June 20, 1959 Issue, THE SATURDAY REVIEW

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- Phoenix Nest, pp. 6-7
- Trade Winds, pp. 8-9
- The Renaissance Man Today
  Howard Mumford Jones
  , pp. 10-12
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  The First University Press (Review)
  John Lear
  , p. 13
  A History of Science, by George Sarton
  1. A History of Science by George Sarton
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  To Verify Universal Values (Review)
  Harold D. Lasswell
  , p. 14
  Political Theory, by Arnold Brecht
  1. Political Theory by Arnold Brecht
- Roots of Latin American Literature
  Carleton Beals
  , p. 15
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  Massacre of a Wondrous Culture (Review)
  John Collier
  , p. 16
  The Incas, by Pedro de Cieza de Leon and Victor Wolfgang von Hagen, ...
  1. The Incas by Pedro de Cieza de Leon and Victor Wolfgang von Hagen, ...
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  Creativity from Aztecs to Tamayo (3 Reviews)
  Selden Rodman
  , p. 17
  An Anthology of Mexican Poetry, by Octavio Paz
  1. An Anthology of Mexican Poetry by Octavio Paz
  2. The Muse in Mexico by Thomas Mabry Cranfill
  3. The Eye of Mexico by Barney Rosset and Donald Allen
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  Literary Horizons (6 Reviews)
  Granville Hicks
  , p. 18
  From the Academy
  1. Berkshire County by Richard D. Birdsall
  2. The Negro Novel in America by Robert A. Bone
  3. Arnold Bennett: Primitivism and Taste by James Winford Hall
  4. The Sympathetic Alien by J. Mitchell Morse
  5. Proust Recaptured by Pamela Hansford Johnson
  6. The White Hound by Ward A. Dorrance and Thomas Mabry
- The University: Patron of Poets?
  John Ciardi
  , p. 19
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  Never the Last Word (Review)
  Robert Payne
  , p. 20
  On Translation, by Reuben A. Brower
  1. On Translation by Reuben A. Brower
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  Literature's Merchants of Sanskrit (Review)
  Robin White
  , p. 21
  Tales of Ancient India, by J.A.B. van Buitenen
  1. Tales of Ancient India by J.A.B. van Buitenen
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  Yesterday's Everygirl (Review)
  Norman Holmes Pearson
  , p. 21
  Heiress of All the Ages, by William Wasserstrom
  1. Heiress of All the Ages by William Wasserstrom
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  Pick of the Paperbacks (19 Reviews) , pp. 22-23
  The Epic of Latin American Literature, by Arturo Torres-Rioseco
  1. The Epic of Latin American Literature by Arturo Torres-Rioseco
  2. Five Masters by Joseph Wood Krutch
  3. Forms of Modern Fiction by William Van O'Connor
  4. The Fiction of J. D. Salinger by Frederick L. Gwynn and Joseph L. Blotner
  5. Richard Crashaw by Ruth C. Wallerstein
  6. History of the Persian Empire by A.T. Olmstead
  7. History of the Byzantine Empire by Alexander A. Vasiliev
  8. How To Get Into College by Frank H. Bowles
  9. How to Finance a College Education by W. Bradford Craig
  10. Liberal Education and the Democratic Ideal by A. Whitney Griswold
  11. American Ideas About Adult Education, 1710-1951 by C. Hartley Grattan
  12. The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus
  13. A Short Life of Kierkegaard by Walter Lowrie
  14. Introduction to Existentialism by Marjorie Grene
  15. An Introduction to Mathematics by Alfred North Whitehead
  16. The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills
  17. People of Plenty by David M. Potter
  18. Business Cycles and Their Causes by Wesley C. Mitchell
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  Demographers Go to the New World (Review)
  Ernest van den Haag
  , p. 24
  The Family and Population Control, by Rueben Hill, J. Mayone Stycos, and Kurt W. Back
  1. The Family and Population Control by Rueben Hill, J. Mayone Stycos, and Kurt W. Back
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  A View of the Underdeveloped (3 Reviews)
  Eugene R. Schlesinger
  , p. 25
  Pilot Project, India, by Albert Mayer, Mckim Marriott, and Richard L. Park, ...
