May 11, 1957 Issue, THE SATURDAY REVIEW

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- Trade Winds, pp. 6-8
- What Killed Collier's?
  Hollis Alpert
  , pp. 9-11
- The Vatican Film Library
  Thomas B. Sherman
  , p. 12
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  SR's Spotlight on Fiction (Review)
  Roger H. Smith
  , p. 13
  The Complete Works of Nathanael West, by Nathanael West
  1. The Complete Works of Nathanael West by Nathanael West
- The Happy Mortician
  Archibald Van Vorhees
  , pp. 13-14
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  Nazi Apocalypse (Review)
  Richard Plant
  , p. 15
  Berlin, by Theodor Plievier
  1. Berlin by Theodor Plievier
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  Duly Noted (7 Reviews)
  S.P. Mansten
  , p. 15
  Not Yet, by Tereska Torres
  1. Not Yet by Tereska Torres
  2. Small Wonder by Graham Porter
  3. Hurricane Season by Ralph Winnett
  4. A Haunted Land by Randolph Stow
  5. Ferguson by Rayne Kruger
  6. Alabama Empire by Welbourn Kelley
  7. The Hunger, and Other Stories by Charles Beaumont
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  Alger Hiss's Story (Review)
  Thomas E. Cooney
  , p. 16
  In the Court of Public Opinion, by Alger Hiss
  1. In the Court of Public Opinion by Alger Hiss
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  French Ideas, American Dollars (Review)
  Francis Henry Taylor
  , p. 17
  Men and Monuments, by Janet Flanner
  1. Men and Monuments by Janet Flanner
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  Magnificent, Monstrous Outbursts (Review)
  Georgine Oeri
  , p. 18
  Sources of Art Nouveau, by Stephan Tschudi Madsen
  1. Sources of Art Nouveau by Stephan Tschudi Madsen
- Averages: A Pantomime
  Edwin Honig
  , p. 18
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  Oriental Treasure House (Review)
  Paul Arthur Schilpp
  , p. 19
  A Source Book in Indian Philosophy, by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Charles A. Moore, ...
  1. A Source Book in Indian Philosophy by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Charles A. Moore, ...
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  Father Spider (Review)
  John Frederick Muehl
  , p. 20
  The Nature of Passion, by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
  1. The Nature of Passion by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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  Sly Rascal (Review)
  John Haverstick
  , p. 20
  The Printer of Malgudi, by R.K. Narayan
  1. The Printer of Malgudi by R.K. Narayan
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  Duly Noted (Review)
  S.P. Mansten
  , p. 20
  Sushila, by Graham McInnes
  1. Sushila by Graham McInnes
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  How to Avoid Mycophobia (Review)
  Robert Graves
  , p. 21
  Mushrooms, Russia, and History, by Valentina Pavlovna Wasson and R. Gordon Wasson, ...
  1. Mushrooms, Russia, and History by Valentina Pavlovna Wasson and R. Gordon Wasson, ...
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  The Mushroom Hunter (Review)
  Martin Levin
  , pp. 21-22
  Mushrooms, Russia, and History, by Valentina Pavlovna Wasson and R. Gordon Wasson, ...
  1. Mushrooms, Russia, and History by Valentina Pavlovna Wasson and R. Gordon Wasson, ...
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  Low: Cartoonist of Our World (Review)
  Stephen Potter
  , p. 23
  Low's Autobiography, by David Low
  1. Low's Autobiography by David Low
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  Life in Burke's Peerage (Review)
  E.P. Monroe
  , p. 23
  Reminiscences, by Grace E.T. Hinds Curzon
  1. Reminiscences by Grace E.T. Hinds Curzon
- The Americans and the Hungarians
  Elmo Roper
  , p. 24
  An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 25
- Broadway Postscript, p. 26
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  The Movies: More Bull (3 Reviews)
  Hollis Alpert
  , p. 27
  Torero! (1956 Film), by Carlos Velo
  1. Torero! (1956 Film) by Carlos Velo
  2. Boy on a Dolphin (1957 Film) by Jean Negulesco
  3. Nana (1955 Film) by Christian-Jaque
- TV and Radio, p. 28
- The Fine Arts, pp. 29-30
- Booked for Travel, pp. 31-32
- Music to My Ears
  Irving Kolodin
  , p. 33
- The Perennial Blues
  Yannick Bruynoghe and Stanley Dance
  , pp. 34-35
- Recordings Reports: Jazz LPs, pp. 36-37
- The Penguins Gather
  Lysander Kemp
  , p. 38
- Anton Webern Complete
  Peter Yates
  , p. 39
- A Teen-Ager Looks at Jazz
  D.S. Levine
  , p. 40
- Off-Beat, and On
  I.K.
