Kid by Conrad Aiken
-
[+]
Accident of Chaos (Review) Gerard Previn Meyer
, pp. 60-61 Other Skies, by John Ciardi
- Other Skies by John Ciardi
-
[+]
But Germany Wins the Treaties (Review) Henry B. Kranz
, p. 62 Bridges Over the Rhine, by Ernst Erich Noth
- Bridges Over the Rhine by Ernst Erich Noth
-
[+]
Canterbury Tales (Review) Sidney S. Harcave
, pp. 62-63 Soviet Russia Since the War, by Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury
- Soviet Russia Since the War by Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury
-
[+]
The Halsey Legend (Review) Robert A. Low, Lt. Comdr., U.S. Naval Reserve
, pp. 64-65 Admiral Halsey's Story, by William F. Halsey and J. Bryan III
- Admiral Halsey's Story by William F. Halsey and J. Bryan III
- Literary Crypt, p. 66
-
[+]
American Wards (Review) Harrison Smith
, pp. 66-67 The Stainless Steel Kimono, by Elliott Chaze
- The Stainless Steel Kimono by Elliott Chaze
- Seeing Things
John Mason Brown
, pp. 68-71 - The New Recordings
Edward Tatnall Canby
, pp. 72-73 -
[+]
A Newspaperman's Newspaper (Review) Harry T. Saylor
, p. 74 Your Newspaper: Blueprint for a Better Press, by Leon Svirsky
- Your Newspaper: Blueprint for a Better Press by Leon Svirsky
-
[+]
"Tourist Guide" (Review) John Rackliffe
, pp. 74-81 Paris Herald: The Incredible Newspaper, by Al Laney
- Paris Herald: The Incredible Newspaper by Al Laney
-
[+]
Remedies for the World's Ills (Review) Rushton Coulborn
, p. 82 Our Emergent Civilization, by Ruth Nanda Anshen
- Our Emergent Civilization by Ruth Nanda Anshen
-
[+]
American Schism (Review) Edward C. Lindeman
, p. 83 The Police and Minority Groups, by Joseph D. Lohman
- The Police and Minority Groups by Joseph D. Lohman
-
[+]
Cloud-Cuckoo-Land (Review) Asher Brynes
, pp. 84-87 The Misinterpretation of Man, by Paul Roubiczek
- The Misinterpretation of Man by Paul Roubiczek
-
[+]
The Criminal Record (3 Reviews) , p. 88 The Fourth Letter, by Frank Gruber
- The Fourth Letter by Frank Gruber
- The Queen's Awards, 1947 by Ellery Queen
- Alfred Hitchcock's Fireside Book of Suspense by Alfred Hitchcock
-
[+]
Not Sins but Mistakes (Review) George Dangerfield
, pp. 89-90 The Strange Life of Lady Blessington, by Michael Sadleir
- The Strange Life of Lady Blessington by Michael Sadleir
-
[+]
John Paul Jones, Ace Navy Man (Review) Fletcher Pratt
, p. 91 The First Captain, by Gerald W. Johnson
- The First Captain by Gerald W. Johnson
-
[+]
Poet and Dam Builder (Review) Mark Gayn
, pp. 92-93 The Gay Genius, by Yutang Lin
- The Gay Genius by Yutang Lin
- The Phoenix Nest
William Rose Benet
, pp. 94-97 - Double-Crostic No. 715, p. 98
- Cover Drawing
Frances O'Brien