April 11, 1953 Issue, THE SATURDAY REVIEW

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- Good News, pp. 6-9
- Trade Winds
  Bennett Cerf
  , pp. 10-16
- Remembrances of H.G. Wells
  Somerset Maugham
  , pp. 17-18
- A Plea for Literary Mayhem
  Richard Hanser
  , p. 19
- Your Literary I.Q., p. 20
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  The Literary Sampler (4 Reviews) , pp. 21-23
  A Window on Red Square, by Frank Rounds, Jr.
  1. A Window on Red Square by Frank Rounds, Jr.
  2. Persia Is My Heart by Najmeh Najafi and Helen Hinckley
  3. The Shame and Glory of the Intellectuals by Peter Viereck
  4. Henry James, Vol. I by Leon Edel
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  The Critics Separate Wheat from Chaff (9 Reviews)
  Raymond Walters, Jr.
  , pp. 24-25
  Who Speaks for Man?, by Norman Cousins
  1. Who Speaks for Man? by Norman Cousins
  2. Annapurna by Maurice Herzog
  3. The World and the West by Arnold J. Toynbee
  4. The Man Whistler by Hesketh Pearson
  5. Prince of Players: Edwin Booth by Eleanor Ruggles
  6. Willa Cather: A Critical Biography by E.K. Brown and Leon Edel
  7. A Good Man by Jefferson Young
  8. Mary Lincoln: Biography of a Marriage by Ruth Painter Randall
  9. My Host the World by George Santayana
- How Communism Is Gaining in California, p. 26
  An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 27
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  Life & Times of Ogden Nash (Review)
  Ben Ray Redman
  , p. 28
  The Private Dining Room, and Other New Verses, by Ogden Nash
  1. The Private Dining Room, and Other New Verses by Ogden Nash
- The Author: Ogden Nash
  Bernard Kalb
  , p. 28
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  Wild Man Bound (Review)
  W.T. Scott
  , p. 29
  The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas, 1934-1953, by Dylan Thomas
  1. The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas, 1934-1953 by Dylan Thomas
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  Kingdom of the Heather (Review)
  Gerard Previn Meyer
  , p. 30
  The Collected Poems of Edwin Muir, 1921-1951, by Edwin Muir
  1. The Collected Poems of Edwin Muir, 1921-1951 by Edwin Muir
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  Poetry Notes: Nostalgia and Acceptance (Review)
  Jean Starr Untermeyer
  , p. 30
  Prophyry's Journey, by Cecil Hemley
  1. Prophyry's Journey by Cecil Hemley
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  An Old Antagonist (Review)
  Telford Taylor
  , p. 31
  The Return of Germany, by Norbert Muhlen
  1. The Return of Germany by Norbert Muhlen
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  A Fatal Duet (Review)
  Delbert Clark
  , p. 32
  Germany Plots with the Kremlin, by T.H. Tetens
  1. Germany Plots with the Kremlin by T.H. Tetens
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  Will She? Won't... (Review)
  Henry B. Kranz
  , p. 33
  Our Love Affair with Germany, by Hans Habe
  1. Our Love Affair with Germany by Hans Habe
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  Dupes, Relics & Experts (Review)
  Gerard W. Speyer
  , pp. 34-42
  History of the German General Staff, 1657-1945, by Walter Goerlitz
  1. History of the German General Staff, 1657-1945 by Walter Goerlitz
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  Esthetics of the Story (2 Reviews)
  William Peden
  , p. 43
  The Enormous Radio, and Other Stories, by John Cheever
  1. The Enormous Radio, and Other Stories by John Cheever
  2. Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger
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  To Be Sir Albert (Review)
  James Kelly
  , p. 44
  The Struggles of Albert Woods, by William Cooper
  1. The Struggles of Albert Woods by William Cooper
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  Politics & Love (Review)
  William Murray
  , p. 45
  Hotel Talleyrand, by Paul Hyde Bonner
  1. Hotel Talleyrand by Paul Hyde Bonner
- New Fiction, p. 46
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  Asperity of the Youth (Review)
  Laurent LeSage
  , p. 46
  Count d'Orgel's Ball, by Raymond Radiguet
  1. Count d'Orgel's Ball by Raymond Radiguet
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  And Now...Milwaukee! (39 Reviews)
  Herbert Warren Wind
  , p. 47
  The Philadelphia Phillies, by Frederick G. Lieb and Stan Baumgartner
  1. The Philadelphia Phillies by Frederick G. Lieb and Stan Baumgartner
  2. The Lore and Legends of Baseball by Mac Davis
