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The Saturday Review • 61 Years, 2,646 Issues, 86,190 Articles, 131,463pp
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Fingertip Facts
From Apollodorus to Zanuck
by David M. Glixon
The Saturday Review, March 24, 1962, pp. 41-47
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Reviewed Books and Films
  1. Guide to the Use of Books and Libraries (1962)
    Jean Key Gates
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  2. Who Was Who, 1951-1960 (1962)
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  3. Chambers Biographical Dictionary (1962)
    Una McGovern
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  4. Dictionary of American Catholic Biography (1962)
    John J. Delaney and James Edward Tobin
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  5. The National Catholic Almanac (1960)
    2 Reviews, 2 Readable
  6. Collier's Encyclopedia (1962)
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  7. The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature (1941)
    George Sampson
    4 Reviews, 3 Readable
  8. A Dictionary of Literary Terms (1962)
    J.A. Cuddon
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  9. The New Century Classical Handbook (1962)
    Catherine B. Avery
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  10. Masterpieces of World Philosophy in Summary Form (1961)
    Frank N. Magill
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  11. The Penguin Dictionary of Quotations (1960)
    John M. Cohen
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  12. The Collins Gem Dictionary of Quotations (1962)
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  13. A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (1937)
    Eric Partridge
    Colloquialisms, and Catch-Phrases, Solecisms and Catachresis, Nicknames, and ...
    7 Reviews, 3 Readable
  14. Political Handbook of the World, 1962 (1962)
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  15. Political Africa (1961)
    Ronald Segal
    A Who's Who of Personalities and Parties
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  16. Europe's Needs and Resources (1961)
    J. Frederic Dewhurst, John O. Coppock, and P. Lamartine Yates, ...
    Trends, and Prospects in Eighteen Countries
    7 Reviews, 2 Readable
  17. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union (1962)
    Michael T. Florinsky
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  18. Encyclopedia of American History (1953)
    Richard B. Morris
    62 Chapters, 790pp - 3 Reviews, 2 Readable
  19. Illustrated World of the Bible Library (1962)
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  20. The Larousse Encyclopedia of the Earth (1962)
    Leon Bertin
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  21. Larousse Gastronomique (1961)
    Prosper Montagne
    2 Reviews, 2 Readable
  22. The Encyclopedia of Football (1962)
    Roger L. Treat
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  23. Ronald Encyclopedia of Football (1960)
    Harold Claassen
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  24. Scarne's Complete Guide to Gambling (1962)
    John Scarne
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  25. Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music (1953)
    Milton Cross and David Ewen
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  26. The Opera Companion (1962)
    George Whitney Martin
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  27. Encyclopedia of World Art (1960)
    Jack Heraty
    2 Reviews, 2 Readable
  28. The Joey Adams Joke Dictionary (1962)
    Joey Adams
    1 Review, 1 Readable
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