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The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #21, November 18, 1939] (5¢, 104pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Lonie Bee) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Yesterday’s Heroes [Part 1 of 3] · William Brent · sl; illustrated by O. F. Schmidt 8 · All Father’s Chillun Got Heavens · Jack Alexander · ar; about Father Divine. 10 · Won’t You Walk a Little Faster? · Richard Sherman · ss; illustrated by Hy Rubin 12 · Fore! · Frank Bunce · ss; illustrated by Glen Fleischmann 14 · Brag Dog · Vereen Bell · nv; illustrated by Frank B. Hoffman 16 · Mary, This Is Your Mother [Part 3 of 8] · Catherine Hayes Brown · ar 18 · But Love the Sinner · Eve Bennett · ss; illustrated by Nicholas F. Riley 20 · Dixie Plays for Blood · Tom Meany · ar; about football. 23 · Mussolini Prepares for War · Demaree Bess · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 24 · For the Agony Column · Ethel Jacobson · pm 24 · An Ode · Elinor McCullough Clark · pm 24 · Woman Sufferage · W. W. Watt · pm 24 · Perfect Understanding · Walter H. Schmidt · hu 26 · Out of Gas [Part 2 of 5] · Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall · sl; illustrated by Stevan Dohanos 87 · Hush, Chile · Henry Lumpkin · pm 102 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct 104 · Keeping Posted · [Misc.] · cl; photo & autobio sketch of William Brent.

The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #22, November 25, 1939] (5¢, 96pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by J. C. Leyendecker) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Cocks Must Crow · Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · ss; illustrated by Floyd Davis 8 · The Drys Return to the Wars · Stanley High · ar 10 · How Happy We Could Be · MacKinlay Kantor · ss; illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt 12 · You, Too, Can Be a Quarterback · Elmer Layden & W. C. Grant · ar 14 · The Sheriff Throws a Party [Sheriff John Charles Olson] · M. G. Chute · ss; illustrated by George Brehm 16 · Mary, This Is Your Mother [Part 4 of 8] · Catherine Hayes Brown · ar 18 · Out of Gas [Part 3 of 5] · Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall · sl; illustrated by Stevan Dohanos 20 · “—I Never Mention Your Name” · Ruth Lyons · ss; illustrated by John La Gatta 23 · Japan Picks on Uncle Sam · Hallett Abend · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 24 · Hard Luck on Poor Old Eli · Parke Cummings · hu 24 · What’s the Matter, Haven’t You Got Any Sense of Humor? · Ogden Nash · pm 24 · Ballade of the Black Dress · Fairfax Downey · pm 26 · Yesterday’s Heroes [Part 2 of 3] · William Brent · sl; illustrated by O. F. Schmidt 31 · “Look of Eagles”—To Dead Man’s Island · William Rose Benét · pm; illustrated by Clayton Knight 87 · Nonconformist · Elizabeth Willcox Kidwell · pm 94 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #23, December 2, 1939] (5¢, 84pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by H. Wilson Smith) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Can They Bomb Us? · Fletcher Pratt · ar 8 · The Jabjam Motor Trip · Booth Tarkington · ss; illustrated by Gilbert Bundy 10 · Pigs in Hibiscus · William Chamberlain · ss; illustrated by Karl Godwin 12 · Many Are Called · Margaret Weymouth Jackson · ss; illustrated by Nicholas Riley 14 · Music Is Business · Artie Shaw & Bob Maxwell · ar 16 · Trailin’ In · Ray Palmer Tracy · ss; western.; illustrated by Harvey Dunn 18 · Hold What Line? · George Halas & George Dunscomb · ar 20 · Out of Gas [Part 4 of 5] · Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall · sl; illustrated by Stevan Dohanos 23 · Why Hitler Wanted Peace · Demaree Bess · ar 24 · Formal Note · W. W. Watt · pm 24 · Proposal, 1939 · Parke Cummings · hu 24 · Defense · Beulah Frances Holland · pm 24 · Getting Down to Fundamentals · Berton Braley · pm 26 · Yesterday’s