December 4, 1948 Issue, THE SATURDAY REVIEW

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- Trade Winds
  Bennett Cerf
  , pp. 8-12
- The Destruction of Science in the USSR
  H.J. Muller
  , pp. 13-15
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  The Literary Sampler (6 Reviews) , pp. 16-17
  Excerpts and Jottings from New and Forthcoming Books
  1. Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History by Robert E. Sherwood
  2. The Busy, Busy People by Samuel Spewack
  3. Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
  4. Great Paintings in America by Fiske Kimball and Lionello Venturi
  5. Stalingrad by Theodor Plievier
  6. George Washington: A Biography, Vol. I by Douglas Southall Freeman
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  Literary Highlights of 1948 (42 Reviews)
  Amy Loveman
  , p. 18
  The Gathering Storm, by Winston S. Churchill
  1. The Gathering Storm by Winston S. Churchill
  2. Crusade in Europe by Dwight D. Eisenhower
  3. Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History by Robert E. Sherwood
  4. The Stilwell Papers by Theodore H. White and Joseph W. Stilwell
  5. The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931-April 1942 by Samuel Eliot Morison
  6. The Memoirs of Cordell Hull by Cordell Hull
  7. The Goebbels Diaries, 1942-1943 by Louis P. Lochner and Joseph Goebbels
  8. George Washington: A Biography, Vol. I by Douglas Southall Freeman
  9. Jefferson the Virginian by Dumas Malone
  10. Lincoln's Herndon by David Herbert Donald
  11. FDR: His Personal Letters by Elliott Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt
  12. Shake Well Before Using by Bennett A. Cerf
  13. ...It Gives Me Great Pleasure by Emily Kimbrough
  14. Days Without Time by Edwin Way Teale
  15. The American College Dictionary by Clarence L. Barnhart
  16. The Reader's Encyclopedia by William Rose Benet
  17. The American Language: Supplement Two by H.L. Mencken
  18. The Concert Companion by Robert C. Bagar and Louis L. Biancolli
  19. The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
  20. The Wine of Astonishment by Martha Gellhorn
  21. Straw to Make Brick by Alan Marcus
  22. The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw
  23. World Without Visa by Jean Malaquais
  24. Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens
  25. The Ides of March by Thornton Wilder
  26. Remembrance Rock by Carl Sandburg
  27. The Running of the Tide by Esther Forbes
  28. Toward the Morning by Hervey Allen
  29. The Nazarovs by Markoosha Fischer
  30. Red Plush by Guy McCrone
  31. A Clouded Star by Anne Parrish
  32. Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
  33. The Sky and the Forest by C.S. Forester
  34. Tomorrow Will Be Better by Betty Smith
  35. The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene
  36. Time Will Darken It by William Maxwell
  37. Wisteria Cottage by Robert M. Coates
  38. Intruder in the Dust by William Faulkner
  39. The Plague by Albert Camus
  40. Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
  41. The Hickory Stick by Virgil Scott
  42. Raintree County by Ross F. Lockridge, Jr.
- What SRL Reviewers Are Giving for Christmas, p. 19
- Straight to Heaven
  David L. Cohn
  , p. 20
- Literary I.Q., p. 21
- Editorial, pp. 22-23
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 24-25
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  Man, a Variety of Saint (Review)
  George N. Shuster
  , p. 26
  The Road to Reason, by Pierre Lecomte du Nouy
  1. The Road to Reason by Pierre Lecomte du Nouy
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  Point of Frustration (Review)
  William S. Lynch
  , p. 27
  Philosophy of Religion, by Fulton J. Sheen
  1. Philosophy of Religion by Fulton J. Sheen
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  Collection of Lies (Review)
  Leonard W. Doob
  , p. 27
  The Affairs of Dame Rumor, by David J. Jacobson
  1. The Affairs of Dame Rumor by David J. Jacobson
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  A Chemist and His Cohorts (Review)
  Waldemar Kaempffert
  , p. 28
  Mendeleyev, by Daniel Q. Posin
  1. Mendeleyev by Daniel Q. Posin
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  Adventuring in Odd Corners (Review)
  Asher Brynes
  , p. 29
  Wandering Scholar, by Moritz J. Bonn