  , pp. 41-45
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  Taste, Mediocrity, and Everyman (Review)
  Gilbert Seldes
  , pp. 46-50
  Mass Culture, by Bernard Rosenberg and David Manning White
  1. Mass Culture by Bernard Rosenberg and David Manning White
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  Picture Books (16 Reviews) , pp. 51-53
  1. The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Peter C. Asbjornsen and Jorgen E. Moe
  2. Madeline and the Bad Hat by Ludwig Bemelmans
  3. What Do You Want to Be? by Francoise Seignobosc
  4. The Good-for-Nothings by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
  5. Give a Guess by Mary Britton Miller
  6. Not One More Day by Donna Hill
  7. The Birthday Party by Ruth Krauss
  8. Cheerful by Palmer Brown
  9. Kevin by Mary Chalmers
  10. The Tale of Tiny Tutak by Hanna Wiig
  11. Wake Up, City! by Alvin Tresselt
  12. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
  13. Very Far Away by Maurice Sendak
  14. Annie's Spending Spree by Nancy Dingman Watson
  15. The Late Spring by Jean Fritz
  16. Coral Island by Nicolas
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  Books for Younger Children The Monkey of Crofton, by Eleanor Frances Latt... (6 Reviews) , pp. 54-55
  1. The Monkey of Crofton by Eleanor Frances Lattimore
  2. The Uninvited Donkey by Anne H. White
  3. Blue Mystery by Margot Benary-Isbert
  4. Wild Geese Flying by Cornelia Meigs
  5. Confetti for Cortorelli by David Leslie Fletcher
  6. A Shilling for Samuel by Virginia Grilley
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  Imaginative and Folk Tales Hortense, the Cow for a Queen, by Natalie Sava... (5 Reviews) , p. 56
  1. Hortense, the Cow for a Queen by Natalie Savage Carlson
  2. The One Hundred and One Dalmations by Dodie Smith
  3. Miss Grimsbee Is a Witch by Gerald C. Weales
  4. Mike Fink by James Cloyd Bowman
  5. The Hat-Shaking Dance, and Other Ashanti Tales from Ghana by Harold Courlander and Albert Kofi Prempeh
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  For Older Boys and Girls The Shield Ring, by Rosemary Sutcliff (6 Reviews) , p. 57
  1. The Shield Ring by Rosemary Sutcliff
  2. That Jud! by Elspeth Bragdon
  3. Boss Chombale by Margaret Carson Hubbard
  4. Elephant Bridge by Jeffrey Potter
  5. Joe Sunpool by Don Wilcox
  6. Adventure to Home by Robert Wells
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  About People Edna St. Vincent Millay, by Toby Shafter (4 Reviews) , p. 58
  1. Edna St. Vincent Millay by Toby Shafter
  2. Elizabeth by Frances Winwar
  3. The Man Who Was Chosen by Elise Lavelle
  4. Tom Paine: Freedom's Apostle by Leo Gurko
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  About Many Things The Magic Stones, by Alain (13 Reviews) , pp. 59-61
  1. The Magic Stones by Alain
  2. What Could You See? by Jeanne Bendick
  3. Run, Sandpiper, Run by Lloyd Lozes Goff
  4. Magic House of Numbers by Irving Adler
  5. Manhattan Island by May Garelick
  6. Experiments with a Microscope by Nelson F. Beeler and Franklyn M. Branley
  7. Men of Medicine by Katherine B. Shippen
  8. Stories from the Bible by Margherita Fanchiotti
  9. Hole in the Tree by Jean Craighead George
  10. Leaper by Robert M. McClung
  11. The River's Journey by Anne Marie Jauss
  12. See Through the Jungle by Millicent E. Selsam
  13. The Rabbit Story by Alvin R. Tresselt
- High Adventure for Young Adults
  Jean C. Roos
  , pp. 62-63
- Literary I.Q. , p. 64
- Literary Crypt , p. 65
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  For Young Adults Patch, by Constance H. Frick Irwin (9 Reviews) , pp. 65-66
  1. Patch by Constance H. Frick Irwin
  2. The Beau Collector by Pauline M. Hodgkinson Coleman
  3. Young Inca Prince by Alida Malkus
  4. Hardnose by Gilbert Douglas
  5. Because of Madeline by Mary Stolz
  6. A Girl of the North Country by Elizabeth Howard
  7. Julie's Heritage by Catherine Marshall
  8. Where the Trail Divided by Lorna Callahan
  9. This Dear-Bought Land by Jean Lee Latham
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1207, pp. 67-68