  1. Pilot Project, India by Albert Mayer, Mckim Marriott, and Richard L. Park, ...
  2. Population and Progress in the Far East by Warren S. Thompson
  3. The Commonwealth Economy in South-East Asia by T.H. Silcock
- The Riches of the University Presses
  William Sloane
  , p. 26
  A Guest Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 27
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  Movies: Making History (3 Reviews)
  Arthur Knight
  , p. 28
  The Horse Soldiers (1959 Film), by John Ford
  1. The Horse Soldiers (1959 Film) by John Ford
  2. John Paul Jones (1959 Film) by John Farrow
  3. Middle of the Night (1959 Film) by Delbert Mann
- Literary Crypt, p. 28
- Broadway Postscript, pp. 29-30
- Booked for Travel
  Horace Sutton
  , pp. 31-35
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  Many Things Have Gone Into the Making of America (6 Reviews)
  Rychard Fink
  , pp. 36-39
  The Frontier Mind, by Arthur K. Moore
  1. The Frontier Mind by Arthur K. Moore
  2. The American Way by Dexter Perkins
  3. Seventeenth-Century America by James Morton Smith
  4. Montana: An Uncommon Land by K. Ross Toole
  5. The Urban Frontier by Richard C. Wade
  6. The Living and the Dead by W. Lloyd Warner
- Literary I.Q., pp. 40-41
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  A Lesson in Human Conservation (Review)
  Lewis H. Loeser
  , p. 42
  The Ineffective Soldier, by Eli Ginzberg, James K. Anderson, and Sol W. Ginzberg, ...
  1. The Ineffective Soldier by Eli Ginzberg, James K. Anderson, and Sol W. Ginzberg, ...
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  The Lighted Dark (Review)
  Burnham Carter
  , p. 43
  Hope Deferred, by Jacobus ten Broek and Floyd W. Matson
  1. Hope Deferred by Jacobus ten Broek and Floyd W. Matson
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  High-Browed Lives (Review)
  Frank T. Wilson
  , pp. 44-45
  The Gifted Group at Mid-Life, by Lewis M. Terman and Melita H. Oden
  1. The Gifted Group at Mid-Life by Lewis M. Terman and Melita H. Oden
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  Five Laws of Good (Review)
  Ward Madden
  , pp. 46-48
  Our Public Life, by Paul Weiss
  1. Our Public Life by Paul Weiss
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  Four in a Circle (Review)
  Leon Edel
  , pp. 49-50
  The Eccentric Design, by Marius Bewley
  1. The Eccentric Design by Marius Bewley
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  Divining the Dane (Review)
  Harry Berger
  , pp. 51-54
  The Question of Hamlet, by Harry Levin
  1. The Question of Hamlet by Harry Levin
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  Bark Skirts and Tom-Toms (Review)
  Robert Hofsinde
  , pp. 55-56
  The Inland Whale, by Theodora Kroeber
  1. The Inland Whale by Theodora Kroeber
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  Things South (Review) , pp. 57-58
  Latin America, by J. Fred Rippy
  1. Latin America by J. Fred Rippy
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  Books for Young People (13 Reviews) , pp. 59-62
  Charlie Yup and His Snip-Snap Boys, by James Flora
  1. Charlie Yup and His Snip-Snap Boys by James Flora
  2. Sia Lives in Kilimanjaro by Astrid Lindgren
  3. Magic or Not? by Edward Eager
  4. The Moon Jumpers by Janice May Udry
  5. Musa the Shoemaker by Louise A. Stinetorf
  6. Indian Picture Writing by Robert Hofsinde
  7. St. Lawrence Seaway by Clara Ingram Judson
  8. Sounds All Around by Tillie S. Pine and Joseph Levine
  9. Kites: How to Make and Fly Them by Marion Downer
  10. The Secret of Crossbone Hill by Wilson Gage
  11. Diamonds by Herbert S. Zim
  12. How St. Francis Tamed the Wolf by Elizabeth Rose
  13. Saint Francis and the Animals by Leo Politi
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1317, p. 63
- Chess Corner, pp. 64-68