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The Fon and the Golden Cat

The King and His Beasts, Part III

by Gerald M. Durrell

The Harpers Monthly, October 1954, pp. 65-70

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    16. Math's a Pleasure by Mario G. Salvadori, pp. 88-91
    17. After Hours by "Mr. Harper", pp. 92-95
    18. [+]
      The New Books by Gilbert Highet, pp. 96-100 - 8 Reviews
      1. The Nazarene Gospel Restored by Robert Graves and Joshua Podro
      2. The Fall of a Titan by Igor Gouzenko
      3. Art Under a Dictatorship by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt
      4. Unto a Good Land by Vilhelm Moberg
      5. American Ways of Life by George R. Stewart
      6. India: Paintings From Ajanta Caves by Madanjeet Singh
      7. The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley
      8. The Lost Island by Graham McInnes
    19. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 101-102 - 6 Reviews
      1. The Dollmaker by Harriette Arnow
      2. A Wreath for the Enemy by Pamela Frankau
      3. The Victorian Chaise-Longue by Marghanita Laski
      4. The Gentle House by Anna Perrott Rose
      5. A Child of the Century by Ben Hecht
      6. The End of Innocence by Jonathan Daniels
    20. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 103-104
    21. Cover by Bernard Perlin
  9. [+]
    September 1954 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 7-9
    2. The Easy Chair--- by Bernard DeVoto, pp. 10-19
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 20-26
    4. Why the Businessmen are Leaving Washington by Arthur Moore, pp. 27-32
    5. Covering the World Series by Charles Einstein, pp. 33-37
    6. Churchill in His Element by Woodrow Wyatt, pp. 38-44
    7. Troubled, Frustrated by Leonard Bacon, p. 45
    8. Pater Familias by Phyllis McGinley, p. 46
    9. When Negroes Entered a Texas School by Arthur D. Morse, pp. 47-49
    10. Snakes and Shilling by Gerald M. Durrell, pp. 50-56
    11. Shock: The Herald of Death by Leonard Engel, pp. 57-62
    12. To Eva Descending the Stair by Sylvia Plath, p. 63
    13. A Soft Answer by John D. Weaver, pp. 64-72
    14. Doodling in Three Dimensions by Dan Wickenden, pp. 73-78
    15. Our Castles in Spain by F. George Steiner, pp. 79-86
    16. Psychoanalysis and Writers by Malcolm Cowley, pp. 87-93
    17. After Hours by "Mr. Harper", pp. 94-97
    18. [+]
      The New Books by Gilbert Highet, pp. 98-104 - 4 Reviews
      1. A Fable by William Faulkner
      2. William Faulkner: A Critical Study by Irving Howe
      3. The Tangled Fire of William Faulkner by William Van O'Connor
      4. The World of William Faulkner by Ward L. Miner
    19. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 105-107 - 6 Reviews
      1. The Iron Maiden by Edwin Lanham
      2. The Time of the Fire by Marc Brandel
      3. The Green Place by Keith Jennison
      4. The Dream and the Desert by Uys Krige
      5. The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill by Hermann Hagedorn
      6. A Murder in Paradise by Richard Gehman
    20. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 108-112
    21. Cover by Leo Hershfield
  10. [+]
    October 1954 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-7
    2. The Easy Chair by Bernard DeVoto, pp. 8-13
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 14-24
    4. We Accuse! by Joseph Alsop and Stewart Alsop, pp. 25-45
    5. London in December by Martin Flavin, pp. 46-50
    6. Sensical Situation by Felicia Lamport, p. 51
    7. Missouri's One-Family Newspaper by Carol Lynn Gilmer, pp. 52-57
    8. The Ladies of the House by Frank O'Connor, pp. 58-64
    9. The Fon and the Golden Cat by Gerald M. Durrell, pp. 65-70
    10. The Great Wall Street Crash by John Kenneth Galbraith, pp. 71-79
    11. Moving Day by Lucretia Coles, p. 80
    12. The Real Menace of TV by Jane Whitbread and Vivian Cadden, pp. 81-83
    13. Italy's Creeping Communism by Luigi Barzini, Jr., pp. 84-89
    14. After Hours by "Mr. Harper", pp. 90-92
    15. James T. Farrell: Moralist by C. Hartley Grattan, pp. 93-99
    16. [+]
      The New Books by Paul Pickrel, pp. 100-106 - 9 Reviews
      1. Melbourne by Lord David Cecil
      2. The Remarkable Mr. Jerome by Anita Leslie
      3. The Man Who Lives in Paradise by A.C. Gilbert and Marshall McClintock
      4. My Life With the Microbes by Selman A. Waksman
      5. The Anatomy of a Crime by Joseph F. Dinneen
      6. The Memoirs of Aga Khan by Aga Khan
      7. Adventure in Freedom by Oscar Handlin
      8. In the Name of Sanity by Lewis Mumford
      9. The Dancing Bear: Berlin de Profundis by Frances Faviell
    17. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 107-109 - 5 Reviews
      1. The Midnight Patient by Egon Hostovsky
      2. Three by Tey by Josephine Tey
