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March 1962

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	Art/illustration [Cover art] By George Samerjan SEE ALSO: Opium poppy PDF IMAGES
6-14	Letters/Department Letters On The strange romance between John L. Lewis and Cyrus Eaton, from December 1961: Letter By Paul L. Evans On The future of the Hearst empire, from January 1962: Letter By “Name Withheld” Letter By “Name Withheld” Letter By Robert Stein Letter By Albert Bermel On Portrait of a genius as a young chess master, from January 1962: Letter By Richard Peifer On Prescriptions anonymous, from January 1962: Letter By Arthur M. Thompson Letter By Charlotte W. Smith Letter By Herbert K. Abrams On Louisiana's Passman, from January 1962: Letter By C. Wesley Bird Letter By A.L. Strand On Too late, from December 1961: Letter By Rex Stewart On “The treatment” in Grand Rapids, from January 1962: Letter By Lee M. Woodruff PDF IMAGES
16-24	The editor's easy chair/Article George Romney: The brightest horse in the stable By John Fischer SEE ALSO: Career in politics; Romney, George W.; 1961-1963; 1964; Republican Party PDF IMAGES
26-29	After hours/Article The best food in the world—but . . . By J.G. Links SEE ALSO: Restaurants PDF IMAGES
31-39	Article Contemporary art and the plight of its public By Leo Steinberg SEE ALSO: Art criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Matisse, Henri; Johns, Jasper; Painting, Abstract; Painting, Modern PDF IMAGES
40-41	Article The plumber By Felicia Lamport SEE ALSO: Actors; Interviewing in mass media; Plumbers PDF IMAGES
42-45	Article Why I left South Africa By Dennis B. Craig SEE ALSO: Apartheid; British; 1961-1978; South Africa PDF IMAGES
46-54	Article The great narcotics muddle By Benjamin DeMott SEE ALSO: Career as commissioner of Narcotics Bureau; Drug abuse; H.J. Anslinger; Narcotic laws; Narcotics and crime; Treatment PDF IMAGES
54	Poetry Two for Cynthia By Theodore Roethke PDF IMAGES
55-60	Article The riddle of John Dos Passos By Daniel Aaron SEE ALSO: Dos Passos, John; Political and social views PDF IMAGES
61-65	Article A better way to teach deaf children By Virginia Kenny SEE ALSO: Children, Deaf; Deaf; Means of communication; Sign language PDF IMAGES
65	Poetry Will By Maxine Kumin PDF IMAGES
66-71	Article The cop as idealist: The case of Stephen Kennedy By Murray Kempton SEE ALSO: Career as New York (New York) police commissioner; Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich; Pictorial works; Police; Police administration; Portraits; Kennedy, Stephen; Supervision of PDF IMAGES
70	Poetry No country you remember By Robert Mezey PDF IMAGES
72-81	Article The magic carpet of inertial guidance By Maya Pines SEE ALSO: Ballistic missiles; Draper, C.S. (Charles Stark); Knowledge—Inertial navigation systems; Underwater navigation PDF IMAGES
82-85	Article The real life of a foreign service officer By Holmes Welch SEE ALSO: Diplomatic and consular service, American; 1961-1963 PDF IMAGES
85	Article What avails indeed? SEE ALSO: Lantern projection; Popular culture; Television broadcasting PDF IMAGES
90-97	Fiction Man on a road: A story By Diana Athill PDF IMAGES
95	Poetry Temperance By Mark Van Doren PDF IMAGES Poetry Dry time By Mark Van Doren PDF IMAGES Poetry Vessel By Mark Van Doren PDF IMAGES Poetry Indomitable By Mark Van Doren PDF IMAGES Poetry The open soul By Mark Van Doren PDF IMAGES Poetry Old letters By Mark Van Doren PDF IMAGES Collection Six poems By Mark Van Doren PDF IMAGES
100-105	Public and personal/Article Which friends come first? By William Smith White SEE ALSO: Africa; Civil War, 1960-1965; 1960; 1961-1963; United Nations; Zaire PDF IMAGES
102	[Coming in Harper's]/Department [Coming in Harper's] PDF IMAGES
