Wisdom Magazine was first published in January 1956. Wisdom Magazine was meant to be “the world’s finest magazine of knowledge and education and America’s greatest and most rewarding reading value – a value unattainable in any other publication at any price.” The first edition featured Albert Einstein on the cover. Editions 1-12 were published monthly from January-December 1956. Below you will find a image of the front and back cover, date published and table of contents for that edition.

Table of Contents

• 1. Albert Einstein
  • Articles and table of contents in edition 1:
• 2. Albert Schweitzer
  • Articles and table of contents in edition 2:
• 3. Bernard Baruch
  • Articles and table of contents in edition 3:
• 4. Winston Churchill
  • Articles and table of contents in edition 4:
• 5. Abraham Lincoln
  • Articles and table of contents in edition 5:
• 6. Jascha Heifetz
  • Articles and table of contents in edition 6:
• 7. Laurence Oliver
  • Articles and table of contents in edition 7:
• 8. Dr. Jonas E. Salk
  • Articles and table of contents in edition 8:
• 9. George Bernard Shaw
  • Articles and table of contents in edition 9:
• 10. Cecil B. De Mille
  • Articles and table of contents in edition 10:
• 11. Helen Keller
  • Articles and table of contents in edition 11:
• 12. Jesus
  • Articles and table of contents in edition 12:
  • Wisdom Magazine Editions 13-24 1957-1958
  • Wisdom Magazine Editions 25-39 1958-1964

Articles and table of contents in edition 1:

Albert Einstein – G.B.Harrison
My Credo – A. Einstein
Secret Of Personal Power – N. V. Peale
A Changing World – D. Sarnoff
G. B. Shaw-Genius – J. M. Brown
Beauty In Poetry – P. B. Shelley
A Writer’s Life – W. S. Maugham
The U. N. and The U. S. – H. Ford, II
Shakespeare – M. Chute
Four Strings And A Soul – H. R. Haweis
Answer Lies In Questions – R. Bunche
Living With Your Heart – M. Clark
The Bible – F. Oursler
On Tolerance – M. K. Gandhi
Points For The Educated Man – G. A. Coe
Leonardo Da Vinci – T. Craven
Conquest Of Happiness – B. Russell
Abraham Lincoln – C. Sandburg
Art Of Living – L. Yutang
The Gifted Child – P. Witty
Motion Picture Director – L. C. Rosten
From the Wisdom of – W. Churchill

2. Albert Schweitzer

Volume 1 Number 2 February 1956
Tagline: The Magazine of Knowledge for all America

Articles and table of contents in edition 2:

From the Wisdom Of – Albert Schweitzer
At Home In The World – P. S. Buck
Saint Joan Of Arc – M. Twain
Living In Expectancy – L. C. Douglas
George Washington – T. Jefferson
Civilization – W. Durant
On Being An Actor – P. Muni
What Is Living – E. Chesser
Rembrandt – T. Craven
Magic in Re-Reading -C. Fadiman
Seven Stages Of Man – W. Shakespeare
Man’s Pleasures – G. J. Nathan
The Pursuit Of Humor – F. M. Colby
Time To Think – N. Cousins
Aristotle – Philosopher – H. Thomas
Art Of Seeing Things – J. Burroughs
Unfinished Symphony – B. Shore
Romance Of Words – Funk & Lewis
Woodrow Wilson – A. P. Dennis
Appendicitis – R. T. Morris
Intelligence – L. Witmer
Mystery Of The Law – M. Radin

3. Bernard Baruch

Volume 1 Number 3 March 1956
Tagline: The Magazine of Knowledge for all America

Articles and table of contents in edition 3:

Bernard Baruch – E. Roosevelt
From The Wisdom Of – B. Baruch
My Broken Doll – Helen Keller
Man, Conqueror Of Time – R. May
Why We Marry – A. Fromme
The Franklin Legacy – Herbert Hoover
Simple Life In Greece – Hendrik Willem Van Loon
Little Giant Of Music – Deems Taylor
We Must Become Men – Vincent Van Gogh
Happiness – Maurice Maeterlinck
You Must Relax – E. Jacobson
The Mind of Napoleon – J.C. Herold
Look In Webster’s – H.R. Warfel
John Dewey-Thinker – I Edman
Portrait of France – P.E. Chariot
Digging Up History – L. Woodley
Witchcraft -W.O. Douglas
Tomorrow’s Explorers – James G. Leithauser
Thomas Jefferson – Francis L. Berkeley, Jr.
Art Of Reading Aloud – Bertha G. Henneke
Ryder-Master Painter – Thomas Craven
Motion Picture Producer – L.C. Rosten

