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...HENRY (187 pp.)-Robert Nathan -Knopf...
Second Maid. The world of Sir Henry was made by Novelist Robert (Portrait of Jennie) Nathan. It is located at the intersection where whimsy and satire collide. It is a slap-happy world, in a well-bred way, where the fish are philosophical. "There are creatures beyond us; for I have seen their shadows," says a trout to a nonbelieving chum, who thinks all there is beyond is an absence of water. "Do they lay eggs?" asks the chum. "They are altogether spiritual." says the trout. As for the dogs, they are even better than the fish. They are romantic...
...animal Author Nathan is really aiming at, of course, is man; in the shape of Sir Henry, he makes a fine target. No longer young, prudent Sir Henry is just a run-of-the-mill knight who wears old-fashioned armor, travels with a hot-water bottle and suffers from nosebleed after battle. Head up, though run down after his encounter with the dragon, he is lucky enough to beat the daylights out of another knight and win a second fair maid. This doubles his troubles. With two women to choose between, Sir Henry becomes the eternal, quintessential male - totally...
...would be difficult to draw any definite conclusions from Pres. Nathan Pusey's statement at Harvard, but, if anything, he indicated respect for Professor Furry's personal rights. President Pusey certainly showed no signs of disapproval for Furry's action; he appears content to withhold further comment or action until the professor is tried by a recognized court...
...protect SAC's striking power and the American people (last week a mock atomic attack on Denver left 47,000 assumed dead). "If SAC is to remain an effective deterrent, it must be reasonably secure against enemy attack on its bases," said the No. 1 U.S. airman, General Nathan Twining. "One grand-scale atomic blow by the Soviets on our industrial and population centers could be decisive...