  3. The Story of Bobby Shantz by Ralph Bernstein and Bobby Shantz
  4. The Mickey Mantle Story by Mickey Mantle
  5. How to Hit by Johnny Mize
  6. The Official Encyclopedia of Baseball by Hy Turkin and S.C. Thompson
  7. Baseball and Mr. Spalding by Arthur Charles Bartlett
  8. The Psychologist at Bat by David Farrell Tracy
  9. Baseball Techniques Illustrated by Ethan Allen#2
  10. Baseball Is Their Business by Harold Rosenthal
  11. The World Series, and Highlights of Baseball by Lamont Buchanan
  12. The Book of Major League Clubs by Ed Fitzgerald
  13. Baseball Confidential by Arthur William Mann
  14. Times at Bat by Arthur Daley
  15. The Baseball Story by Frederick George Lieb
  16. A Treasury of Baseball Humor by Stan Lomax and Dave Stanley
  17. The Story of the World Series by Fred Lieb
  18. My 66 Years in the Big Leagues by Connie Mack
  19. Baseball by Robert Smith
  20. Major League Baseball by Ethan Allen#2
  21. The Great Baseball Managers by Charles B. Cleveland
  22. Low and Inside by Ira L. Smith and H. Allen Smith
  23. 100 Years of Baseball~~One Hundred Years of Baseball by Lee Allen
  24. Baseball's Greatest Lineup by Christy Walsh
  25. How to Play Big League Baseball by Malcolm Child
  26. How to Get to First Base by Marc Simont and Red Smith
  27. The Magnificent Yankees by Tom Meany
  28. My Fifty Years in Baseball by Edward Grant Barrow
  29. The Story of Baseball by John Durant
  30. The New York Giants by Frank Graham
  31. The Umpire Story by James M. Kahn
  32. Mr. Ump by Ralph Arthur Pinelli
  33. My Kind of Baseball by Rogers Hornsby and J. Roy Stockton
  34. Dodger Daze and Knights by Tommy Holmes
  35. The Real McGraw by Blanche Sindall McGraw
  36. The Artful Dodgers by Thomas Meany
  37. Hank Sauer by John C. Hoffman
  38. Great Negro Baseball Stars by A.S. Young
  39. Bobby Shantz by Ed Delaney
- Behind the Books
  Bernard Kalb
  , p. 48
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  Willa Cather's High Mesa (2 Reviews)
  Walter Havighurst
  , p. 49
  Willa Cather: A Critical Biography, by E.K. Brown and Leon Edel
  1. Willa Cather: A Critical Biography by E.K. Brown and Leon Edel
  2. Willa Cather Living by Edith Lewis
- The Roots of a Writer
  Elizabeth S. Sergeant
  , p. 50
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  Dilemmas of Moderation (Review)
  Joseph Wood Krutch
  , p. 51
  The Writer in America, by Van Wyck Brooks
  1. The Writer in America by Van Wyck Brooks
- Literary Crypt, p. 52
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  Lament for the Wizard (Review)
  Edgar Johnson
  , p. 52
  The Forlorn Demon, by Allen Tate
  1. The Forlorn Demon by Allen Tate
- Broadway Postscript
  Henry Hewes
  , p. 53
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  The Happy Critic: The Critic Puts Up (2 Reviews)
  Henry Hewes
  , p. 54
  From the Modern Repertoire: Series One, by Eric Bentley
  1. From the Modern Repertoire: Series One by Eric Bentley
  2. From the Modern Repertoire: Series Two by Eric Bentley
- The Movies: A Matter of Opinion
  Hollis Alpert
  , p. 55
- Music to My Ears
  Irving Kolodin
  , p. 56
- TV and Radio
  Goodman Ace
  , p. 57
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  Jeu de Spring: Double Header (Review)
  Edward J. Fitzgerald
  , pp. 58-59
  The Southpaw, by Mark Harris
  1. The Southpaw by Mark Harris
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  An Eliot Handbook (Review)
  Robert Halsband
  , p. 60
  A Reader's Guide to T.S. Eliot, by George Williamson
  1. A Reader's Guide to T.S. Eliot by George Williamson
- Just Published, pp. 60-62
- New Editions
  Ben Ray Redman
  , pp. 63-64
- Booked for Travel
  Horace Sutton
  , pp. 65-68
- Ideas on Film
  Cecile Starr
  , pp. 69-70
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  In Paper Covers (12 Reviews)
  Raymond Walters, Jr.
  , pp. 71-74
  Act of Passion, by Georges Simenon
  1. Act of Passion by Georges Simenon
  2. The Age of Longing by Arthur Koestler
  3. Coronado's Children by J. Frank Dobie
  4. Delilah by Marcus Goodrich
  5. The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
  6. Electra and Other Plays by Sophocles and E.F. Watling
  7. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
  8. Jefferson Selleck by Carl Jonas
  9. The Looking-Glass by William March
  10. The Lord God of the Flesh by Jules Romains
  11. So Little Time by John P. Marquand
  12. When Boyhood Dreams Come True by James T. Farrell
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 994, pp. 75-76
- Cover Drawing
  Sam Norkin