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May 9, 1959 Issue - 34 Articles- Trade Winds, pp. 6-9
- The Big Trend in Little Magazines
Rust Hills
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Literary Horizons (Review) Granville Hicks
, p. 13 James Joyce as Critic
- The Critical Writings of James Joyce by Ellsworth Mason, Richard Ellmann, and James Joyce, ...
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A Senator Surveys the Land of the Braves (Review) Richard L. Neuberger
, pp. 14-15 Indians and Other Americans, by Harold E. Fey and D'Arcy McNickle
- Indians and Other Americans by Harold E. Fey and D'Arcy McNickle
- Literary I.Q., p. 16
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Dynamics for the Western Dream (Review) Richard H. Heindel
, p. 16 A Good Time to Be Alive, by Edgar Ansel Mowrer
- A Good Time to Be Alive by Edgar Ansel Mowrer
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No Matter the Name, the Facts Are the Same (4 Reviews) Virgilia Peterson
, p. 17 Monsieur Moliere, by Michael O'Shaughnessy
- Monsieur Moliere by Michael O'Shaughnessy
- Love Is a Wild Assault by Elithe Hamilton Kirkland
- The Politician by Stephen Longstreet and Ethel Longstreet
- Trouble in the Flesh by Max Wylie
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The Yeas of Life (Review) Wright Morris
, p. 18 The Body's Cage, by Benjamin DeMott
- The Body's Cage by Benjamin DeMott
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Frame Around Faith (Review) Doris Betts
, p. 19 Measure My Love, by Helga Sandburg
- Measure My Love by Helga Sandburg
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Insights at Uskadak (Review) Ben Ray Redman
, p. 19 Providence Island, by Jacquetta H. Hawkes
- Providence Island by Jacquetta H. Hawkes
- The Public Still Owns the Air, p. 20
An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 21
- Broadway Postscript
Henry Hewes
, p. 22 Reviewing Indiana's O'Casey, Broadway's Destry
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Movies: Raising the Roof (2 Reviews) Arthur Knight
, p. 23 The Roof (1959 Film), by Vittorio De Sica
- The Roof (1959 Film) by Vittorio De Sica
- Crime and Punishment, USA (1959 Film) by Denis Sanders
- Music to My Ears
Irving Kolodin
, p. 24 Continuing the Bolshoi coverage
- Booked for Travel
Horace Sutton
, pp. 25-27 Reporting from the foot of Fuji
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Queen of the Reform Platform (Review) Alma Lutz
, p. 28 Ernestine Rose and the Battle for Human Rights, by Yuri Suhl
- Ernestine Rose and the Battle for Human Rights by Yuri Suhl
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The Gall of Rome (Review) Lionel Casson
, pp. 28-29 King of Pontus, by Alfred Duggan
- King of Pontus by Alfred Duggan
- Literary Crypt, p. 30
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Top-Level Reportage (Review) Vincent Sheean
, p. 30 Before I Forget, by Isaac F. Marcosson
- Before I Forget by Isaac F. Marcosson
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The Serious Songs of India (Review) Rosanne T.K. Archer
, p. 31 Green and Gold, by Humayun Kabir
- Green and Gold by Humayun Kabir
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Those Who Mind the Mind's Ordeal (Review) Germaine Bree
, p. 32 The New Literature, by Claude Mauriac
- The New Literature by Claude Mauriac
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Criminal Record (8 Reviews) Sergeant Cuff
, pp. 33-36 The Chinese Bell Murders, by Robert van Gulik
- The Chinese Bell Murders by Robert van Gulik
- The Innocents by Richard Savage
- I'll be Judge, I'll be Jury by Elizabeth Hely
- The Salazar Grant by E.L. Withers
