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May 11, 1957 Issue - 45 Articles- Trade Winds, pp. 6-8
- What Killed Collier's?
Hollis Alpert
, pp. 9-11 - The Vatican Film Library
Thomas B. Sherman
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SR's Spotlight on Fiction (Review) Roger H. Smith
, p. 13 The Complete Works of Nathanael West, by Nathanael West
- The Complete Works of Nathanael West by Nathanael West
- The Happy Mortician
Archibald Van Vorhees
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Nazi Apocalypse (Review) Richard Plant
, p. 15 Berlin, by Theodor Plievier
- Berlin by Theodor Plievier
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Duly Noted (7 Reviews) S.P. Mansten
, p. 15 Not Yet, by Tereska Torres
- Not Yet by Tereska Torres
- Small Wonder by Graham Porter
- Hurricane Season by Ralph Winnett
- A Haunted Land by Randolph Stow
- Ferguson by Rayne Kruger
- Alabama Empire by Welbourn Kelley
- The Hunger, and Other Stories by Charles Beaumont
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Alger Hiss's Story (Review) Thomas E. Cooney
, p. 16 In the Court of Public Opinion, by Alger Hiss
- In the Court of Public Opinion by Alger Hiss
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French Ideas, American Dollars (Review) Francis Henry Taylor
, p. 17 Men and Monuments, by Janet Flanner
- Men and Monuments by Janet Flanner
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Magnificent, Monstrous Outbursts (Review) Georgine Oeri
, p. 18 Sources of Art Nouveau, by Stephan Tschudi Madsen
- Sources of Art Nouveau by Stephan Tschudi Madsen
- Averages: A Pantomime
Edwin Honig
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Oriental Treasure House (Review) Paul Arthur Schilpp
, p. 19 A Source Book in Indian Philosophy, by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Charles A. Moore, ...
- A Source Book in Indian Philosophy by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Charles A. Moore, ...
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Father Spider (Review) John Frederick Muehl
, p. 20 The Nature of Passion, by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- The Nature of Passion by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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Sly Rascal (Review) John Haverstick
, p. 20 The Printer of Malgudi, by R.K. Narayan
- The Printer of Malgudi by R.K. Narayan
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Duly Noted (Review) S.P. Mansten
, p. 20 Sushila, by Graham McInnes
- Sushila by Graham McInnes
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How to Avoid Mycophobia (Review) Robert Graves
, p. 21 Mushrooms, Russia, and History, by Valentina Pavlovna Wasson and R. Gordon Wasson, ...
- Mushrooms, Russia, and History by Valentina Pavlovna Wasson and R. Gordon Wasson, ...
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The Mushroom Hunter (Review) Martin Levin
, pp. 21-22 Mushrooms, Russia, and History, by Valentina Pavlovna Wasson and R. Gordon Wasson, ...
- Mushrooms, Russia, and History by Valentina Pavlovna Wasson and R. Gordon Wasson, ...
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Low: Cartoonist of Our World (Review) Stephen Potter
, p. 23 Low's Autobiography, by David Low
- Low's Autobiography by David Low
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Life in Burke's Peerage (Review) E.P. Monroe
, p. 23 Reminiscences, by Grace E.T. Hinds Curzon
- Reminiscences by Grace E.T. Hinds Curzon
- The Americans and the Hungarians
Elmo Roper
, p. 24 An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 25
- Broadway Postscript, p. 26
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The Movies: More Bull (3 Reviews) Hollis Alpert
, p. 27 Torero! (1956 Film), by Carlos Velo
- Torero! (1956 Film) by Carlos Velo
- Boy on a Dolphin (1957 Film) by Jean Negulesco
- Nana (1955 Film) by Christian-Jaque
- TV and Radio, p. 28
- The Fine Arts, pp. 29-30
- Booked for Travel, pp. 31-32
- Music to My Ears
Irving Kolodin
, p. 33 Mid-Month Recordings
- The Perennial Blues
Yannick Bruynoghe and Stanley Dance
, pp. 34-35 - Recordings Reports: Jazz LPs, pp. 36-37
- The Penguins Gather
Lysander Kemp
, p. 38 - Anton Webern Complete
Peter Yates
, p. 39 - A Teen-Ager Looks at Jazz
D.S. Levine
, p. 40 - Off-Beat, and On
I.K.
