the Ladder

VOLUME 5, NUMBER 3

Published monthly by the Daughters of Bilits, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, 165 O'Farrell Street, Room 405, San Francisco 2, Califomia. Telephonə YUkon 2-9290.

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contents

IN THE TWILIGHT BY MARCEL PROUST.....

LOCUST-YEAR BY JAY WALLACE...

MOOD MISCELLANEA..

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A LESBIAN NOVEL BY THEODORA.

HERE AND THERE..

BOOKS....

THE LITERARY LADIES BY LENNOX STRONG..

LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS....

COVER BY KATHY ROGERS

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