      3. The Feast of July by H.E. Bates
      4. A Blessed Girl by Emily Lutyens
      5. Beyond the Hundredth Meridian by Wallace Stegner
    18. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 110-112
  11. [+]
    November 1954 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-7
    2. The Easy Chair by Bernard DeVoto, pp. 8-19
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 20-28
    4. The Changing Past by Lynn White, Jr., pp. 29-34
    5. The Cougars: Life With a Brooklyn Gang by Stacy V. Jones, pp. 35-43
    6. What I Saw in Red China, pp. 44-46
    7. Go Get the Goodly Squab by Sylvia Plath, p. 47
    8. The Death of Lady Mondegreen by Sylvia Wright, pp. 48-51
    9. Merriam of Chicago by Joseph N. Bell, pp. 52-58
    10. The Mask by Storm Jameson, pp. 59-66
    11. The Responsibilities of Management by Peter F. Drucker, pp. 67-72
    12. Majorca for Living by Charles W. Thayer, pp. 73-78
    13. Can Our Teachers Read and Write? by James D. Koerner, pp. 79-81
    14. After Hours by "Mr. Harper", pp. 82-85
    15. The Last Romantic War by Cecil Woodham-Smith, pp. 86-91
    16. Evitable Plight by Felicia Lamport, pp. 92-93
    17. [+]
      The New Books by Randall Jarrell, pp. 94-103 - 14 Reviews
      1. Thirty Years by John P. Marquand
      2. A Study of History by Arnold J. Toynbee
      3. The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson
      4. Collected Poems by Wallace Stevens
      5. Tactical Exercise by Evelyn Waugh
      6. The Taste-Makers by Russell Lynes
      7. The View From Pompey's Head by Hamilton Basso
      8. The Huge Season by Wright Morris
      9. The Literary Situation by Malcolm Cowley
      10. The Big Ball of Wax by Shepherd Mead
      11. Leopards and Lilies by Alfred Duggan
      12. Reunion by Merle Miller
      13. Youth's Companion by Lovell Thompson
      14. The Saturday Evening Post Treasury by Roger P. Butterfield
    18. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 104-107 - 10 Reviews
      1. The Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle
      2. Good Morning, Miss Dove by Frances Gray Patton
      3. No Time for Sergeants by Mac Hyman
      4. Madame de--- by Louise de Vilmorin
      5. Sweet and Sour by John O'Hara
      6. Free Love and Heavenly Sinners by Robert Shaplen
      7. Adventures in Politics by Richard L. Neuberger
      8. Guide to Politics 1954 by Quincy Howe and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
      9. Higher Than the Sky by Frances Cranmer Greenman
      10. The Bafut Beagles by Gerald M. Durrell
    19. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 108-112
    20. Cover by Tom Knoth
  12. [+]
    December 1954 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 7-9
    2. The Easy Chair by Bernard DeVoto, pp. 10-17
    3. Personal & Otherwise, pp. 18-24
    4. Do We Have to Give Up Smoking? by Leonard Engel, pp. 25-30
    5. Protection for a Tough Racket by Cordelia Baird Gross, pp. 31-33
    6. Talmadge---the Best Southern Governor? by George McMillan, pp. 34-40
    7. The Geisha Girls of Ponto-cho by William Demby, pp. 41-47
    8. What a Secretary of State Really Does by Dean Acheson, p. 48
    9. The Jet-Propelled Couch, Part I by Robert Lindner, pp. 49-55
    10. The River Glideth by Anthony Ostroff, pp. 56-57
    11. The Young Man Who Came to Visit by Gretchen Finletter, pp. 58-60
    12. The Passionate State of Mind by Eric Hoffer, pp. 61-63
    13. A Good Investment by Joyce Cary, pp. 64-72
    14. After Hours by "Mr. Harper", pp. 73-76
    15. Mr. Graves' Anti-Christ by Dwight Macdonald, pp. 77-81
    16. Christmas Books for Children by Jennie D. Lindquist, pp. 82-89
    17. [+]
      The New Books by Joseph Henry Jackson, pp. 90-101 - 5 Reviews
      1. My Several Worlds by Pearl S. Buck
      2. Atoms in the Family by Laura Fermi
      3. Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History by Paul Horgan
      4. The Spoor of Spooks, and Other Nonsense by Bergen Evans
      5. Woodland Flowers by Jeannette Klute
    18. [+]
      Books in Brief by Katherine Gauss Jackson, pp. 102-108 - 13 Reviews
      1. My Brother's Keeper by Marcia Davenport
      2. The Temptation of Roger Heriott by Edward Newhouse
      3. Margin of Error by Mary Borden
      4. Hester Lilly and Twelve Other Stories by Elizabeth Taylor
      5. Shocking Life by Elsa Schiaparelli
      6. Always in Vogue by Edna Woolman Chase and Ilka Chase
      7. The Woman Within by Ellen Glasgow
      8. The Untold Story of Douglas MacArthur by Frazier Hunt
      9. MacArthur: 1941-1951 by Charles A. Willoughby and John Chamberlain
      10. Black Power by Richard Wright
      11. An American in India by Saunders Redding
      12. The Book of the Sea by A.C. Spectorsky
      13. Sports Cars in Action by John R. Bond
