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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
THE GENERAL HOES SOME COTTON — Frederick C. Othman — 103
METROPOLIS, U. S. A.: SAN FRANCISCO — William Saroyan — 112
METROPOLIS, U. S. A.: NEW YORK CITY — Thomas Wolfe — 113
HECKLE AT YOUR OWN RISK — Louis Sidran — 149
CHRISTMAS IN SUN VALLEY — Richard Joseph — 152
THE FULL AND COMPLETE COURSE — Fred Freed — 158
ROBERT RIGGS: DISSATISFIED PAINTER — Robert Ulrich Godsoe — 160
FLASH IN THE PANTRY — Frances Geiger Adams — 164
CLOTHES TO CHEAT THE COLD — Georg Mann — 172
DEPARTMENTS
Correspondence: THE SOUND AND THE FURY — 10
Contributors: BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE — 90
Comment: THIS MAN’S WORLD: CHRISTMAS IS STILL CHRISTMAS — Paul Gallico — 95
Books: I’D RATHER JUST FIND IT — A. J. Liebling — 109
Movies: GRIST FROM DE MILLE IS CHAFF TO A CRITIC — Jack Moffitt — 118
What in the World: THE WELCOME MAT — 170
Reviews: BOOK BRIEFS — 201
FICTION
I’M JUST LEAVING — Allen Marple — 96
LADIES OR CLOTHES — Gerald Kersh — 98
DANCING DAN’S CHRISTMAS — Damon Runyon — 104
LOAD OF RESPECT — William Lindsay Gresham — 110
MR. POTTER AMONG THE COLEOPTERA — Rian James — 117
THE TWIST OF THE KNIFE — Hector Bolitho — 122
NONO, EPICURE OF NEGATION — Francis X. Giaccone — 129
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN NICE — Vincent McConnor — 130
THE CRUISE OF THE “TRIPTITUDE” — Frank Laskier — 144
A VIRTUOUS LADY OF FLORENCE — Giovanni Boccaccio — 147
MA LENDS A HELPING HAND — Mel Matison — 150
SEASON’S GREETINGS — Joe Brown — 163
THE ORDEAL OF THE GREAT MORELLI — Laszlo Dormandi — 169
SEMIFICTION
NO GREATER LOVE — Ray Brock — 142
PERSONALITY
THE BENEVOLENT DESPOT OF MUSIC — John Briggs — 124
POETRY
BALLET OF THE SPOONDRIFT — Joseph E. Shaner — 153
ESQUIRE GALLERY
AN OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS AT SURREY — Painting by Leslie Saalburg — 99
PORTRAIT OF A CHRISTMAS EVE — Painting by Al Moore — 101
SNARE — Painting by Fritz Willis — 108
PIQUANTE — Painting by Coby Whitmore — 119
BALLET DANCER — Painting by Ben Stahl — 120
BALLET OF THE SPOONDRIFT — Painting by Harry Bischoff — 153
PICTORIAL FEATURES
COVER ILLUSTRATION — Painting by E. Simms Campbell
CREATIVE ARTIST: HAROLD ROME — Photograph by Arnold Glantz — 97
MOVIES: MARIA ON THE HALF SHELL — Color photograph by Hommel — 104
SLIGHTLY SEASONED GREETINGS — Greetings by Frances Geiger Adams — 105
THEATRE: FINIAN’S TALKING DOGS — Color photograph by William Stone — 110
METROPOLIS, U. S. A. — Painted by Chesley Bonestell — 112
STEEL, SAWDUST AND ICE — Color photograph by William Stone — 114
FUN WITH A BROOM AT ST. ANDREWS — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 117
THEATRE: A VERY OLD YOUNG MAN — Photograph by Arnold Glantz — 123
AN ENGLISHMAN FROM MABILLE — Painting by G. Dore — 125
THE FAIR CYCLISTS — Painting by Paul L. Baruch — 126
THE MAIL COACH CHANGING HORSES — Painting by James Pollard — 127
THE PACE AND PLUCK CLEARS THE BROOK GALLANTLY — Drawn and lithographed by Ch. Bargue — 128
PRIZE AND SURPRISE! — Photograph by Peter Junco — 131
NIGHT CLUB: GRANDPA IS A CROONER — Kodachromes by Arnold Glantz — 133
ESQUIRE’S PORTFOLIO OF CHRISTMAS GIFTS — Photograph by Arnold Glantz — 143
MUSIC: THE LEADER OF THE BAND — Manuscript illuminated by J. Frederick Smith — 145
A TALE FROM BOCCACCIO — Kodachromes by William Stone — 154
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY: AS SEEN BY JIMMY SAVO — Color photograph by Ed Rinker — 157
RADIO: THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 158
THE CUP OF BENVENUTO CELLINI — Sketches by Herb Ackerman — 159
ESQUIRE’S BLEND AND BEND, RECIPE NO. 7 — Painting by Robert Riggs — 161
ART PORTFOLIO — Color photograph by Shiney Wright — 163
ALTER EGO: EDWARD G. ROBINSON — Color photograph by Schuyler Crail — 164
DANCE: THE BLACK PEARL — Color photograph by Bernard Goldberg — 167
LIQUID OXYGEN AND FROZEN WATER — Color photograph by Hal McAlpin — 168
MITTY’S MOUSE — —
SPORTS
FIGHTER’S FIGHTER — Charles B. Roth — 132
BASKETBALL’S ASCENT ON ALTITUDE — Herb Graffis — 141
BRIEFS
THE NEWSBOY’S OBITUARY — Vincent Rimsitte — 114
THE WAILING BANSHEE — Tommy O’Shane — 121
THE OTHER DOOR — William Valrick — 157
COCKFIGHT IN MÉRIDA — Manuel C. Diaz — 167
TWO ON THE AISLE — Bill Burton — 202
THE SMART GUY — Frederic Wheeler — 231
THE MAN WITH FLOUNDER’S EYES — J. E. S. Nash — 237
CREDITS
Illustration on page 172 courtesy Associated American Artists.