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Focuses on German writer, Heinrich Mann. Information on work Heinrich Mann including pamphlets printed on cigarette paper or disguised as Nazi publications and smuggled at the risk of life into the Third Reich; Success of Mann in Europe during First World War; Various novels that were written by Mann; Work of Mann for German-French rapprochement.

Focuses on the stories written by American fiction writer Willa Cather. Impression of the author on Cather; Description of the character Antonia in the novel "My Antonia"; Life in Nebraska and the American Midwest in the stories "My Antonia," "O Pioneers!," and "The Song of the Lark"; Depiction of the history of the Red Cloud region in the days when the railroad building aristocracy lived in "A Lost Lady"; Picture of the impact of industrialization in the rural regions in "One of Ours"; Themes of artistic evolution of a singer in "The Song of the Lark"; Influences from Sarah Orne Jewett in the literary canons of honesty and perfection; Artistic and literary styles of Cather; Expression of the artistic creed of Jewett that the artist spends his life loving things that haunt him, in having his minds teased by them, in trying to get them down to paper exactly as they are to him.

Presents letters to the editor published in this issue of the periodical. Complains of advertisers on any editorial positions the periodical has taken; Publication of various novels in the U.S. with reference to the novel "A World to Win"; Reference to an article in "The Bandwagon," saying that natives of Angola must dress decently and no longer appear naked or wearing leaves.

This article focuses on novels. A peculiarity of paper-back publishing is that the book itself, or rather the front cover of the book serves as its principal advertising display. There are four features on the cover that help to sell a pocket-size novel. These are: skyline, title of the novel, author's name, and a scene from the story. Almost always the scene is intended to suggest one of the universal human emotions. Sexual desire is regarded as the strongest of these, although the emotions suggested may also be horror, curiosity, or combativeness. The items of merchandise that have actually been popular on the newsstands, are usually novels with a strong story line, lots of action, and other sure-fire ingredients.

Presents a short story entitled "The Self-Made Celebrity."

The article discusses the relation of author Saul Bellow to universities in his life and fiction. Topics include his participation in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, his novels "Herzog" and "The Dean's December," and the portrayal of Chicago, Illinois in Bellow's work. His friendship with sociologist Edward Shils is noted. Sexism in the novel "The Dean's December" is addressed.

The article focuses on the book "One Arm," by Tennessee Williams. On the jacket of short stories by Williams there is a marble statue. The torso is perfect and beautiful, but an arm is broken off and the nose is flawed in the harmonious face. Although the young man of the title story is said to look "like a broken statue of Apollo," exactly as the figure on the jacket looks, there is a sense in which he is also the sign of all of William's work. The advantage of reading these stories is that attitudes, which are dramatized by situation in the plays are presented more directly, almost abstractly.

Assesses the literary works of English novelist Ronald Firbank and writer William Beckford. Critical appraisal of Firbank's novel "The Eccentricities of the Cardinal Pirelli"; View that Firbank has usually been treated as a lesser representative of the fashionable school of ironic romance; Opinion that Firbank's novels seem to reflect some fundamental maladjustment; Literary abilities of Beckford; Comparison of Beckford's cynicism with that of Firbank.

Presents the short story "White Collary," by Felix Ray.

Presents a critique of contemporary American literature, and speculates on why so-called Stepford novels have come to dominate popular fiction. Claim that many recently published novels lack coherence or intelligence, and should not be called novels; Criticism of recherche postmodernism and recidivist realism; Argument that it all went wrong starting with James Joyce and experimental literature.

Focuses on the works of novelist William Haggard. Samples of his works; Theme of his works; Background of Haggard; Unpopularity of Haggard in the U.S.; Attitude of English reviewers towards Haggard; Creation of a set of figures who move in and out to serve different purposes; Role of a minor figure in one book in another; Works of Haggard about Realpolitik.

Profiles Donald Hamilton, author of paperback mystery and detective novels. Matt Helm as Hamilton's series figure; Anthony Boucher's view that Hamilton is a master of indirect exposition and a writer in the tradition of Peter Cheyney's "Dark" series; Author's view that Hamilton's books are for summer reading; Observation that Hamilton combines his pleasures with his work; Author's view that Hamilton's best written book is "Assassins Have a Starry Eyes," which was originally published in 1956 as "Assignment: Murder".

Comments on William Dean Howells' criticism of several novels dealing with open culture in the U.S. "Maggie," by Stephen Crane; "Yekl," by Abraham Cahan; Implications on literature and society.

Presents an interview with author Toni Morrison. Process of writing; Themes explored in books written including "The Bluest Eye"; Approach to writing; Writing style and influences; Work with folklore and myth; Career as a book editor; Comments to criticisms about characters and characterizations; Exploration of the theme of naming in the book "Song of Solomon"; Importance of sound and language in a book.

Reports on the diversity of the literary output of Georges Bataille. Familiarity of Bataille as the author of sophisticated pornography novels; Training as a medievalist before working as an archivist at the Bibliotheque Nationale; Mixture of eroticism and surrealism into an idiosyncratic philosophy.

Studies the significance and traits of novel characters against the backdrop of real life. Arguments of several literary theorists regarding the distinction between characters and people; Factors causing the emergence of a fictional character; View that the personality traits found in a fictional character is mainly the result of writer's experience of the world; Deliberation on writers' claim that their characters attempt to represent the real world.

Presents the poem "Christmas Needles," by Albert Howard Carter.

This article focuses on the novelist James Gould Gozzens and his novel "By Love Possessed." Judging this novel as mediocre and pretentious written by an experienced craftsman seems so obvious that under ordinary circumstances it would hardly require elaboration. But the circumstances are, clearly, not ordinary. That the novel has been a fabulous popular success; that it should have succeeded, as one gathers it has, in impressing people as a work of wisdom and significance--all this suggests the presence of a new cultural problem. The problem, as it happens, has less to do with the book than with its public life.

Focuses on new tendencies in the field of novel writing. Names of novels recommended by the author which include "The Middle of the Journey," by Lionel Trilling, "The Golden Apples," by Eudora Welty and "The Victim," by Saul Bellow; Features of the novel "The Middle of the journey," by Mathew Arnold which reads like an essay; Description of the book "The Oasis," by Mary McCarthy which is a conversation piece, like a story told amid gasps and chuckles at cocktail party; Change in the features of U.S. novels from Emersonian approach to belief that there is existence of evil.

Focuses on the life and work of American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. Training as a writer in Salem, Massachusetts; Sources of inspiration; Work on the novel "The Scarlet Letter"; Literary style; Personal background; Literary influences; Differences between Hawthorne's early and later works; Pioneering work in literature; Experimentation with prose; Differences between Hawthorne's novels both in subject and mood. Americans.

Reports on the battle of Frank Norris and Theodore Dreiser, the two leaders of the Naturalistic school, against the genteel tradition in American letters. Information on the novel "The Octopus," by Norris; Observation that the novel "Sister Carrie," by Dreiser had the appearance of being a Naturalistic novel and would be used as a model for the work of later Naturalists; Apprehensions of Henry Mills Alden, the editor of "Harper's Magazine," regarding the publication of "Sister Carrie."

Comments on the novel "Our Mutual Friend," by Charles Dickens. Justification given for the selection of dust-pile as a symbol for the novel, much like symbols for several books; clarity associated with the statement given by Dickens in his criticism of society with reference to his previous works; Significance of the selection of leading female character in the novel from the lowest class with its association with the moral of the novel; Mention of various constituents on which Dickens has aligned with to his present novel.