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- Trade Winds
  Bennett Cerf
  , pp. 10-14
- The Rise and Fall of Horatio Alger
  Marshall Fishwick
  , pp. 15-16
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  SR's Book of the Week (Review)
  Carl Carmer
  , p. 17
  These Thousand Hills, by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
  1. These Thousand Hills by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
- The Author: Alfred Bertram Guthrie, Jr.
  Thomas E. Cooney
  , p. 17
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  Gay Truths (Review)
  Ben Ray Redman
  , p. 18
  Further Fables for Our Time, by James Thurber
  1. Further Fables for Our Time by James Thurber
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  London Bohemians (Review)
  Hollis Alpert
  , p. 18
  The Doves of Venus, by Olivia Manning
  1. The Doves of Venus by Olivia Manning
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  Tire Fantasy (Review)
  Jerome Stone
  , p. 19
  The Rancho of the Little Loves, by Robert Nathan
  1. The Rancho of the Little Loves by Robert Nathan
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  These Books Have Made News (2 Reviews) , p. 19
  Arthritis and Common Sense, by Dan Dale Alexander
  1. Arthritis and Common Sense by Dan Dale Alexander
  2. The Search for Bridey Murphy by Morey Bernstein
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  Ten Years of Tension (Review)
  Quincy Howe
  , p. 20
  The World in the Postwar Decade, 1945-1955, by J. Hampden Jackson
  1. The World in the Postwar Decade, 1945-1955 by J. Hampden Jackson
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  'Twas Only Yesterday (Review)
  George Daley
  , pp. 20-21
  Days to Remember: America, 1945-1955, by John Gunther and Bernard Quint
  1. Days to Remember: America, 1945-1955 by John Gunther and Bernard Quint
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  Reflections of a Mature man (Review)
  Joseph Wood Krutch
  , p. 22
  A Piece of My Mind, by Edmund Wilson
  1. A Piece of My Mind by Edmund Wilson
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  Sketches in an Octogenarian's Notebook (Review)
  Charles Frankel
  , p. 23
  Portraits from Memory, and Other Essays, by Bertrand Russell
  1. Portraits from Memory, and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell
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  Of Flight and Calendar and Tide (Review)
  Marston Bates
  , p. 24
  The Great Migrations, by Georges Blond
  1. The Great Migrations by Georges Blond
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  On Fall's Trail (Review)
  Donald Culross Peattie
  , p. 25
  Autumn Across America, by Edwin Way Teale
  1. Autumn Across America by Edwin Way Teale
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  The Facts of Animal Life (Review) , p. 25
  Kingdom of the Beasts, by Julian Huxley
  1. Kingdom of the Beasts by Julian Huxley
- The Campaign and TV, p. 26
  An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 27
- Broadway Postcript, p. 28
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  The Movies: Enough! Enough! (3 Reviews)
  Hollis Alpert
  , p. 29
  Julie (1956 Film), by Andrew L. Stone
  1. Julie (1956 Film) by Andrew L. Stone
  2. The Opposite Sex (1956 Film) by David Miller
  3. The Mountain (1956 Film) by Edward Dmytryk
- Music to My Ears, pp. 30-31
- TV and Radio, p. 32
- Booked for Travel
  Horace Sutton
  , pp. 33-34
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  Politics, Poetry, and Peccadillos (Review)
  Roi Ottley
  , p. 35
  I Wonder as I Wander, by Langston Hughes
  1. I Wonder as I Wander by Langston Hughes
- Literary I.Q., p. 36
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  The Tragic Octoroons (Review)
  Margaret Just Butcher
