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December 4, 1954 Issue - 37 Articles- Trade Winds
Bennett Cerf
, pp. 6-14 - The Novelist and Christ
Alan Paton and Liston Pope
, p. 15 - Literary I.Q., p. 16
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The Literary Sampler (6 Reviews) , pp. 17-19 Song of the Sky, by Guy Murchie, Jr.
- Song of the Sky by Guy Murchie, Jr.
- Faith and Freedom by Barbara Ward
- A Churchill Reader by Colin R. Coote and Winston S. Churchill
- Mr. Maugham Himself by John Beecroft and Somerset Maugham
- An Encyclopedia of Modern American Humor by Bennett Cerf
- This I Believe by Edward R. Murrow
- Ideas for Santa's Book Bag, p. 20
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A Century of Youth (Review) John T. Winterich
, p. 21 Youth's Companion, by Lovell Thompson
- Youth's Companion by Lovell Thompson
- Gift Book Miscellany
John Haverstick
, pp. 22-23 - The Mighty Oak---at Eighty, p. 24
An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 25
- The Author: Wallace Stevens
Bernard Kalb
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Actuary Among the Spondees (Review) Gerard Previn Meyer
, pp. 26-27 Collected Poems, by Wallace Stevens
- Collected Poems by Wallace Stevens
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Fall to Divinity (Review) Sara Henderson Hay
, p. 28 Songs for Eve, by Archibald MacLeish
- Songs for Eve by Archibald MacLeish
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Baudelaire Reexamined (Review) W.T. Scott
, p. 28 Baudelaire, by Martin Turnell
- Baudelaire by Martin Turnell
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Eliot on Verse (Review) W.T. Scott
, p. 28 The Three Voices of Poetry, by T.S. Eliot
- The Three Voices of Poetry by T.S. Eliot
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A Generation's Champs (Review) James Kelly
, p. 29 First-Prize Stories, 1919-1954, by Harry Hansen
- First-Prize Stories, 1919-1954 by Harry Hansen
- Small Boy and Bird
Katherine Garrison Chapin
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Magnetic New World Mistress (Review) Lon Tinkle
, p. 30 The Spanish Bride, by Walter O'Meara
- The Spanish Bride by Walter O'Meara
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The Long Search (Review) Oliver LaFarge
, p. 30 The Searchers, by Alan LeMay
- The Searchers by Alan LeMay
- Cartoon Books
Lee Rogow
, p. 31 - Art Books
L.R. Sander
, pp. 32-35 - Broadway Postscript
Henry Hewes
, pp. 36-37 -
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The Movies: The Emperor's New Girl (Review) Lee Rogow
, pp. 38-39 Desiree (1954 Film), by Henry Koster
- Desiree (1954 Film) by Henry Koster
- Music to My Ears
Irving Kolodin
, pp. 40-41 - TV and Radio
Robert Lewis Shayon
, pp. 42-43 - Booked for Travel
Horace Sutton
, pp. 44-53 - New Editions
Ben Ray Redman
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Bridge-Builders (Review) Robert Minton
, p. 55 The Bridge Over the River Kwai, by Pierre Boulle
- The Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle
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Nervous World (Review) John Haverstick
, p. 56 Something Terrible, Something Lovely, by William Sansom
- Something Terrible, Something Lovely by William Sansom
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Seven Dolls and a Gamin (Review) Martin Levin
, p. 56 Love of Seven Dolls, by Paul Gallico
- Love of Seven Dolls by Paul Gallico
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Civil War Christmas (Review) Martin Levin
, pp. 56-58 No Tears for Christmas, by Helen Topping Miller
- No Tears for Christmas by Helen Topping Miller
- Literary Crypt, p. 59
- The Fine Arts
James Thrall Soby
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Classic Decline (Review) Emerson H. Swift
, pp. 61-62 The Arch of Constantine, or the Decline of Form, by Bernard Berenson
- The Arch of Constantine, or the Decline of Form by Bernard Berenson
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Graphic Tour (Review) Una E. Johnson
, pp. 63-64 Modern Prints and Drawings, by Paul J. Sachs
- Modern Prints and Drawings by Paul J. Sachs
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Apologia for Language as Art (Review) W.T. Scott
, pp. 65-66 Paul Valery and the Civilized Mind, by Norman Suckling
- Paul Valery and the Civilized Mind by Norman Suckling
- Kingsley Double Crostic No. 1080, pp. 67-68
- Cover Drawing
Tack Shigaki