, pp. 41-45
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Taste, Mediocrity, and Everyman (Review) Gilbert Seldes
, pp. 46-50 Mass Culture, by Bernard Rosenberg and David Manning White
- Mass Culture by Bernard Rosenberg and David Manning White
Spring Books for Young People
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Picture Books (16 Reviews) , pp. 51-53 - The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Peter C. Asbjornsen and Jorgen E. Moe
- Madeline and the Bad Hat by Ludwig Bemelmans
- What Do You Want to Be? by Francoise Seignobosc
- The Good-for-Nothings by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
- Give a Guess by Mary Britton Miller
- Not One More Day by Donna Hill
- The Birthday Party by Ruth Krauss
- Cheerful by Palmer Brown
- Kevin by Mary Chalmers
- The Tale of Tiny Tutak by Hanna Wiig
- Wake Up, City! by Alvin Tresselt
- The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
- Very Far Away by Maurice Sendak
- Annie's Spending Spree by Nancy Dingman Watson
- The Late Spring by Jean Fritz
- Coral Island by Nicolas
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Books for Younger Children The Monkey of Crofton, by Eleanor Frances Latt... (6 Reviews) , pp. 54-55 - The Monkey of Crofton by Eleanor Frances Lattimore
- The Uninvited Donkey by Anne H. White
- Blue Mystery by Margot Benary-Isbert
- Wild Geese Flying by Cornelia Meigs
- Confetti for Cortorelli by David Leslie Fletcher
- A Shilling for Samuel by Virginia Grilley
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Imaginative and Folk Tales Hortense, the Cow for a Queen, by Natalie Sava... (5 Reviews) , p. 56 - Hortense, the Cow for a Queen by Natalie Savage Carlson
- The One Hundred and One Dalmations by Dodie Smith
- Miss Grimsbee Is a Witch by Gerald C. Weales
- Mike Fink by James Cloyd Bowman
- The Hat-Shaking Dance, and Other Ashanti Tales from Ghana by Harold Courlander and Albert Kofi Prempeh
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For Older Boys and Girls The Shield Ring, by Rosemary Sutcliff (6 Reviews) , p. 57 - The Shield Ring by Rosemary Sutcliff
- That Jud! by Elspeth Bragdon
- Boss Chombale by Margaret Carson Hubbard
- Elephant Bridge by Jeffrey Potter
- Joe Sunpool by Don Wilcox
- Adventure to Home by Robert Wells
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About People Edna St. Vincent Millay, by Toby Shafter (4 Reviews) , p. 58 - Edna St. Vincent Millay by Toby Shafter
- Elizabeth by Frances Winwar
- The Man Who Was Chosen by Elise Lavelle
- Tom Paine: Freedom's Apostle by Leo Gurko
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About Many Things The Magic Stones, by Alain (13 Reviews) , pp. 59-61 - The Magic Stones by Alain
- What Could You See? by Jeanne Bendick
- Run, Sandpiper, Run by Lloyd Lozes Goff
- Magic House of Numbers by Irving Adler
- Manhattan Island by May Garelick
- Experiments with a Microscope by Nelson F. Beeler and Franklyn M. Branley
- Men of Medicine by Katherine B. Shippen
- Stories from the Bible by Margherita Fanchiotti
- Hole in the Tree by Jean Craighead George
- Leaper by Robert M. McClung
- The River's Journey by Anne Marie Jauss
- See Through the Jungle by Millicent E. Selsam
- The Rabbit Story by Alvin R. Tresselt
- High Adventure for Young Adults
Jean C. Roos
, pp. 62-63 - Literary I.Q. , p. 64
- Literary Crypt , p. 65
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For Young Adults Patch, by Constance H. Frick Irwin (9 Reviews) , pp. 65-66 - Patch by Constance H. Frick Irwin
- The Beau Collector by Pauline M. Hodgkinson Coleman
- Young Inca Prince by Alida Malkus
- Hardnose by Gilbert Douglas
- Because of Madeline by Mary Stolz
- A Girl of the North Country by Elizabeth Howard
- Julie's Heritage by Catherine Marshall
- Where the Trail Divided by Lorna Callahan
- This Dear-Bought Land by Jean Lee Latham
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1207, pp. 67-68