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December 19, 1953 Issue - 43 Articles- Trade Winds
Bennett Cerf
, pp. 5-6 - Short Stories for the Millions
Falcon O. Baker
, p. 7 - Literary I.Q., p. 8
- A Future for Plotted Fiction
William I. Nichols
, p. 9 - Short Stories as I Like Them
Robert Moses
, p. 10 - A Three-Headed Basilisk
W.T. Scott
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Songs of a Baronet (Review) I.L. Salomon
, p. 14 Wrack at Tidesend: A Book of Balnearics, by Osbert Sitwell
- Wrack at Tidesend: A Book of Balnearics by Osbert Sitwell
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That Thriving Realm (Review) Horace Gregory
, p. 15 Gardeners and Astronomers, by Edith Sitwell
- Gardeners and Astronomers by Edith Sitwell
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Countrymen of Caesar (2 Reviews) Felix Gilbert
, p. 16 The United States and Italy, by H. Stuart Hughes
- The United States and Italy by H. Stuart Hughes
- Americans Are Alone in the World by Luigi Barzini, Jr.
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Uneasy Fatherland (Review) Marshall Knappen
, p. 17 Germany: Key to Peace, by James P. Warburg
- Germany: Key to Peace by James P. Warburg
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Red Rule's Anatomy (Review) Julian Towster
, p. 18 How Russia Is Ruled, by Merle Fainsod
- How Russia Is Ruled by Merle Fainsod
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Notes: The French Since the War (Review) E.S. Chill
, p. 19 French Politics: The First Years of the Fourth Republic, by Dorothy M. Pickles
- French Politics: The First Years of the Fourth Republic by Dorothy M. Pickles
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The Golden Roman Twilight (Review) Emerson H. Swift
, p. 19 Byzantine Painting, by Andre Grabar
- Byzantine Painting by Andre Grabar
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Sand and Trapezoids (Review) Robert Goldwater
, p. 20 History of Modern Painting, Vol. III, by Maurice Raynal, Arnold Rudlinger, and Hans Bol...
- History of Modern Painting, Vol. III by Maurice Raynal, Arnold Rudlinger, and Hans Bolliger, ...
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Land of the Dragon (Review) Langdon Warner
, p. 21 The Sacred Oasis, by Irene Vongehr Vincent
- The Sacred Oasis by Irene Vongehr Vincent
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Man and His Walks (2 Reviews) Louis J. Halle, Jr.
, p. 22 The Best of Two Worlds, by Joseph Wood Krutch
- The Best of Two Worlds by Joseph Wood Krutch
- Round River: From the Journals of Aldo Leopold by Luna B. Leopold and Aldo Leopold
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Children's Children (Review) Carroll Lane Fenton
, p. 23 Sex and the Nature of Things, by N.J. Berrill
- Sex and the Nature of Things by N.J. Berrill
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Why Spiders? (Review) Edwin Way Teale
, p. 23 The Web of Life, by John H. Storer
- The Web of Life by John H. Storer
- The Reviewer's Function, p. 24
An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 25
- Seeing Things
John Mason Brown
, pp. 26-27 Eugene O'Neill, 1888-1953
- Broadway Postscript
Henry Hewes
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Drama Book Notes: Old Cameos (Review) Henry Hewes
, p. 29 Ladies First, by W. MacQueen-Pope
- Ladies First by W. MacQueen-Pope
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Music-Hall Memento (Review) Henry Hewes
, p. 29 They Were Singing, by Christopher Pulling
- They Were Singing by Christopher Pulling
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The Movies: Music, Music, Music (4 Reviews) Arthur Knight
, p. 30 Give a Girl a Break (1953 Film), by Stanley Donen
- Give a Girl a Break (1953 Film) by Stanley Donen
- Easy to Love (1953 Film) by Charles Walters
- Here Come the Girls (1953 Film) by Claude Binyon
- Walking My Baby Back Home (1953 Film) by Lloyd Bacon
- TV and Radio
Robert Lewis Shayon
, p. 31 - Music to My Ears
Irving Kolodin
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The Criminal Record (7 Reviews) Sergeant Cuff
, p. 33 Kill with Care, by Hugh Lawrence Nelson
- Kill with Care by Hugh Lawrence Nelson
- Margin for Terror by William P. McGivern
- The Seventh Chasm by Oliver Gard
- Dead of Summer by Dana Moseley
- The Listener by Theodora DuBois
- Shepherd's Crook by E.C.R. Lorac
- The Saint in Europe by Leslie Charteris
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Adjusting in Athapaska (Review) Raymond Holden
, p. 34 Winter, by Cornelius Osgood
- Winter by Cornelius Osgood
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Notes: Scientific Progress Report (Review) John Pfeiffer
, p. 35 Science in Progress, by George A. Baitsell
- Science in Progress by George A. Baitsell
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Tasks Ahead for Scientists (Review) John Pfeiffer
, p. 35 The Way of the World, by George H.T. Kimble
- The Way of the World by George H.T. Kimble
- Ideas on Film
Cecile Starr
, pp. 36-37 - Just Published, p. 38
- Booked for Travel
Horace Sutton
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Traveler's Tale: Iberian Index (Review) Horace Sutton
, p. 41 All the Best in Spain and Portugal, by Sydney Clark
- All the Best in Spain and Portugal by Sydney Clark
- Literary Crypt, p. 42
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British Diplomacy (Review) Paul Scott Mowrer
, p. 42 The Road to Safety, by Arthur Willert
- The Road to Safety by Arthur Willert
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Nation in Between (Review) Fritz Stern
, p. 42 Diplomacy in a Whirlpool, by Stephen D. Kertesz
- Diplomacy in a Whirlpool by Stephen D. Kertesz
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Books for Young People (9 Reviews) Mary Gould Davis
, pp. 43-46 Old-New Books for an Old-New Feast
- The Magic Fishbone by Charles Dickens
- The Christmas Bunny by Will and Nicolas
- Noel for Jeanne-Maire by Francoise
- In Clean Hay by Eric Philbrook Kelly
- American Folk Songs for Christmas by Ruth Crawford Seeger
- Star of Wonder by Robert Reed Coles and Frances Frost
- The Christmas Donkey by Alta Halverson Seymour
- Circus, April 1st by Louis Slobodkin
- The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
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Ming Business (Review) Jane Gaston Mahler
, p. 47 Chinese Art, by Judith Burling and Arthur Hart Burling
- Chinese Art by Judith Burling and Arthur Hart Burling
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A Little Door Carving (2 Reviews) Iona Plath
, pp. 48-50 Folk Art of Europe, by Helmut T. Bossert
- Folk Art of Europe by Helmut T. Bossert
- The Folk Arts of Norway by Janice S. Stewart
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1033, pp. 51-52
- Cover Drawing
Mel Bolden