December 16, 1961 Issue, THE SATURDAY REVIEW

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- Phoenix Nest
  Martin Levin
  , pp. 6-8
- Trade Winds
  Jerome M. Beatty
  , pp. 9-10
- Offhand
  Niccolo Tucci
  , p. 11
- What Is English?
  Archibald MacLeish
  , pp. 12-14
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  Literary Horizons (3 Reviews)
  Granville Hicks
  , p. 15
  The Land Was Theirs
  1. The American Heritage Book of Indians by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
  2. The Patriot Chiefs by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
  3. These Were the Sioux by Mari Sandoz
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  The Last of the Yanas (Review)
  William Hogan
  , p. 16
  Ishi in Two Worlds, by Theodora Kroeber
  1. Ishi in Two Worlds by Theodora Kroeber
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  Shadows of the Dispossessed (Review)
  Nicholas Guppy
  , p. 17
  Nomads and Empire Builders, by Carleton Beals
  1. Nomads and Empire Builders by Carleton Beals
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  Clashes Before the Bench (Review)
  Francis X. Busch
  , p. 18
  My Life in Court, by Louis Nizer
  1. My Life in Court by Louis Nizer
- Literary Crypt, p. 19
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  Kaleidoscope of the Poet (Review)
  Norman Holmes Pearson
  , p. 19
  Carl Sandburg, by Harry Golden
  1. Carl Sandburg by Harry Golden
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  Plain Talk from Honest Abe (Review)
  Earl Schenck Miers
  , p. 19
  Conversations with Lincoln, by Charles M. Segal
  1. Conversations with Lincoln by Charles M. Segal
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  Growing pains of a Bourgeois (Review)
  Saul Maloff
  , p. 20
  The Good Conscience, by Carlos Fuentes
  1. The Good Conscience by Carlos Fuentes
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  A "Slummick" and Her Charges (Review)
  Barry Spacks
  , p. 21
  The Matchbox House, by Marilyn Duckworth
  1. The Matchbox House by Marilyn Duckworth
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  All This and Color Too (Review)
  W.G. Rogers
  , p. 21
  Night Song, by John Alfred Williams
  1. Night Song by John Alfred Williams
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  Gifts to Have and to Hold (14 Reviews)
  Alice Dalgliesh
  , p. 22
  Books for Young People
  1. On Christmas Eve by Margaret Wise Brown
  2. Christmas Is a Time of Giving by Joan Walsh Anglund
  3. The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren
  4. Mince Pie and Mistletoe by Phyllis McGinley
  5. The Little Juggler by Barbara Cooney
  6. Racketty-Packetty House, and Other Stories by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  7. The Noble Doll by Elizabeth Coatsworth
  8. The Mysterious Christmas Shell by Eleanor Cameron
  9. Peacock Pie by Walter de la Mare
  10. Kashtanka by Anton Chekhov
  11. The Borrowers Aloft by Mary Norton
  12. St. Jerome and the Lion by Rumer Godden
  13. Your Teens and Mine by Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen Ferris
  14. The Incas by Pedro de Cieza de Leon and Victor Wolfgang von Hagen, ...
- Literary I.Q., p. 23
- Freedom and Logic, p. 24
  An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 25-26
- Broadway Postscript
  Henry Hewes
  , p. 27
- Movies: On the Beach and Off
  Arthur Knight
  , p. 28
- Manner of Speaking
  John Ciardi
  , p. 29
- Music to My Ears
  Irving Kolodin
  , p. 30
- Points East, pp. 31-48
  A Special Section
- SR/Recordings, pp. 49-51
- While School Keeps
  James Cass
  , p. 52
- Report Card
  John Scanlon
  , pp. 53-56
- Karsh of Ottawa
  Margaret R. Weiss
  , pp. 57-69
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1446, p. 70
- Cover photograph
  Suzanne Szasz