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JANUARY
THE AGE OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT
By Jacob Burckhardt. Translated by Moses Hadas. Politics, art and the
moral temper as Christianity replaced paganism in the tumultuous 3rd
and 4th centuries,
A.D.
"So impressive that it defies criticism."
New
Statesman and Nat ion.
$1.25
NUMBER, THE LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE
By Tobias Dantzig. One of the most successful and brilliant presentations
of mathematics-from primitive to present- for the layman. "Beyond
doubt the most interesting book on mathematics that has ever fallen into
my
hands."-Albert Einstein.
95c
THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN POLITICS
By Samuel Lubell. This lively and stimulating account of the social changes
that transformed American politics between 1928 and 1952 is a vivid
social map of contemporary life.
95c
DIDEROT: RAMEAU'S NEPHEW and Other Works
New translation by Jacques Barzun and Ralph
H.
Bowen of the major works
of the 18th-century French Enlightenment philosopher and writer. An
Anchor Original.
95c
FEBRUARY
AN APPROACH TO SHAKESPEARE
By D.
A.
Traversi. This book that prompted a revolution in our conception
of Shakespeare's plays now stands as a classic of modern criticism. Second
edition, revised and enlarged.
95c
THE SELECTED LETTERS OF JOHN KEATS
Selected and with an introduction by Lionel Trilling. These letters-the
spiritual autobiography of one of the greatest poets in the English lan–
guage "certainly the most notable and the most important ever written
by any English poet."-T. S.
Eliot.
95c
CHARACTER AND OPINION IN THE UNITED STATES
By George Santayana. A provocative study of the character of American
philosophical thought, with special emphasis on the conflict between the
practical and moral temper of our life and the often amoral demands of
abstract thought.
75c
THE DEHUMANIZATION OF ART and Other Writings
By J ose Ortega y Gasset. Five unique essays (three appeared in this mag–
azine) create a comprehensive picture of Ortega's views on the present
situation in the visual arts and letters.
85c
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