106-112	The new books/Review English traits: Fiction and autobiography By Elizabeth Hardwick SEE ALSO: Powell, A. Clayton (Adam Clayton); A dance to the music of time (Book); Dust in the lion's paw (Book); Stark, Freya; Growing (Book); Woolf, Leonard; Quennell, Peter; Beaton, Cecil Walter Hardy, Sir; The prodigal rake: memoirs of William Hickey (Book); The wandering years (Book) PDF IMAGES
112-116	Books in brief/Review Books in brief By Katherine Gauss Jackson SEE ALSO: A foreign policy for American business (Book); A man's cookbook (Book); London, Anne; Sachs, Barbara Turner; Barr, Beryl; Watson, Betty; Captain Newman, M.D. (Book); Truax, Carol; Cassandra at the wedding (Book); Mozley, Charles; Cocktails and snacks (Book); Contemporary French cooking (Book); Cookery; Cooks, gluttons & gourmets: a history of cookery (Book); Vogel, Cosette (“Francine”); Craig Claiborne; Baker, Dorothy; Hayes, Elizabeth S.; Knowles, John; Child, Julia; Rosten, Leo Calvin; Life among the surrealists (Book); Bertholde, Louisette; Rouff, Marcel; Mastering the art of French cooking (Book); Josephson, Matthew; Vasiliu, Mircea; Morning in Antibes (Book); Chamberlain, Narcissa G.; Chamberlain, Narcisse; Sidjakov, Nicolas; Cannon, Poppy; Oliver, Raymond; Rochement, Richard de; London, Robert; Coryn, Sidonie; Beck, Simone; Spices and herbs around the world (Book); Standard, Stella; Barr, Stringfellow; The ABC's of quick and glamorous cooking (Book); The artists' and writers' cookbook (Book); The can-opener cook book (Book); The Chamberlain sampler of American cooking (Book); The kitchen garden book (Book); IThe New York times cook book (Book); The passionate epicure (Book); The weekend chef (Book); Aitken, Thomas; Vogue's French cookery book (Book); Root, Waverley Lewis; Massee, William Edman; Wines and spirits (Book) PDF IMAGES
116	Books in brief/Review Forecast By Katherine Gauss Jackson SEE ALSO: Lindbergh, Anne Morrow; Snow, Carmel; Dearly beloved (Book); Porter, Katherine Anne; Kennedy, Margaret; Aswell, Mary Louise; Renault, Mary; Ship of fools (Book); Beauvoir, Simone de; The bull from the sea (Book); The forgotten smile (Book); The prime of life (Book); The world of Carmel Snow (Book) PDF IMAGES
117-118	Music in the round/Review A trinity of sopranos By Discus SEE ALSO: Siepi, Cesare; Ludwig, Christa; Donizetti; Corelli, Franco; French National Radio Orchestra; Prêtre, Georges; Great arias from French opera (Sound recording); Sutherland, Joan; La Scala Choir and Orchestra; Lucia (Sound recording); Callas, Maria; Zaccaria, Nicola; Norma (Sound recording); Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia; Performances; Cioni, Renato; Merrill, Robert; Pritchard, John, Sir; Serafin, Tulio; Angeles, Victoria de los; Bellini, Vincenzo PDF IMAGES
118	Music in the round/Review And also . . . By Discus SEE ALSO: Beethoven: Symphony #1; Symphony #8 (Sound recording); Chopin: Sonata in B flat minor; Andante spianato and polonaise; Bolero; Berceuse (Sound recording); Ormandy, Eugene; Chopin, Frédéric; Beethoven, Ludwig van; Reger, Max; Performances; Philadelphia Orchestra; Monteux, Pierre; Reger: Piano concerto (Sound recording); Serkin, Rudolf; Zaremba, Sylvia; Vienna Philharmonia PDF IMAGES
120	Notice A long and happy life by Reynolds Price By John Fischer SEE ALSO: A long and happy life (Book); Price, Reynolds; Special numbers PDF IMAGES Jazz notes/Review Early Duke By Eric Larrabee SEE ALSO: At his very best (Sound recording); Ellington, Duke; Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club (Sound recording); Duke Ellington (Sound recording); In a mellotone (Sound recording); Jazz; 1961-1970; The indispensable Duke Ellington (Sound recording) PDF IMAGES