February 3, 1940 Issue, THE SATURDAY REVIEW

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- American Fin-de-Siecle
  Alfred Kazin
  , pp. 3-4
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  Galileo's Life in a Biographical Novel (Review)
  Garrett Mattingly
  , p. 5
  The Star-Gazer, by Zsolt de Harsanyi
  1. The Star-Gazer by Zsolt de Harsanyi
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  Annals of the Poor (Review)
  William Jay Gold
  , p. 5
  River of Earth, by James Still
  1. River of Earth by James Still
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  A Novel of Revolution (Review)
  J.P. Marquand
  , p. 6
  Sons and Fathers, by Maurice Hindus
  1. Sons and Fathers by Maurice Hindus
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  The Making of an Actress (Review)
  Richard Lockridge
  , p. 7
  Letters to Mary, by Catherine Hayes Brown
  1. Letters to Mary by Catherine Hayes Brown
- Editorial, p. 8
- Letters to the Editor, p. 9
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  Tahitians on a Boat-Ride (Review)
  Oliver La Farge
  , p. 10
  No More Gas, by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
  1. No More Gas by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
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  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Review)
  Stephen Vincent Benet
  , pp. 10-11
  Period Piece, by Jenny Ballou
  1. Period Piece by Jenny Ballou
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  A Guide to the Seeing (Review)
  Sydney Greenbie
  , p. 12
  I Begin Again, by Alice Bretz
  1. I Begin Again by Alice Bretz
- A Reader's Almanac: Jan. Feb. March, pp. 13-15
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  Tories at Work (Review)
  James F. Green
  , p. 16
  Under the British Umbrella, by Helen Paull Kirkpatrick
  1. Under the British Umbrella by Helen Paull Kirkpatrick
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  Lineage of Greed (Review)
  Palmer Harman
  , p. 16
  Manners and Morals of Business, by Max Radin
  1. Manners and Morals of Business by Max Radin
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  Two Journals of the Revolutionary War (2 Reviews) , p. 17
  Colonial Panorama, 1775, by Philip Padelford and Robert Honyman
  1. Colonial Panorama, 1775 by Philip Padelford and Robert Honyman
  2. Revolutionary War Journals of Henry Dearborn, 1775-1783 by Henry Dearborn, Howard H. Peckham, and Lloyd A. Brown, ...
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  Exploding a Fallacy of American History (Review)
  Henry Seidel Canby
  , p. 17
  The Log Cabin Myth, by Harold R. Shurtleff
  1. The Log Cabin Myth by Harold R. Shurtleff
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  A Critical Study of China's Struggle (Review)
  T.A. Bisson
  , p. 18
  China at War, by Freda Utley
  1. China at War by Freda Utley
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  Jacobean Dramatists (Review)
  W.T. Hastings
  , p. 18
  Studies in Beaumont, Fletcher, and Massinger, by Baldwin Maxwell
  1. Studies in Beaumont, Fletcher, and Massinger by Baldwin Maxwell
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  The Criminal Record (5 Reviews) , p. 18
  Murder in Shinbone Alley, by Helen Reilly
  1. Murder in Shinbone Alley by Helen Reilly
  2. Case with Four Clowns by Leo Bruce
  3. General Besserley's Second Puzzle Box by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  4. Stand-In for Death by Margaret Echard
  5. Murder in Miniatures by Sam Merwin, Jr.
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  The New Books (13 Reviews) , pp. 19-22
  Leonardo da Vinci, by Kenneth Clark
  1. Leonardo da Vinci by Kenneth Clark
  2. Appointment with Death by Pamela Frankau
  3. Curtain Going Up by Sophie Kerr
  4. Men in Chains by Thomas Ryan
  5. Hitler's Twelve Apostles by Oswald Dutch
  6. America's Treasure by W. Maxwell Reed
  7. Hawks in the Hand by Frank Craighead and John Craighead
  8. New Castle, Delaware 1651-1939 by Anthony Higgins
  9. Book of the Broadleaf Trees by Frank H. Lamb
  10. Charles Peirce's Empiricism by Justus Buchler
  11. We Went to War by Herbert D. Gallaudet
  12. Race with Death by Caroline Parker-Smith
  13. Warfare: The Relation of War to Society by Ludwig Renn
- Double-Crostics No. 306, p. 23
- Trade Winds
  P.E.G. Quercus
  , p. 24