- The Saint Maker by Leonard Holton
- The Grey Sombrero by Pete Fry
- So Dead the Rose by M.E. Chaber
- A Man to Match the Hour by Seldon Truss
New Books for Children
- The Tears, the Smiles Are the Same
Jane Scott McClure
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For Young Adults (9 Reviews) , pp. 38-39 Land of Foam, by Ivan Yefremov
- Land of Foam by Ivan Yefremov
- The Black Symbol by Annabel Johnson and Edgar Johnson
- Stormy by Jim Kjelgaard
- The Long Way Home by Margot Benary-Isbert
- The Face in the Stone by Elsie Reif Ziegler
- How Wide the Heart by Elisabeth Ogilvie
- Jennifer by Zoa Sherburne
- Life Is a Journey by Gertrude E. Finney
- Blueprint for Teen-Age Living by William C. Menninger
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People and Places (6 Reviews) , pp. 40-41 Vasco da Gama, by Ronald Syme
- Vasco da Gama by Ronald Syme
- That Dunbar Boy by Jean Gould
- The Knight of the Golden Fleece by Virginia Chase
- New Birth of Freedom by Virginia L.S. Eifert
- The Land and People of Finland by Erick Berry
- The Byzantines by Thomas Caldecot Chubb
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Older Boys and Girls (7 Reviews) , pp. 42-43 An Edge of the Forest, by Agnes Smith
- An Edge of the Forest by Agnes Smith
- Jeremy Craven by Joyce Collin-Smith
- The Children of the Marshes by Michel-Aime Baudouy
- Perilous Pilgrimage by Henry Treece
- Captain Ghost by Thelma Harrington Bell
- The Kidnapping of Kensington by Bruce Carter
- One to Make Ready by Elspeth Bragdon
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Fairy Tales and Fancy (6 Reviews) , p. 44 Miracle Plays, by Anne B. Malcolmson
- Miracle Plays by Anne B. Malcolmson
- Japanese Tales and Legends by Helen McAlpine and William McAlpine
- A Ring of Tales by Kathleen Lines
- The Thing at the Foot of the Bed by Maria Leach
- The Long-Nosed Princess by Priscilla C. Hallowell
- The Borrowers Afloat by Mary Norton
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For Young Readers (7 Reviews) , p. 45 The Fisherman's Son, by Eleanor Frances Lattimore
- The Fisherman's Son by Eleanor Frances Lattimore
- Pablo Paints a Picture by Warren Miller
- The Adventures of Rinaldo by Isabella Holt
- The Tenement Tree by Kate Seredy
- Prairie Winter by Elsie Kimmell Field
- Jackie and the Pit Pony by Hans Baumann
- Jannot: A French Rabbit by Mireille Marokvia
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Verse (3 Reviews) , p. 46 A Handful of Flowers, by Mary Britton Miller
- A Handful of Flowers by Mary Britton Miller
- I Would Like to be a Pony, and Other Wishes by Dorothy W. Baruch
- The Blackbird in the Lilac by James Reeves
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Nature (7 Reviews) , p. 46 Fly, Redwing, Fly, by Lloyd Lozes Goff
- Fly, Redwing, Fly by Lloyd Lozes Goff
- Seeds and More Seeds by Millicent E. Selsam
- The Independent Bluebird by Lucy Gallup
- Pigs, Tame and Wild by Olive L. Earle
- The Weasel Family by Charles L. Ripper
- Whooping Crane by Robert M. McClung
- Plants that Heal by Millicent E. Selsam
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Picture Books (9 Reviews) , pp. 47-50 The Plant Sitter, by Gene Zion
- The Plant Sitter by Gene Zion
- Animal Babies by Arthur Gregor
- Leopard on a String by Ann Kirn
- The Pointed Brush by Patricia Miles Martin
- The Little Donkey by Oleg Zinger and Ilse Windmuller
- Adelaide by Tomi Ungerer
- Jane Likes Pictures by Elisabeth MacIntyre
- A Fish Is Not a Pet by May Natalie Tabak
- Futility, the Tapir by Roberta Moynihan
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1311, pp. 51-52
- Cover Photograph
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