October 1961 Issue [The New Books] Notes on the writing of history today Download PDF Adjust Share by Alfred Kazin, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags Arnold Joseph Toynbee Books George Kennan Hannah Arendt Hugh Thomas James Joll Raul Hilberg Reviews Robert Vincent Daniels More from Alfred Kazin The Alone Generation A comment on the fiction of the ’fifties Joan Didion Portrait of a professional “Oates” Adjust Share