  1. Wandering Scholar by Moritz J. Bonn
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  A Model British Intransigent (Review)
  Carl Purington Rollins
  , p. 29
  Letters of Eric Gill, by Walter Shewring and Eric Gill
  1. Letters of Eric Gill by Walter Shewring and Eric Gill
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  Confucius and the Golden Mean (Review)
  Robert Bierstedt
  , p. 30
  The First Holy One, by Maurice Collis
  1. The First Holy One by Maurice Collis
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  Wild-West Divine (Review)
  Pamela Taylor
  , p. 30
  Pioneer Preacher, by Opal Leigh Berryman
  1. Pioneer Preacher by Opal Leigh Berryman
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  The Girl Who Would Be Queen (Review)
  Harrison Smith
  , p. 31
  Elizabeth, Captive Princess, by Margaret E. Irwin
  1. Elizabeth, Captive Princess by Margaret E. Irwin
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  Life in a Medieval Nunnery (Review)
  Richard McLaughlin
  , p. 32
  The Corner that Held Them, by Sylvia Townsend Warner
  1. The Corner that Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner
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  Folk Living & Dying (Review)
  Eleazar Lipsky
  , p. 33
  Tales of My People, by Sholem Asch
  1. Tales of My People by Sholem Asch
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  Loving & Lamenting (Review)
  Sara Henderson Hay
  , p. 33
  The People Opposite, by Sylvia Thompson
  1. The People Opposite by Sylvia Thompson
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  Labor's Pains, 1919-41 (Review)
  Bradford Smith
  , pp. 34-35
  The Great Midland, by Alexander Saxton
  1. The Great Midland by Alexander Saxton
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  Reflections form an Old Mirror (Review)
  John T. Winterich
  , pp. 36-39
  The St. Nicholas Anthology, by Henry Steele Commager
  1. The St. Nicholas Anthology by Henry Steele Commager
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  Master of the Living Word (Review)
  Ben Ray Redman
  , pp. 40-41
  The Poetry and Prose of Heinrich Heine, by Frederic Ewen and Heinrich Heine
  1. The Poetry and Prose of Heinrich Heine by Frederic Ewen and Heinrich Heine
- Literary Crypt, p. 42
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  Cloaked Genius (Review)
  Robert Pick
  , pp. 42-43
  Franz Kafka: An Interpretation of His Work, by Herbert Tauber
  1. Franz Kafka: An Interpretation of His Work by Herbert Tauber
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  The Frothy Cerface (Review)
  Lee Rogow
  , pp. 44-45
  Shake Well Before Using, by Bennett A. Cerf
  1. Shake Well Before Using by Bennett A. Cerf
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  Rowdier Elements of the Vernacular (Review)
  John T. Winterich
  , pp. 46-47
  The Lost Art of Profanity, by Burges Johnson
  1. The Lost Art of Profanity by Burges Johnson
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  Rose the Redolent (Review)
  Horace Sutton
  , pp. 48-49
  Wine, Women and Words, by Billy Rose
  1. Wine, Women and Words by Billy Rose
- The Fine Arts
  James Thrall Soby
  , pp. 50-51
- Paul Sachs & His Friends
  Francis Henry Taylor
  , pp. 52-53
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  Seeing Things (Review)
  John Mason Brown
  , pp. 54-56
  R.S.V.P.
  1. Vogue's Book of Etiquette by Millicent Fenwick
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  Fiction Notes (7 Reviews)
  Catherine Meredith Brown
  , pp. 57-66
  Rock Haven, by Adelyn Bushnell
  1. Rock Haven by Adelyn Bushnell
  2. The Moving Stairs by Paul Pickrel
  3. Gay Pursuit by Elizabeth Cadell
  4. Hospital Zone by Elizabeth Seifert
  5. Song Before Sunrise by Jonreed Lauritzen
  6. First Citizen by Richard Sullivan
  7. The Burnished Blade by Lawrence L. Schoonover
- The New Recordings
  Edward Tatnall Canby
  , p. 67
- Booked for Travel
  Horace Sutton
  , pp. 68-69
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  Travelers' Tales (Review)
  Elliot Paul
  , p. 70
  Footloose in France, by Horace Sutton
  1. Footloose in France by Horace Sutton
- The Film Forum
  Raymond Spottiswoode
  , p. 71
- Phoenix Nest
  William Rose Benet
  , pp. 72-74
- Double-Crostic No. 767, p. 75
- Cover Drawing
  Hal McIntosh