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December 4, 1973 Issue - 21 Articles- Editorial
N.C.
, pp. 4-5 - Diversions
Leo Rosten
, pp. 6-7 - World Progress Report, pp. 8-10
- Curmudgeon-at-Large
Cleveland Amory
, p. 11 - Wit Twister No. 10
Arthur Swan
, p. 11 - Top of My Head
Goodman Ace
, pp. 12-13 - Plight of the American Language
Jean Stafford
, pp. 14-18 - Of Flounderburgers and the Fisherman's Dilemma
John Neary
, pp. 19-21 Books
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Special Books for Christmas (23 Reviews) Anne Hollander
, pp. 22-27 Feasting the Eye
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Marina Henderson
- Burne-Jones by Martin Hanson and Bill Waters
- The Symbolists by Philippe Jullian
- Erotic Art of the West by Robert Melville
- Primitive Erotic Art by Philip S. Rawson
- Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece by Edward E. Barthell, Jr.
- Westminster Abbey
- The Cecils of Hatfield House by David Cecil
- The Cartoon History of Britain by Michael Wynn Jones
- Reynolds by Ellis K. Waterhouse
- Francisco Goya: Drawings by Pierre Gassier and Francisco Goya
- Oskar Kokoschka Drawings, 1906-1965 by Ernest Rathenau and Oskar Kokoschka
- Picasso, in Retrospect by Roland Penrose and John Golding
- Great Flower Painters by Peter Mitchell
- The Book of Flowers by Alice M. Coats
- The Birds of America by John James Audubon and William Vogt
- Antique Cats for Collectors by Katharine Morrison McClinton
- Oriental Rugs in Colour by Preben Liebetrau
- China - A History in Art by Bradley Smith and Wan-go Weng
- The American Revolution: Mirror of a People by William Peirce Randel
- Riding the Rails by Michael Mathers
- Happy Times by Brendan Gill and Jerome Zerbe
- Alistair Cooke's America by Alistair Cooke
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Children's Books (40 Reviews) William Cole
, pp. 28-32 The Best of the Season
- Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction by David Macaulay
- It's Only Arnold by Brinton Turkle
- A Child's World of Stamps by Mildred Depree
- The Juniper Tree, and Other Tales from Grimm by Lore Segal and Randall Jarrell
- The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man by Lloyd Alexander
- The Real Thief by William Steig
- Witcracks: Jokes and Jests from American Folklore by Alvin Schwartz
- The Giant Panda Book by Tony Hiss
- Here Comes Herb's Hurricane! by James Stevenson
- Money and Kids by Mary Price Lee
- Meet My Folks by Ted Hughes
- The Fools of Chelm and Their History by Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Baba Yaga's Geese, and Other Russian Stories by Bonnie M. Carey
- The Circus Is Coming by John Stewart
- The Good Guys and the Bad Guys by Osmond Molarsky
- Mother Goose for Christmas by William Pene Du Bois
- The Crocodile's Toothbrush by Boris Zakhoder
- Jack Kent's Twelve Days of Christmas by Jack Kent
- Games and How to Play Them by Anne F. Rockwell
- Jack Jouett's Ride by Gail E. Haley
- The Day the Circus Came to Lone Tree by Glen Rounds
- Buzz Buzz Buzz by Byron Barton
- Further Tales of Mr. Pengachoosa by Caroline Rush
- My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Demons, Monsters, Fiend by Judith Viorst
- Little New Kangaroo by Bernard Wiseman
- The Mermaid and the Whale by Georgess McHargue
- Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie de Paola
- Don't You Remember? by Lucille Clifton
- Benjy's Dog House by Margaret Bloy Graham
- Let's Pretend It Happened to You by Bernice Wells Carlson
- Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? by Dr. Seuss
- The Little Wood Duck by Brian Wildsmith
- Martha Ann and the Mother Store by Nathaniel Charnley and Betty Jo Charnley
- Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs
- The Illustrated Book of Christmas Folklore by Tristram Potter Coffin
- The Cool Ride in the Sky by Diane Wolkstein
- Be a Frog, a Bird or a Tree by Rachel E. Carr
- The Little Kids Craft Book by Jackie Vermeer and Marian Lariviere
- The Brownstone by Paula Scher
- Bear Mouse by Berniece Freschet
Music
- Record 1973: The Fall Collection
Irving Kolodin
, p. 33 - Recommended in '73
Robert Craft, Roland Gelatt, and Irving Kolodin
, pp. 34-37 - Fine Arts
Katharine Kuh
, pp. 38-40 The New Art and Its Collectors
- World Environment Newsletter, pp. 41-45
- Travel
Horace Sutton
, pp. 46-48 A Date in the Desert
Education Supplement
- New Approaches to Law and Order
James Cass
, p. 49 - Reforming Soviet Education
Susan Jacoby
, pp. 50-56 - College Tuition: Who Should Pay?
Peter Janssen
, p. 57 - Light Refractions
Thomas H. Middleton
, p. 58 - Double-Crostic No. 38
Thomas H. Middleton
, pp. 59-66 - Cover design
Carol Wald