4. Winston Churchill

Volume 1 Number 4 April 1956
Tagline: The Magazine of Knowledge for all America

Articles and table of contents in edition 4:

Winston Churchill – C. Eade
The Self Emerges – M. A. Ribble
Novels Are Historical – B. A. Williams
Stolen-Thunder – N. Corwin
Knowledge And Wisdom – R. M. MacIver
God’s Greatest Gift – J. L. Liebman
Mozart – B. Shore
We Cannot Help Praying – N. V. Peale
Parents Get A Chance – E. Schour
Nature’s Disciple – W. Condry
Silence – H. D. Thoreau
Van Gogh – T. Craven
Women On The Frontier – P. Horgan
Mathematics – W. W. Sawyer
Parlez-Vous English – A. Buchwald
Men And Wings – B. Stillson
Is Baseball Greek – J. Barzun
Candles On The Cake – H. C. Adamson
Report On America – C. Columbus
Dictionary For Moderns – H. Stebbins
Invitation To Understanding – F. Mayer
Wit Of Wisdom

5. Abraham Lincoln

Volume 1 Number 5 May 1956
Tagline: The Magazine of Knowledge for all America

Articles and table of contents in edition 5:

Character of Lincoln – R. W. Emerson
Life In The White House – J. Hay
Death Of Lincoln – J. G. Nicolay
From The Wisdom Of – A. Lincoln
Antibiotic Age – H. Vasil
Splendor In Cathay – H. Thomas
Humor-Sixth Sense – W. Disney
The Dignity Of Man – E. P. Cronan
Paradise Marco Polo Missed – J. B. Shor
Doors – C. Morley
In Search Of Serenity – R. V. C. Bodley
Charles Dickens-Actor – H. Pearson
Dickens’ Characters – Selected Sketches
Life On Mars – R. S. Richardson
Your Legal Adviser – S. G. Kling
Pursuit Of Wisdom – D. Drake
Kinds Of Workers – J. J. B. Morgan
Vision And Ideals – J. Allen
Search For Healing – L. D. Weatherhead
Shelley And Byron – E. J. Trelawny
Children – R. W. Bacmeister
Character In Stone – L. M. Phillipps

6. Jascha Heifetz

Volume 1 Number 6 June 1956
Tagline: The Magazine of Knowledge for all America

Articles and table of contents in edition 6:

Jascha Heifetz-Virtuoso – A Tribute
The Violin – H. W. Schwartz
Experiment In Heredity – A. Gregg
Comedy, Farce And Mime – G. Speaight
The Feeling Heart – A. L. Murphy
When Is A Man Educated – I. D. Coffman
The Fear Within – W. B. Wolfe
The Written Word – S. V. Benet
The Country Doctor – L. Atherton
Venice-Courtesan City – T. Craven
Life’s Symphony – J. F. Newton
Beethoven-Colossus – Bauer & Peyser
Tobacco’s Conquest – G. Schenk
The Bible’s Martyr – J. C. Fernald
Shall We Converse – J. M. Brown
Poetry Comes To America – Untermeyer
O. Henry-Story Teller – H. Hansen
Inspiration – R. G. Ingersoll
Switzerland – R. Grandvoinet
Childhood – J. Earle
Courage For All – J. A. O’Brien

7. Laurence Oliver

Volume 1 Number 7 July 1956
Tagline: The Magazine of Knowledge for all America

Articles and table of contents in edition 7:

Shakespeare In Films – L. Olivier
On Shakespeare – R. G. Ingersoll
Playwright Of Scope – J. Gassner
Life Of Shakespeare – Selected Scenes
Shakespeare’s Plays – Great Painters
Shakespearean Actors – A Pictorial
Shakespeare Today – M. Webster
From The Wisdom Of Shakespeare
A President On Trial – E. Boykin
Artists In The Mirror – K. T. Steinitz
The Happy Cynic – H. Rovner
On Being An Individual – H. W. Dodds
How To Enjoy Opera – M. Cross
Conversation With God – N. V. Peale
Language Of The Dance – J. Limon
The Hater – D. M. Levy
Men And Ideas – M. Aurelius
Imitation To Understanding – F. Mayer
Their Last Words – Wisdom Selections
Wit Of Wisdom – Selected Authors

8. Dr. Jonas E. Salk

Volume 1 Number 8 August 1956
Tagline: The Magazine of Knowledge for all America

Articles and table of contents in edition 8:

