New YorkerestThe best of every New Yorker issue, since 1925

October 7, 1961

The New Yorker cover for October 7, 1961

Featured Pick

profiles

II-PILGRIM'S PROGRESS

Morton M. Hunt

PROFILE of Pilgrim State Hospital, largest mental institution in the world, located near Brentwood, L.I., directed by Dr. Henry Brill. On an average day 82…