  , pp. 36-37
  Proud Shoes, by Pauli Murray
  1. Proud Shoes by Pauli Murray
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  Man of Two Worlds (Review)
  Margaret Halsey
  , pp. 38-39
  A Gentle Knight, by Poppy Cannon
  1. A Gentle Knight by Poppy Cannon
- Literary Crypt, p. 40
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  Also Noted (10 Reviews)
  S.P. Mansten
  , p. 40
  The Count Without Castles, by Jeanne Humphreys
  1. The Count Without Castles by Jeanne Humphreys
  2. Taste of Glory by Carleton Beals
  3. Canton Barrier by Andrew Geer
  4. Never the Same Again by Gerald Tesch
  5. The Magnificent Three by Grace Meyers Petitclerc
  6. Small Pond by Ada Goepp
  7. The Big Nickelodeon by Maritta Wolff
  8. Lancet by Garet Rogers
  9. Caleb Pettengill, U.S.N. by George Fielding Eliot
  10. Warm Wind, West Wind by Anne Irwin Matthew
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  Unforgotten Bird (Review)
  E.P. Monroe
  , pp. 41-44
  The Last Passenger, by James Ralph Johnson
  1. The Last Passenger by James Ralph Johnson
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1182, pp. 45-46
- Helping Johnny and Janie to Read
  Frances Henne
  , p. 47
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  Picture Books Mister Penny's Race Horse, by Marie Hall Ets (13 Reviews) , pp. 48-51
  1. Mister Penny's Race Horse by Marie Hall Ets
  2. The Flying Carpet by Marcia Brown
  3. Crocodile Tears by Andre Francois
  4. How Medicine Man Cured Paleface Woman by Jessie Brewer McGaw
  5. Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
  6. Perry the Imp by Will and Nicholas
  7. The Shoes Fit for a King by Helen E. Bill
  8. Gone Is My Goose by Dorothy Clark Koch
  9. If I Ran the Circus by Dr. Seuss
  10. The Vegetabull by Jan LeWitt
  11. Ferguson of the Fire Department by Ellen MacGregor
  12. The Pot Bank by Yen Liang
  13. George by Phyllis Rowand
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  For Younger Children Hah-Nee of the Cliff Dwellers, by Mary Buff an... (9 Reviews) , pp. 52-53
  1. Hah-Nee of the Cliff Dwellers by Mary Buff and Conrad Buff
  2. The Horse of Hurricane Hill by Clarence W. Anderson
  3. The Night of the Hurricane by Elizabeth Crosgrove Ladd
  4. The Runaways by Berta Hader and Elmer Hader
  5. Myrtle Albertina's Secret by Lillian Pohlmann
  6. Betsy's Busy Summer by Carolyn Haywood
  7. The Secret by Dorothy Clewes
  8. Emmy Keeps a Promise by Madye Lee Chastain
  9. Stars for Cristy by Mabel Leigh Hunt
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  Chistmas A Christmas Story, by Mary Chalmers (6 Reviews) , p. 54
  1. A Christmas Story by Mary Chalmers
  2. The Fairy Doll by Rumer Godden
  3. Once in Royal David's City by Kathleen Lines
  4. The Coming of the King by Norman Vincent Peale
  5. Happy Christmas! by Claire Huchet Bishop
  6. Christmas on the Mayflower by Wilma Pitchford Hays
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  For the Hobbyist The First Book of Codes and Ciphers, by Sam Ep... (10 Reviews) , pp. 54-55
  1. The First Book of Codes and Ciphers by Sam Epstein and Beryl Epstein
  2. The Step-By-Step Cook Book for Girls and Boys by Julia Kiene
  3. Clay, Wood, and Wire by Harvey Weiss
  4. The First Book of Sewing by Catherine Christopher Roberts
  5. Sew Easy! by Peggy Hoffman
  6. Sewing Is Easy! by Helen Nicol Tanous
  7. Military Vehicles by C.B. Colby
  8. Operation Watchdog by C.B. Colby
  9. The Early Days of Automobiles by Elizabeth Janeway
  10. Portrait of Jesus by Marian King
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  Fables Folk and Fairy Tales The Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis (10 Reviews) , pp. 56-57
  1. The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
  2. The Impractical Chimney-Sweep by Rosemary Anne Sisson