Dr. Jonas E. Salk – A Tribute
The Polio Vaccine – A Summary
Polio Highlights – A Chronology
To The Men Of Medicine – W. Osler
History Of Pharmacy – Thom & Bender
Doctors – N. D. Fabricant
Diseases, Drugs – Wallbank & Taylor
Ars Medica – C. W. Zigrosser
From Campfires, Cities … – A. Nevins
Power Of The Nile – L. M. Phillipps
The Chinese Mind – J. A. Pope
China’s Wisest Man – L. Mousheng
From The Wisdom Of … – Confucius
World Historian – A. J. Toynbee
A Historian Answers – A. J. Toynbee
Candles In The Dark – C. L. Anspach
Invitation To Understanding – F. Mayer
Men And Ideas – Thucydides
Their Last Words – Wisdom Selections
Wit Of Wisdom – Selected Authors

9. George Bernard Shaw

Volume 1 Number 9 September 1956
Tagline: The Magazine of Knowledge for all America

Articles and table of contents in edition 9:

G. B. Shaw – L. Kronenberger
Thoughts – G. B. Shaw
From The Wisdom Of … G. B. Shaw
Mother Ganges – R. M. Lewis
Correct Thinking – J. J. B. Morgan
Birth Of Automation – R. Burlingame
Pleasures Of Reading – B. Rascoe
Prophet Of Common Sense – H. Thomas
The Cultivated Man – D. S. Miller
What Is A Teacher – S. Gould
The Teaching Profession – R. L. Tobin
Italy – H. Sutton
Purpose Of Fiction – C. Hamilton
Fictional Characters – A Portfolio
Narratives – Great Authors
Men And Ideas – Aristotle
Invitation To Understanding – F. Mayer
Their Last Words – Wisdom Selections
Wit Of Wisdom – Selected Authors

10. Cecil B. De Mille

Volume 1 Number 10 October 1956
Tagline: The Magazine of Knowledge for all America

Articles and table of contents in edition 10:

Cecil B. DeMille – A Tribute
The Ten Commandments – Scenes
From The Wisdom Of … C. B. DeMille
Moses-Liberator, Lawgiver – H. George
Sketches Of Moses – Friberg & Jensen
The Prophets – F. Mayer
Solomon – H. Thomas
What Is Religion – C. S. Braden
Prayer-Mighty Power – G. A. Buttrick
Brahms-Musical Genius – Hitschmann
Artists In Crystal – K. Kup
Happy World – Pictorial Essay
The Twilight Years – E. P. Hagman
Men And Ideas – B. Spinoza
Meditation – W. R. Bowie
Reflections – F. Fenelon
Invitation To Understanding – F. Mayer
Their Last Words – Wisdom Selections
Wit Of Wisdom – Selected Authors

11. Helen Keller

Volume 1 Number 11 November 1956
Tagline: The Magazine of Knowledge for all America

Articles and table of contents in edition 11:

Helen Keller – A Tribute
From The Wisdom Of …- H. Keller
Political Parties – Merriam & Bethea
The City – L. Mumford
The City Is Art – K. Kuh
What Is Law – L. Green
Law Through The Ages – Selected Authors
The Supreme Court – R. K. Carr
Enjoyment Of Life – J. A. Magner
Modern Woman – A. Montagu
Dufy-Poetic Painter – J. Lassaigne
Life 10 Years From Today – L. Cherne
Man Against Himself – V. A. Langille
The Battle For Faith – L. Binstock
Invitation To Understanding – F. Mayer
Ideas That Made History – H. Stebbins
Television L. – Kronenberger
Wit Of Wisdom – Selected Authors

12. Jesus

Volume 1 Number 12 December 1956
Tagline: The Magazine of Knowledge for all America

Articles and table of contents in edition 12:

Preface – S. R. Harlow
Modern Missionary – Bliss & Schaff
The Era Of Jesus – J. Finegan
Gospels-Story Of Jesus – J. Erskine
The Life Of Jesus – C. Dickens
Pictorial Summary – Great Poets
Wisdom Of Jesus – Renan & Seale
Jesus As Seen By …- Master Painters
Jesus In The Minds Of … – Great Men
His Spirit In Our Time – C. Macartney
Jesus In The New Age – E. Goodenough
Meaning Of Jesus Today – A. Schweitzer
The Beatitudes – H. T. Kerr
Meaning Of The Parables – E. Seale
Wedding Robe Parable – E. Seale
Christus H. – Longfellow
Eternal Jesus – Serman & Prichard

Wisdom Magazine Editions 13-24 1957-1958

Wisdom Magazine Editions 25-39 1958-1964