December 18, 1971 Issue, THE SATURDAY REVIEW

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- Top of My Head
  Goodman Ace
  , p. 5
- Trade Winds
  Cleveland Amory
  , pp. 6-11
- Manner of Speaking
  John Ciardi
  , pp. 12-13
- If Ever the Twain Shall Meet
  Bronson P. Clark
  , pp. 14-16
- More than Herbs and Acupuncture
  E. Grey Dimond
  , pp. 17-19
- Photography
  Margaret R. Weiss
  , pp. 20-21
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  Movies: Please, Less Violence (3 Reviews)
  Arthur Knight
  , pp. 22-23
  Straw Dogs (1971 Film), by Sam Peckinpah
  1. Straw Dogs (1971 Film) by Sam Peckinpah
  2. Man in the Wilderness (1971 Film) by Richard C. Sarafian
  3. The Hospital (1971 Film) by Arthur Hiller
- Phoenix Nest
  Martin Levin
  , p. 24
- Music
  Irving Kolodin
  , p. 25
- Editorial
  Nicolas H. Charney
  , pp. 26-27
  Report to the Readers
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 28-30
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  Nonpareil of the Eloquent, Lusty Pictorial Engraving (2 Reviews)
  Robert Halsband
  , pp. 31-33
  Hogarth, Vol. I, by Ronald Paulson and Richard Hogarth
  1. Hogarth, Vol. I by Ronald Paulson and Richard Hogarth
  2. Hogarth, Vol. II by Ronald Paulson and Richard Hogarth
- Book Forum, pp. 34-36
  Letters from Readers
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  Leaping Ghazals and Inside Jokes Concealed in Tropes (10 Reviews)
  James Whitehead
  , pp. 37-41
  1. Outlyer and Ghazals by Jim Harrison
  2. News of the Nile by R.H.W. Dillard
  3. Messages by Sidney Goldfarb
  4. A Program for Survival by Gibbons Ruark
  5. The Yellow Room by Donald Hall
  6. Fruits and Vegetables by Erica Jong
  7. The Testing-Tree by Stanley Kunitz
  8. The Book of Nightmares by Galway Kinnell
  9. The Will to Change by Adrienne Rich
  10. Pursuit of Honor by L.E. Sissman
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  Review The Physiology of Taste, by Jean-Anthelme Bril... (Review)
  Clifton Fadiman
  , p. 42
  1. The Physiology of Taste by Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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  4 Reviews To Live Within, by Lizelle Reymond (4 Reviews)
  Linda Hess
  , p. 43
  1. To Live Within by Lizelle Reymond
  2. Yoga and the Spiritual Life by Sri Chinmoy Kumar Ghose
  3. My Lord's Secrets Revealed by Sri Chinmoy Kumar Ghose
  4. Baba by Arnold Schulman
- Your Literary I.Q., pp. 44-46
- Wit Twister, p. 47
- Travel
  David Butwin
  , pp. 48-52
- The Right to Know
  Peter Schrag
  , p. 53
- The Emancipation of Black Scholars
  Roger M. Williams
  , pp. 54-58
- Literary Crypt, p. 59
- New York's Mini-Schools
  Diane Divoky
  , pp. 60-67
  Small Miracles, Big Troubles
- The Magnitude of the American Educational Establishment (1971-1972), p. 68
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  Antidote to Instant Reform (Review)
  Marilyn Hapgood
  , p. 69
  The English Infant School and Informal Education, by Lillian Weber
  1. The English Infant School and Informal Education by Lillian Weber
- Letters to the Education Editor, pp. 70-77
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1947, pp. 78-80
- Cover photos
  Bob Adelman