Heroes [Part 3 of 3] · William Brent · sl; illustrated by O. F. Schmidt 31 · “Look of Eagles"-The Great Circle · William Rose Benét · pm; illustrated by Clayton Knight 32 · The Valor of John Breazeale · Hermann B. Deutsch · ar 46 · Maternity · Eleanor Phillis · pm 82 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #24, December 9, 1939] (5¢, 124pp, 10½" x 13½") Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · High Frontier [Part 1 of 5] · Leland Jamieson · sl; illustrated by Courtney Allen 8 · The Plain People Face the War · John W. Vandercook · ar; about French countryside.; illustrated by Edward Sheridan 10 · Suggestion for a Happy Ending · Edith Fitzgerald · ss; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 12 · The Coyotes Come · Lila Lofberg & David Malcolmson · ar 14 · He Sort of Got to Talking · David Lamson · ss; illustrated by Harvey Dunn 16 · Please Let Me Come Home · Helen Deutsch · ss; illustrated by R. G. Harris 18 · Thomasheen James and the Deep-Sea-Pilot Cap [Thomasheen James] · Maurice Walsh · ss; illustrated by H. J. Mowat 20 · Mary, This Is Your Mother [Part 5 of 8] · Catherine Hayes Brown · ar 22 · Game Day · Paul O’Neil · ss; illustrated by Saul Tepper 25 · It Was Smart to Be Red · Eugene Lyons · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 26 · Pioneers: Past and Present · Pauline Winkler Grey · pm 26 · The Giant Panda · W. W. Watt · pm 26 · Common Frailty · G. B. Walton · pm 26 · Hands Off · W. E. Farbstein · pm 26 · Song of the Die-Hard · Scott Corbett · pm 28 · Out of Gas [Part 5 of 5] · Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall · sl; illustrated by Stevan Dohanos 35 · They Came from Pomerania · Louis Adamic · ar; illustrated by Denman Fink 41 · The Wanderers · Lord Dunsany · pm The Saturday Evening Post Jul 12 1930 65 · My Little Son · Margaret Prentis Ramsey · pm 122 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #25, December 16, 1939] (5¢, 80pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Norman Rockwell) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Valley of the Sun [Part 1 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Benton Clark 8 · It Costs $1000 to Have Lunch with Harry Chandler · Frank J. Taylor · ar 10 · No Gift of Gab · Harold Titus · ss; illustrated by Earle B. Winslow 12 · The Land Beyond · Robert Murphy · ss; illustrated by Frank B. Hoffman 14 · Is Hitler Married? · Richard Norburt · ar 16 · Picture of Lizzie · Lillian Day · ss; illustrated by Nicholas Riley 18 · Doowinkle’s Comet [John Doowinkle] · Harry Klingsberg · ss; illustrated by E. F. Ward 20 · High Frontier [Part 2 of 5] · Leland Jamieson · sl; illustrated by Courtney Allen 23 · It’s a Dark Business · Archibald Rutledge · ar 24 · Rat’s-Eye View · Scott Corbett · fa 24 · After-Dinner Speakers · Phil Stack · pm 24 · Courage · Mary T. Rauth · pm 24 · Chant of the Amateur Craftsman · Berton Braley · pm 26 · Mary, This Is Your Mother [Part 6 of 8] · Catherine Hayes Brown · ar 30 · Slaughter Down East · Margaret Fishback · pm 57 · Address to a Sea Gull · Joseph Auslander · pm 64 · Ursa Major and Ursa Minor · Frances Frost · pm 78 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #26, December 23, 1939] (5¢, 60pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by J. C. Leyendecker) contains an ad offering a Little Lulu doll for selling 2 1-yr subscriptions. Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Sergeant Bridoon of the Horse Marines · John W. Thomason, Jr. · ss; illustrated by John W. Thomason, Jr. 8 · They Bring Them Back Aloft · Morton L. Bennet · ar 10 · The Visiting Fire-Eater [Crunch & Des] · Philip Wylie · ss; illustrated by James Williamson 12 · Just a Hen This Year · Curlin Reed · ss; illustrated by Ritchie Cooper 14 · Love on the Hoof · George Sessions Perry · ss; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 16 · Mary, This Is Your Mother [Part 7 of 8] · Catherine Hayes Brown · ar 18 · Iron Floats to Market · Jack Alexander · ar; illustrated by Ivan Dmitri 20 · High Frontier [Part 3 of 5] · Leland Jamieson · sl; illustrated by Courtney Allen 22 · Valley of the Sun [Part 2 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Benton Clark 25 · Italy’s Seven Secrets · John T. Whittaker · ar 26 · On a Cold and Frosty Morning · Janet C. Preston · pm 26 · Violets · Ethel Jacobson · pm 26 · Freethinkers · Harry Barnhart, Jr. · pm 26 · April Yule · Ogden Nash · pm 36 · Introduction to Philosophy · Bonaro Wilkinson Overstreet · pm 40 · Christmas in the Snows · Ann Vandenberg Dunshie · pm 54 · December Poem for Grandfather · Gladys McKee · pm 58 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #27, December 30, 1939] (5¢, 60pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by J. C. Leyendecker) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 5 · Myra · Richard Sherman · ss; illustrated by James Schecker 8 · Is Russia Winning China Too? · Hallett Abend · ar 10 · The Mountains of the Axis · James Ramsey Ullman · ar; illustrated by Stevan Dohanos 12 · Wishes of the Family · Eddy Orcutt · ss; illustrated by O. F. Schmidt 14 · Touchdown Engineer · Fred Russell · ar 16 · The King’s Whiskers [Ephraim Tutt] · Arthur Train · ss; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 18 · Valley of the Sun [Part 3 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Benton Clark 20 · High Frontier [Part 4 of 5] · Leland Jamieson · sl; illustrated by Courtney Allen 23 · With Malice Toward None · Wendell L. Willkie · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 24 · A Feast to 1940 · Marion H. Turner · pm 24 · When the Motors Fail · Dick Kardel · pm 24 · Growing Pains · N. M. E. · pm 24 · And He’s Not Telling · Richard Armour · pm 24 · Fragment from Aesop · P. C. · ss 24 · Gift with the Wrappings Off · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · pm 24 · New Year’s Resolutions · Phil Stack · pm 26 · Mary, This Is Your Mother [Part 8 of 8] · Catherine Hayes Brown · ar 38 · Article of Faith · Joseph Auslander · pm 46 · Old Year Leaves the Piney Woods · Evantha Caldwell · pm 50 · The Young Sophisticate · Marjorie Knapp · pm 58 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #28, January 6, 1940] (5¢, 76pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Paul Hesse) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 6 · Keeping Posted · [Misc.] · cl; photo & autobio sketch of Frank Leon Smith. 9 · Border Without Bayonets · Jack Alexander · ar 11 · Take Away the Backboards? · Stanley Frank · ar 12 · Thomasheen James Jumps the Budget [Thomasheen James] · Maurice Walsh · ss; illustrated by H. J. Mowat 14 · Buck and Fo’-Bits · James Street · ss; illustrated by George Brehm 16 · Massachusetts Goes to the Dogs · Dan Parker · ar; about dog racing. 18 · Suffer Little Children · Ann Morse · ss; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff 20 · The Road Drives the Car · Loring A. Schuler · ar 22 · Shut Up, Dear · Frank Leon Smith · ss; illustrated by E. F. Ward 24 · Valley of the Sun [Part 4 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Benton Clark 26 · High Frontier [Part 5 of 5] · Leland Jamieson · sl; illustrated by Courtney Allen 29 · The Classic Books of America · W. Somerset Maugham · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 30 · In Defense of the Happily Married · Pauline Winkler Grey · pm 30 · A Short History of American Literature · W. W. Watt · pm 30 · Fad Man · Rebecca Dunlap · pm 30 · Exam Day · Marguerite Frazier · pm 45 · Oracle · Frances Bragan Richman · pm 48 · In the Dark Hour · Audrey Wurdemann · pm 94 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #29, January 13, 1940] (5¢, 80pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Ski Weld) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 9 · Old Lover’s Ghost [Part 1 of 6] · Leslie Ford · sl; illustrated by Ritchie Cooper 12 · War Has Lost Its Pocket · Garet Garrett · ar 14 · Steady As She Goes · Royce Howes · ss; illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer 16 · The Wild One · Vereen Bell · ss; illustrated by Amos Sewell 18 · Redhead from Carolina · Harry Newman · ar; about John Hanes. 