    19. The New Recordings by Edward Tatnall Canby, pp. 109-112
    20. Cover by Ben Shahn
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9. [+]
  Issues of 1958 = 12 Issues, 247 Articles
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  Issues of 1960 = 12 Issues, 262 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1961 = 12 Issues, 273 Articles
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  Issues of 1962 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
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  Issues of 1963 = 12 Issues, 241 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1964 = 12 Issues, 274 Articles
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  Issues of 1965 = 12 Issues, 325 Articles
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  Issues of 1966 = 12 Issues, 273 Articles
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  Issues of 1968 = 12 Issues, 228 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1969 = 12 Issues, 248 Articles
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  Issues of 1970 = 12 Issues, 221 Articles
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  Issues of 1971 = 12 Issues, 238 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1972 = 12 Issues, 222 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1973 = 12 Issues, 318 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1974 = 12 Issues, 274 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1975 = 12 Issues, 256 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1976 = 6 Issues, 123 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1977 = 12 Issues, 226 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1978 = 12 Issues, 234 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1979 = 12 Issues, 243 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1980s = 10 Years, 119 Issues, 2,472 Articles
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  Issues of 1980 = 11 Issues, 219 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1981 = 12 Issues, 231 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1982 = 12 Issues, 190 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1983 = 12 Issues, 211 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1984 = 12 Issues, 298 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1985 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1986 = 12 Issues, 294 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1987 = 12 Issues, 263 Articles
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  Issues of 1988 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
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  Issues of 1989 = 12 Issues, 251 Articles
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Issues of the 1990s = 10 Years, 109 Issues, 2,094 Articles
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  Issues of 1990 = 11 Issues, 220 Articles
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  Issues of 1991 = 8 Issues, 151 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1992 = 12 Issues, 255 Articles
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  Issues of 1993 = 9 Issues, 183 Articles
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  Issues of 1994 = 11 Issues, 224 Articles
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  Issues of 1995 = 12 Issues, 221 Articles
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  Issues of 1996 = 12 Issues, 227 Articles
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  Issues of 1997 = 12 Issues, 213 Articles
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  Issues of 1998 = 10 Issues, 182 Articles
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  Issues of 1999 = 12 Issues, 218 Articles
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Issues of the 2000s = 9 Years, 87 Issues, 1,520 Articles
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  Issues of 2000 = 11 Issues, 178 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 2001 = 12 Issues, 215 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 2002 = 12 Issues, 199 Articles
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  Issues of 2003 = 11 Issues, 201 Articles
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  Issues of 2004 = 10 Issues, 180 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 2005 = 12 Issues, 218 Articles
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  Issues of 2006 = 11 Issues, 174 Articles
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  Issues of 2007 = 2 Issues, 25 Articles
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  Issues of 2009 = 6 Issues, 130 Articles
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Issues of the 2010s = 1 Year, 2 Issues, 39 Articles
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  Issues of 2010 = 2 Issues, 39 Articles