This one book distills the conservative ^wisdom of tivoncenturies. You can buy it in a bookstore for $I7*95.nOr you can take it here^ FREEnTHE PORTABLEnCONSERVATIVE READERnNew volume in Viking’s celebrated “Portable Library” •nSelected, with introduction and commentary, by Russell Kirkn57 generous selections by 44 distinguished authors from EdmundnBurke to Irving Kristol • includes British and Americannwriters over the past two centuries • 766 pages • IndexnWho better than Russell Kirk to present this monumental collection?nSince his Conservative Mind launched the modem conservativenintellectuaJ movement three decades ago, Dr. Kirk has stoodntall as the leading interpreter of traditional conservative thought ofnthe Anglo-American variety. Now, from a lifetime of reading andnreflection, he offers us the jewels, in 17 generous sections:nThe Tension of Order and FreedomnAmerican Liberty Under LawnThe Reply of PoetsnSouthern ConservatismnAmerican Democratic LevelingnAgainst Utilitarian RadicahsmnProgress and Human FrailtynLegal and Historical ConservatismnConservative Impulses Amid American MaterialismnThe Crumbling Country HousenThe FabulistsnCritical ConservatismnConservatism Between Two WarsnA Bent WorldnWomen’s Conservative VisionnThe Wisdom of Our AncestorsnResistance and Hopen44 authors — many of them giants, others rescuednfrom obscurity with this volumenEdmund Burke * John Adams * Alexander Hamilton • FishernAmes * Samuel Taylor Coleridge * Robert Southey • JohnnRandolph • John T. Calhoun • James Fenimore Cooper •nAlexis de Tocqueville • Thomas Babington Macauley • BenjaminnDisraeli • John Henry Newman • Walter Bagehot *nNathaniel Hawthorne • Orestes Brownson • Henry Maine *nW.E.H. Lecky • Edwin Lawrence Godkin • Henry Adams •nBrooks Adams • Robert Louis Stevenson • W.H. Mallock •nGeorge Gissing • George Saintsbury • Joseph Conrad •nRudyard Kipling • Paul Elmer More • Irving Babbitt •nGeorge Santayana * Christopher Dawson • T.S. Eliot • C.S.nLewis • Donald Davidson • James McAuley • John Betjemann• Freya Stark • Phyllis McGinley * Jacquetta Hawkes •nMichael Oakeshott • Malcolm Muggeridge • Irving Kristol *nRobert Nisbet • Russell KirknHo-w many of these important ^vritings have you read and mastered?nAlmost certainly, not all of them — if only because some have just been rediscovered by Russell Kirk.nAnd for most conservatives, this wilt be a first exposure to more than a few of the richest writings of ournheritage. How deeply do you really know that heritage? Isn’t this collection the ideal introduction to dozens of keynideas?nNot only that, but you’re almost certain to discover many books and authors you’ll want to know better. Thisnbook unlocks treasures.nHow to get this $17*95 volume FREEnHow the Club WorksnEvery 4 weeks (13 times a year) you get a free copy of the ClubnBulletin, wtiicfi offers you tfie Featured Selection plus a goodnchoice of Alternates — all of interest to conservatives. • If younv«ant the Featured Selection, do nothing. It will come automatically.n* If you don’t want the Featured Selection, or you do want annAlternate, indicate your wishes on the handy card enclosed withnyour Bulletin and return it by the deadline date. • The majority ofnClub books will be offered at 20-50% discounts, plus a charge fornshipping and handling. • As soon as you buy and pay for 3 booksnat regular Club prices, your membership may be ended at anyntime, either by you or by the Club. * If you ever receive anFeatured Selection without having had 10 days to decide if youn^ant it, you may return it at Club expense for full credit. • Goodnservice. No computer! • The Club will offer regular Superbargains,nmostly at 70-90% discounts plus shipping and handling.nSuperbargains do NOT count toward fulfilling your Clubnobligation, but do enable you to buy fine books at giveaway prices.n•*- Only one membership per household.nCONSERVATIVE ^!! BOOK CLUBn15 Oakland Avenue • Harrison, NY 10528nPlease accept my membership in the Club and send me, free andnpostpaid, the $17.95 Portable Conservative Reader. I agree to buy 3nadditional books at regular Club prices over the next 18 months, i alsonagree to the Club rules spelled out in this coupon.necu L- 23nNamenAddressnCity. State_ Zip-.nnn