Partisan Review [v20 #1, January-February 1953] ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv (Foundation for Cultural Projects, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, 6" x 9") Associate Editors: William Barrett, Delmore Schwartz. [TM]
9 · The Sense That in the Scene Delights · Benjamin DeMott · ss
102 · Painter Pugg and the Chain Carriers Calves: Reconsidered · James Johnson Sweeney · es
· The Shores of Criticism:
108 · Book Review · John Crowe Ransom · br; (R. P. Blackmur: LANGUAGE AS GESTURE Harcourt, Brace).
112 · Book Review · Richard Chase · br; (Edmund Wilson: THE SHORES OF LIGHT Farrar, Straus and Young).
115 · MacLeish and Viereck · Howard Nemerov · br; (Archibald MacLeish: COLLECTED POEMS 1917-1952 Houghton Mifflin; Peter Viereck THE FIRST MORNING Scribners).
122 · In the First Person · Allan Dowling · br; (Arthur Koestler ARROW IN THE BLUE Macmillan).
126 · Words Without End · Dwight Macdonald · br; (Henry Miller THE BOOKS IN MY LIFE New Directions).
128 · Girl Wanted to do 10-12 hours volunteer editorial and secretarial work weekly for PR... · Anon. · ms; ad/reminder of the Bad Old Days, among the Avant-Garde.
Partisan Review [v44 #4, 1977] ed. William Phillips (PR Inc., $2.50, 499-654pp, 6" x 9")
5 · Are You Afraid? · Anon. · ar; on the Age of Speed, technology and progress, probably editorially written, but with contributions from J. Roland Robinson, Rebecca West and Sir Robert MacAlpine.
6 · Private Lives 1:JRM of No.10 · Private Secretary · ar; about Ramsey MacDonald.
The New Passing Show [v 1 # 8, May 14, 1932] (Odhams Press, 2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Note that from the following issue the NEW is dropped from the title. Interesting the cover was reproduced in issue 8 and that showed it with NEW in the title. [MA]
5 · Laughing Strictly Prohibited · Andrew Dakers · ar
6 · I Interview Napoleon · Wilfrid Webster · ar; although presented as an article the interview is revealed to be in a dream so this is really fiction.
17 · Private Lives 14: Mussolini and His Cat · Private Secretary · ar; in which we learn about Mussolinis pet Persian cat, the only animal he respects because of it is ruthless, like himself.
18 · Perishable Goods · Will Scott · ar; which considers just how long the wonders of the modern world will last.