November 1941

Articles

• The Aurelian

  “Pilgram decided that the dream of his life was about to break at last from its old crinkly cocoon.”

  Vladimir Nabokov

• Secret History of the American Revolution

  Richard Ely Danielson

• First Person Singular

  Edward Weeks

• Scum of the Earth

  William Henry Chamberlin

• Grey Eminence

  Richard E. Danielson

• The Men Around Churchill

  William Henry Chamberlin

• The Ordeal of Oliver Airedale, or to the Dogs and Back

  Richard E. Danielson

• Pardon My Harvard Accent

  Wilson Follett

• Golden Yesterdays

  Vida D. Scudder

• Murder Out Yonder

  Wilson Follett

• France on Berlin Time

  William Henry Chamberlin

• Roosevelt: Dictator or Democrat

  Wilson Follett

• Jacob

  Robert M. Gay

• The Ground We Stand On

  Robert S. Hillyer

• What Are Years

  Elizabeth Drew

• Volcanic Isle

  William Henry Chamberlin

• The Viking Book of Poetry of the English-Speaking World

  Robert S. Hillyer

• The Democratic Spirit

  Richard E. Danielson

• My New Order

  William Henry Chamberlin

• The Intent of the Critic

  Elizabeth Drew

• Return to the River

  Wilson Follett

• The Contributors' Column

• The Conflict Between Capitalism and Democracy

  Raoul de Roussy de Sales

• William Riley and the Fates

  Stephen Vincent Benét

• Will Congress Rescue the Unions?

  Robert S. Binkerd

• Literature for Sale: The Agent Speaks

  Ann Watkins

• The Last Best Hope of Earth: A Philosophy for the War

  ‘We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.’ — ABRAHAM LINCOLN

  Harry Scherman

• Don't Do It Again! A Liberal Looks at Germany

  Andrew Mcfadyean

• Beware the Aftermath

  A. Lawrence Lowell

• Landfall: (Norway, May 8, 1940)

  John Buxton

• Elegy: (For T. J., Killed May 10, 1940, at Hemnesberget)

  John Buxton

• The Prisoner to the Singing Rird: (May 16, 1940)

  John Buxton

• Sonnet (For M. B.): (Germany, July 1940)

  John Buxton

• Mrs. Appleyard in Novemrer

  [The author asserts that any resemblance between Mrs. Appleyard, members of her family, or other characters in this paper, and any real person or persons, including the Scandinavian, is purely coincidental, and she can’t think how it happened.]

  Louise Andrews Kent

• The Atlantic Believes

• Drama at the Crossroads

  Norris Houghton

• 'Are There Any Questions?'

  John Mason Brown

• Literary Criticism and History

  Edmund Wilson

• The Mistresses

  Martha Keller

• The Excitements of Being Mature

  Rollo Walter Brown

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