  3. The Adventures of So Hi by Cynon Beaton-Jones
  4. Away to the Moon by John Symonds
  5. Sashes Red and Blue by Natalie Savage Carlson
  6. Seven Days from Sunday by Thomas Galt
  7. King Herla's Quest and Other Medieval Stories from Walter Map by Thomas B. Leekley
  8. Scandinavian Legends and Folk-Tales by Gwyn Jones
  9. The Magic Calabash by Jean Cothran
  10. The Amazing Vacation by Dan Wickenden
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  Nature All on a Mountain Day, by Aileen Fisher (6 Reviews) , pp. 58-59
  1. All on a Mountain Day by Aileen Fisher
  2. The Book of Reptiles and Amphibians by Michael H. Bevans
  3. Our American Trees by Ruth Hubbell Dudley
  4. The Makers of Honey by Mary Geisler Phillips
  5. All About Moths and Butterflies by Robert S. Lemmon
  6. Nature's Guardians by Harry Edward Neal
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  Science I Know a Magic House, by Julius Schwartz (4 Reviews) , p. 60
  1. I Know a Magic House by Julius Schwartz
  2. Mankind Against the Killers by James Hemming
  3. Clouds, Rings, and Crocodiles by Hugh Percival Wilkins
  4. The Exploration of Mars by Willy Ley and Wernher von Braun
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  Stories for Older Boys and Girls Fifteen, by Beverly Cleary (9 Reviews) , pp. 60-62
  1. Fifteen by Beverly Cleary
  2. Navaho Sister by Evelyn Sibley Lampman
  3. Cobblers' Knob by Eleanore M. Jewett
  4. The Casket and the Sword by Norman Denny
  5. Pomeroy's Postscript by Mary Fitt
  6. Black Fox of Lorne by Marguerite de Angeli
  7. Miracle for Mingo by Aylesa Forsee
  8. Star for a Compass by D.S. Halacy, Jr.
  9. Search for a Golden Bird by Jean Bothwell
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  People and Places The Land and People of Austria, by Raymond A. ... (15 Reviews) , pp. 63-65
  1. The Land and People of Austria by Raymond A. Wohlrabe and Werner E. Krusch
  2. Cave of Riches by Alan Honour
  3. Caves of Mystery by John Scott Douglas
  4. The Andrews Raid by Sam Epstein and Beryl Epstein
  5. The Romance of Writing by Keith Gordon Irwin
  6. Ride on the Wind by Alice Dalgliesh
  7. Big Catalogue by Nina Brown Baker
  8. Ferdinand Magellan by Ronald Welch
  9. Goya by Elizabeth Ripley
  10. The Empress Josephine by Marguerite Vance
  11. The Amazing Nellie Bly by Mignon Rittenhouse
  12. Nellie Bly by Iris Noble
  13. All Men Are Brothers by Charlie May Simon
  14. Albert Schweitzer by Jacquelyn Berrill
  15. They Almost Made It by Fred Reinfeld
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  Poetry Drama Song This Way, Delight, by Herbert Read (4 Reviews) , pp. 66-67
  1. This Way, Delight by Herbert Read
  2. New Feathers for the Old Goose by John Leonard Becker
  3. Stories from Shakespeare by Marchette Chute
  4. A Cat Came Fiddling, and Other Rhymes of Childhood by Paul Kapp
- The Teen-Ager Likes to Laugh
  Margaret C. Scoggin
  , pp. 68-69
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  For the Teen-Ager Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson (14 Reviews) , pp. 70-76
  1. Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
  2. Jacobin's Daughter by Joanne S. Williamson
  3. Viking's Dawn by Henry Treece
  4. Speedway Challenge by William Campbell Gault
  5. Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat
  6. Hospital Zone by Mary Stolz
  7. Song of the Wheels by Christine Price
  8. Up Periscope by Robb White
  9. Young Skin Diver by Philip Harkins
  10. Skin Diver by Zachary Ball
  11. Search for the Galleon's Gold! by Ruth Adams Knight
  12. Message to Hadrian by Geoffrey Trease
  13. And the Waters Prevailed by D. Moreau Barringer
  14. Out of the Wilderness by Virginia L.S. Eifert
- Cover Drawing, After a Photograph by Erich Hartmann
  Hal McIntosh