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April 7, 1956 Issue - 38 Articles- Trade Winds
Bennett Cerf
, pp. 5-6 - Myths, Movies, and Maturity
Arthur Mayer
, pp. 7-8 -
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SR's Book of the Week (Review) Jack Steele
, p. 9 Affairs of State: The Eisenhower Years, by Richard H. Rovere
- Affairs of State: The Eisenhower Years by Richard H. Rovere
- The Author: Richard Rovere
Richard Lemon
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In Praise of Civility (Review) Wayne Andrews
, p. 10 Good Behavior, by Harold Nicolson
- Good Behavior by Harold Nicolson
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England Behind the Crinoline (Review) Hollis Alpert
, p. 11 The Girl with the Swansdown Seat, by Cyril Pearl
- The Girl with the Swansdown Seat by Cyril Pearl
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Worldly Woman (Review) Otis Fellows
, p. 12 The Film of Memory, by Maurice Druon
- The Film of Memory by Maurice Druon
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Men of the Soil (Review) Henri Peyre
, p. 12 The Green Mare, by Marcel Ayme
- The Green Mare by Marcel Ayme
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Diplomatic Affair (Review) Joseph Hitrec
, p. 13 The Consul's Wife, by William L. Shirer
- The Consul's Wife by William L. Shirer
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William Sansom's Mixed Bag (Review) Harvey Curtis Webster
, p. 13 A Contest of Ladies, by William Sansom
- A Contest of Ladies by William Sansom
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Sex and Excitement in the Jungle (Review) John Frederick Muehl
, p. 13 Shadow of the Monsoon, by William Manchester
- Shadow of the Monsoon by William Manchester
India: Two Views
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Correspondent (Review) Margaret Parton
, p. 14 - As I See India by Robert Trumbull
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Envoy's Daughter At Home in India, by Cynthia Bowles (Review) Margaret Parton
, p. 14 - At Home in India by Cynthia Bowles
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Red Peninsula (Review) Emil Lengyel
, p. 15 The Balkans in Our Time, by Robert Lee Wolff
- The Balkans in Our Time by Robert Lee Wolff
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Darjeeling Tea-Planter (Review) Thomas E. Cooney
, p. 15 Himalayan Tea Garden, by David Wilson Fletcher
- Himalayan Tea Garden by David Wilson Fletcher
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Musicians in Covers (6 Reviews) Victor I. Seroff
, pp. 16-17 Reviews of Six New Biographies
- Music in My Time by Alfredo Casella
- Elgar: A Study of a Musician by Percy Marshall Young
- Ernest Chausson: The Composer's Life and Works by Jean-Pierre Barricelli and Leo Weinstein
- Kathleen Ferrier, 1912-1953 by Neville Cardus
- Aaron Copland by Julia Smith
- Yehudi Menuhin by Robert Magidoff
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A Writer's Correspondence (Review) DeLancey Ferguson
, p. 18 The George Eliot Letters, by Gordon S. Haight and George Eliot
- The George Eliot Letters by Gordon S. Haight and George Eliot
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Scandals, Amours, Hysterics, and Louis XIV (Review) Robert Halsband
, p. 19 Letters from Madame la Marquise de Sevigne, by Violet Hammersley and Marie de Rabutin-C...
- Letters from Madame la Marquise de Sevigne by Violet Hammersley and Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sevigne, ...
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Over Henry's Shoulder (Review) Lewis Leary
, p. 19 The Selected Letters of Henry James, by Leon Edel and Henry James
- The Selected Letters of Henry James by Leon Edel and Henry James
- Tidying Up the Mess, p. 20
An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 21
- Broadway Postscript, p. 22
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The Movies: Crazy, Mixed-up Id (3 Reviews) Arthur Knight
, p. 23 Forbidden Planet (1956 Film), by Fred M. Wilcox
- Forbidden Planet (1956 Film) by Fred M. Wilcox
- Patterns (1956 Film) by Fielder Cook
- Lovers and Lollipops (1956 Film) by Ruth Orkin and Morris Engel
- Literary Crypt, p. 24
- TV and Radio, p. 24
- Music to My Ears, p. 25
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RAF Fighters (Review) Thomas E. Cooney
, p. 26 Squadron Airborne, by Elleston Trevor
- Squadron Airborne by Elleston Trevor
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Romance a la Mode (Review) Evelyn Eaton
, p. 26 Another Sky, by Naomi Lane Babson
- Another Sky by Naomi Lane Babson
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End of Promise (Review) Walter Havighurst
, p. 27 The Fall of the Sparrow, by Nigel Balchin
- The Fall of the Sparrow by Nigel Balchin
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West Meets East (Review) Robert Payne
, p. 27 The Paradise Bird, by Howard Otway
- The Paradise Bird by Howard Otway
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Also Noted (6 Reviews) S.P. Mansten
, pp. 27-28 The Same Scourge, by John Goldthorpe
- The Same Scourge by John Goldthorpe
- The Prisoners by Evans Harrington
- Man of the World by Stanley Kauffmann
- When I Was a Child by Vilhelm Moberg
- Roll Back the Sky by Ward Taylor
- Kings Go Forth by Joe David Brown
- Booked for Travel
Horace Sutton
, pp. 29-30 - Literary I.Q., p. 31
- The Fine Arts, pp. 32-33
- Workshops for Writers
Gorham Munson
, pp. 34-39 - Louis Bromfield
H.S.
, pp. 40-42 - Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1150, pp. 43-44
- Cover Drawing, After a Photograph by Charles Eggert
Hal McIntosh