20 · Roger and the Golden Rules · Herbert Dalmas · ss; illustrated by Hy Rubin 22 · Women Have It Hard · Lenora Mattingly Weber · ss; illustrated by Ritchie Cooper 24 · Jacobs Beach · Bob Considine · ar 27 · Ireland in a Warring Europe · Maurice Walsh · ar 28 · Stanzas from the Scullery · Ethel Jacobson · pm 28 · The Name Is “Smith” · Walter H. Schmidt · hu 28 · Brief History of a South Sea Island · Ernst Behrendt · hu 28 · Advice to Brides · W. E. Farbstein · pm 28 · That’s Plenty · Berton Braley · pm 30 · Valley of the Sun [Part 5 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Benton Clark 34 · Song at the Crossroads · Hope Fair Fielding · pm; illustrated by Larry B. Kritcher 48 · Song · Joseph Auslander · pm 77 · Town Crier’s Wife · Virginia Scott Miner · pm 78 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #30, January 20, 1940] (5¢, 96pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by J. C. Leyendecker) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 9 · How to Raise a Child [Part 1 of 3] · Alva Johnston & Fred Smith · ar; about Orson Welles. 12 · The Enemy · Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · ss; illustrated by Henry Raleigh 14 · Dakota Winter · Ivan Dmitri · ar 16 · Tee for Two [The Oldest Member] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss; illustrated by James Williamson 18 · Wheel to Wheel · Philip Clark · ss; illustrated by Peter Helck 20 · The Sons of Tugboat Annie [Tugboat Annie] · Alfred L. Gehri · ar 22 · It Used to Be More Fun · Ruth Lyons · ss; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 24 · Old Lover’s Ghost [Part 2 of 6] · Leslie Ford · sl; illustrated by Ritchie Cooper 26 · Valley of the Sun [Part 6 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Benton Clark 29 · Germans in Mexico · Priscilla Holton · ar; illustrated by Herbert Johnson 30 · Song of a Would-Be Borrower · Winston Howard · pm 30 · Home-Grown Ski Bulletins · Parke Cummings · hu 30 · Side-Line Coaching · Baron Ireland · pm 30 · War Correspondent’s Society Page · J. W. · fa 58 · Inheritance · Helen Paige Phillips · pm 86 · Formation Flight · Gerald Raftery · pm 94 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct

The Saturday Evening Post [v212 #31, January 27, 1940] (5¢, 84pp, 10½" x 13½", cover by Dominic Cammerota) Details supplied by Mark Owings. 6 · Keeping Posted · [Misc.] · cl; photo & autobio sketch of Talbot Josselyn. 9 · “All Right Gentleman Do We Get the Money?” · Florabel Muir · ar; about Willie Bioff. 12 · Julia Volunteers [Julia, Lady Warring] · Margery Sharp · ss; illustrated by James Williamson 14 · Second Wind · Talbert Josselyn · ss; Perhaps I should have read it more carefully, but the Talbert Josselyn story here is about a boxer who wakes up outdoors to be told that he died five years before; no explanation is given that I can see.; illustrated by Robert Riggs 16 · Baseball’s Troubadour · Malcolm W. Bingay · ar; (about Germany Schaeffer). 18 · Parents Can’t Help It · Gladys Taber · ss; illustrated by Nicholas Riley 20 · Old Lover’s Ghost [Part 3 of 6] · Leslie Ford · sl; illustrated by Ritchie Cooper 22 · Man-Killer · Don Waters · ss; illustrated by Norman Rockwell 24 · How to Raise a Child [Part 2 of 3] · Alva Johnston & Fred Smith · ar 27 · Did the President Sign Away 1940? · Charles T. Lucey · ar; about the Hatch Act. 28 · That’s Different · Edith Bristol · pm 28 · Primer for Expectant Fathers · W. W. Watt · pm 28 · Money · Richard Armour · pm 28 · Ballad of Ye Trayne Washe Roome · Fairfax Downey · pm 30 · Valley of the Sun [Part 7 of 8] · Clarence Budington Kelland · sl; illustrated by Benton Clark 60 · Snow Magic · Louis J. Sanker · pm 82 · Little Lulu · Marge · ct