Paperback Plums
McCann, William
Paperback Plums by William McCann FOR rocking-chair and bedtime readers who seek amusement rather than serious instruction there are, among paperbacks now in print, some beguiling books. Here...
...1.25) A Nonsense Anthology, collected by Carolyn Wells (Dover...
...1.45) The Owl in the Attic, and Other Perplexities, by James Thurber (Universal...
...50 cents) A Pocketful of Wry, by Phyllis McGinley (Universal...
...WILLIAM McCANN reviews paperbacks regularly for The Progressive...
...His new book, "Moscow Journal," will be published this fall, and his first novel will appear in January...
...35 cents) Please Don't Eat the Daisies, by Jean Kerr (Crest Book...
...1.95) Quo Vadimus, or the Case for the Bicycle, by E. B. White (Universal...
...35 cents) Fables in Slang and More Fables in Slang, by George Ade...
...SELIG GREENBERG is a distinguished reporter and student of medical problems for the Providence, Rhode Island, Journal and Evening Bulletin...
...Pictures by Gluyas Williams (Universal...
...H. Munro), selected and with an introduction by Graham Green (Compass...
...Abridged edition (Avon...
...THE REVIEWERS RICHARD SCHICKEL is on the editorial staff of Show, a new magazine of the performing arts...
...1.25) The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde, edited by Alvin Redman...
...1.25) The Beast in Me, and Other Animals, by James Thurber...
...1.25) Potluck Pogo, by Walt Kelly (Simon and Schuster...
...95 cents) Inside Benchley, by Robert Benchley...
...1) Life With Father, by Clarence Day (Pocket Books...
...He wrote "The World of Carnegie Hall...
...The Silver Treasury of Light Verse, edited by Oscar Williams (Mentor...
...35 cents) Archy and Mehitabel, by don marquis (Doubleday Dolphin...
...2.75) 1066 and All That, A Memorable History of England, by W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman (Dutton...
...35 cents) A Subtreasury of American Humor, edited and abridged by E. B. White and K. S. White (Pocket Books...
...1.25) The Road to Miltown, or Under the Spreading Atrophy, by S. J. Perelman (Simon and Schuster...
...Introduction by E. F. Bleiler (Dover...
...1.45) The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody, by Will Cuppy...
...HARRISON E. SALISBURY, a New York Times correspondent with extensive experience in Russia, wrote "To Moscow—and Beyond...
...95 cents) I'm All Right Jack, by Allan Hackney (Signet...
...1.45) Native American Humor, by Walter Blair (Chandler Publishing Co...
...Illustrations by William Steig (Dell...
...35 cents) The Girl in the Freudian Slip, by William F. Brown (Signet...
...Here is a basket of choice plums: The Best of Saki (H...
...35 cents) Laugh With Leacock, by Stephen Leacock (Appolo Editions...
...35 cents) The Middle-aged Man on the Flying Trapeze, by James Thurber (Universal...
...MERRILL JENSEN is a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin...
...Introduction by Vyvyan Holland (Dover...
...95 cents) Beat, Beat, Beat, by William F. Brown (Signet...
...50 cents) Life Among the Savages, by Shirley Jackson (Ballantine...
...35 cents) The Comic Tradition in America, An Anthology of American Humor, edited by Kenneth S. Lynn (Anchor...
...Illustrations by Clyde J. Newman...
Vol. 25 • October 1961 • No. 10
