Cedars of Lebanon: Mark Twain and the British Ladies by Theodor Herzl BETWEEN 1884 and his death twenty years later, Theodor Herzl wrote many light, nonpolitical pieces of literary criticism, travelogue, and…
On the Horizon: On Catfish Row by James Baldwin GRANDIOSE, foolish, and heavy with the stale perfume of selfcongratulation, the HollywoodGoldwyn-Preminger production of Porgy and Bess lumbered into the…
The Study of Man: Rethinking World Politics by George Lichtheim THE longer the global stalemate lasts, the more obvious it becomes that the "cold war" and "coexistence" are two sides…
By Love Redeemed:A Fantasy on “God and Freud” by Hans Meyerhoff Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray to Freud my soul to keep. And if I dream-ah, that's…
Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution, by Gertrude Himmelfarb by H. R. Trevor-Roper EIGHTEN FIFTY-NINE was the annus mirabilis of the 19th-century intellectual revolution. It saw the publication of Mill's Liberty, Marx's Political…
Decade in Northrup:A Natural Jewishness Emerges by Evelyn N. Rossman WHEN I first began to think and write about Northrup, ten years ago, an older friend was amused at some…
GraduationA Story by Joseph Papaleo SOMETHING had happened to the river, perhaps when the city had taken it for sewage. The green banks had worn…
Halicha Ladror: The History of the Liberation of Mankind, by Reuven Arje-Lev by A. V. Sherman THIS book conveys the special flavor of the political thinking produced in the Russian Pale of Settlement in the late…
Hellenistic Civilization and the Jews, by Victor Tcherikover by Moses Hadas UNTIL a century ago the interval between the classical ages of Greece and Rome, which then received the designation Hellenistic,…
How Progressive Is Our Tax System?The Attrition of a Democratic Idea by Robert J. Lampman TAXES in our country have increased tenfold since Herbert Hoover was President. We now pay out $110 billion a year-30…
Iraq’s Impact on the Middle East: Baghdad’s Year of RevolutionA Firsthand Report by Commentary Bk AT FIRST glance, the streets of Baghdad do not appear to have changed since the revolution of July 14, 1958,…
Iraq’s Impact on the Middle East: The Great Arab SchismCan Kassem and Nasser Coexist? by Ray Alan IRAQ and Egypt celebrated the anniversaries of the coups which made them both military republics within eight days of one…
Life Studies, by Robert Lowell by Richard G. Stern ROBERT LOWELL'S new book does not pose as a full-fledged autobiography, but even those of the ninety pages which are…
On the Game of Politics in France, by Nathan Leites by A. J. P. FOR some reason, to me rather mysterious, French politics have an endless fascination for intellectuals. They are a drug, an…
Paul and Jewish Theology:A New View of the Christian Apostle by Jakob J. Petuchowski IN THE whole history of the Christian Church there is probably no more fascinating and controversial figure than that of…
Tension in the Western Alliance:Europe Awaits the Meeting at the Top by Commentary Bk SOVIET Premier Khrushchev's impending visit to the United States, and President Eisenhower's visit to Europe to consult with America's principal…
The Mist from Tree to Tree by Arthur Gregor THEY seemed this morning on their way to work, not mindful of the fog they could not see, not minfu…
The Status Seekers, by Vance Packard by Robert Lekachman BY Now both social scientists and ordinary book critics have had their say about Vance Packard's latest exercise in popular…
Apocalypse by Cynthia Ozick LISTEN, I am one of those idiot-saints who teach by unexample. My house is full of disciples. What I do…
