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June 13, 1959 Issue - 40 Articles- Trade Winds, pp. 6-9
- The Last Days of Oscar Wilde
Andre Gide
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Literary Horizons (3 Reviews) Granville Hicks
, p. 13 Tales of Three Lands
- Selected Stories by Mary Lavin
- The Poison Tree, and Other Stories by Walter Clemons
- The Zulu and the Zeide by Dan Jacobson
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Books for Summer Reading (4 Reviews) , p. 14 The Years with Ross, by James Thurber
- The Years with Ross by James Thurber
- The Rape of the Fair Country by Alexander Cordell
- The Status Seekers by Vance Packard
- The Curse of the Misbegotten~Eugene O'Neill by Croswell Bowen and Shane O'Neill
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New Trail Signs on Publishers' Row (6 Reviews) Robert West Howard
, p. 15 The Kean Land, by Jack Schaefer
- The Kean Land by Jack Schaefer
- The Scarlet Feather by Dale Van Every
- The Far Mountains by Frank O'Rourke
- The Long Run by Nelson C. Nye
- The Life and Times of Buckshot South by Frank Davis Adams
- Errand at Shadow Creek by Geoffrey Cotterell
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Urban Man and His Natural World (5 Reviews) Jerrold Lanes
, pp. 16-17 Living Earth, by Peter Farb
- Living Earth by Peter Farb
- Elephants by Richard Carrington
- Animal Camouflage by Adolf Portmann
- On the Track of Unknown Animals by Bernard Heuvelmans
- The Folklore of Birds by Edward A. Armstrong
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Deep Down, Out of the Sun (Review) Hubert Saal
, p. 18 The Cool World, by Warren Miller
- The Cool World by Warren Miller
- For Warren Miller
Jeanette Wakin
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Puddlers and Poetry (Review) Ben Ray Redman
, p. 19 The Rape of the Fair Country, by Alexander Cordell
- The Rape of the Fair Country by Alexander Cordell
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Sands of Time (Review) Dan Wakefield
, p. 19 The Hourglass, by Edwin Gilbert
- The Hourglass by Edwin Gilbert
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Eye of the Storm (Review) Mary Sullivan Simons
, p. 19 The Human Shore, by Harvena Richter
- The Human Shore by Harvena Richter
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Day the Earth Shook (Review) Hollis Alpert
, p. 20 Earthquake, by Milton Berle and John Roeburt
- Earthquake by Milton Berle and John Roeburt
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Something Happens (Review) Robert Phelps
, p. 20 That Distant Afternoon, by Roy Fuller
- That Distant Afternoon by Roy Fuller
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Day After Last (Review) Walter Spearman
, p. 20 Alas, Babylon!, by Pat Frank
- Alas, Babylon! by Pat Frank
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Blue Yonder (Review) Stanley Kauffmann
, p. 20 The Big X, by Hank Searls
- The Big X by Hank Searls
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Along Madison and Vine (Review) Hollis Alpert
, p. 21 The Birthday Boy, by Al Hine
- The Birthday Boy by Al Hine
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Pagan Passion (Review) Hollis Alpert
, p. 21 A Shot in the Dark, by David Garnett
- A Shot in the Dark by David Garnett
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Hero's Welcome (Review) John G. Fuller
, p. 21 One Star General, by Al Morgan
- One Star General by Al Morgan
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That One May Smile (Review) John G. Fuller
, p. 21 The Velvet Knife, by Irving Shulman
- The Velvet Knife by Irving Shulman
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Party Line (Review) D.R. Bensen
, p. 21 The Notion of Sin, by Robert McLaughlin
- The Notion of Sin by Robert McLaughlin
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Survey of the American Scene (16 Reviews) John T. Winterich
, pp. 22-23 America's Frontier, by Thomas D. Clark
- America's Frontier by Thomas D. Clark
- The Appalachian Frontier by John A. Caruso
- The Journal of Major George Washington by George Washington, James R. Short, and Thaddeus W. Tate, ...
- Peter Stuyvesant and His New York by Henry H. Kessler and Eugene Rachlis
- Wheels Across America by Clarence P. Hornung
- The Greatest Gamblers by Ruth Sheldon Knowles
- The National Forests by Arthur H. Carhart
- Great Train Robberies of the West by Eugene B. Block
- Escape to Utopia by Everett Webber
- Forge of Liberty by Leonard Falkner
- Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War by Alexander Gardner
- A Life for the Confederacy by Robert A. Moore and James W. Silver
- Water Witching U.S.A. by Evon Z. Vogt and Ray Hyman
- Things That Go Bump in the Night by Louis Clark Jones
- River World by Virginia L.S. Eifert
- Endless Frontiers: The Story of McGraw-Hill by Roger Burlingame
- The Ladies Depart, pp. 24-26
An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 27-28
- Broadway Postscript
Henry Hewes
, pp. 29-31 Reviewing from Rome
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Movies: Ugly Duckling: 1959 (3 Reviews) Hollis Alpert
, p. 32 The Mirror Has Two Faces (1959 Film), by Andre Cayatte
- The Mirror Has Two Faces (1959 Film) by Andre Cayatte
- Women Are Weak (1959 Film) by Michel Boisrond
- Street of Shame (1956 Film) by Kenji Mizoguchi
- Booked for Travel
Horace Sutton
, pp. 33-35 Roaming Italy
- TV and Radio
Robert Lewis Shayon
, p. 36 Proposing cultural summit meeting
- Literary I.Q., p. 37
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Something of the Long Forgotten (Review) Leonard Wibberley
, p. 37 The Godstone and the Blackymor, by T.H. White
- The Godstone and the Blackymor by T.H. White
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In the Hindu Kush (Review) Jeanette Wakin
, p. 37 A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, by Eric Newby
- A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby
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Devil's Island (Review) Hassoldt Davis
, p. 38 Damned and Damned Again, by William Willis
- Damned and Damned Again by William Willis
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Socotran Society (Review) Jeanette Wakin
, p. 38 Island of the Dragon's Blood, by Douglas Botting
- Island of the Dragon's Blood by Douglas Botting
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Lovable Eddie (Review) Richard M. Elman
, pp. 39-45 Hobbledehoy's Hero, by Curt Johnson
- Hobbledehoy's Hero by Curt Johnson
- Literary Crypt, pp. 46-49
- Mid-Month Recordings
Frederic Ramsey, Jr.
, pp. 50-51 - Catfish Row and Wilshire
Irving Kolodin
, p. 52 - Doyen of Donaueschingen
Everett Helm
, p. 53 - Orbis Within Orbs
Wilder Hobson
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To Write Was His Life (Review) Wallace Fowlie
, pp. 57-58 So Be It, or The Chips are Down, by Andre Gide
- So Be It, or The Chips are Down by Andre Gide
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1316, pp. 59-60