1953/01 -- Contents as follows:

  • Men Must Choose by Arnold J. Toynbee
  • Versailles -- A Poem -- by Adrienne Cecile Rich
  • Alicia Markova by Agnes De Mille
  • More Imports Needed by Sumner H. Slichter
  • The Making of "The Magic Mountain" by Thomas Mann
  • Prologue -- A Poem -- by Dylan Thomas
  • Adventure -- A Story -- by Frank O'Connor
  • Jefferson and Civil Liberties -- Tyranny in America -- by Claude G. Bowers
  • Cognac for Breakfast by Ann Masters
  • My Son: Leavetaking -- A Poem -- by Marion Lineaweaver
  • The Morning and the Evening -- An Atlantic "First" -- by Joan Williams

    • Departments:

  • Books and Men: Aelred Graham, David Dempsey
  • Atlantic Bookshelf: Edward Weeks, Charles J. Rolo
  • Accent on Living: Charles W. Morton, Patricia G. Lauber, Robert Huff, E.V. Knox
  • Tourist in Austria -- Pleasures and Places -- by Joan M. Walker
  • Record Reviews by John M. Conly
  • Cover design by Erne de Sauve, Photograph of Arnold J. Toynbee courtesy of Life magazine