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By F. L. Lucas, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, University Reader in English. Fifth edition. Price, 21 s. net. Pp. 294, with no illustrations. Cassell & Company, Ltd., 35 Red Lion Sq., London, W.C. 1, England, 1960.

William B. Bean, M.D., Reviewer

Arch Intern Med. 1962;109(3):365-367.

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Writing book reviews has a strange usufruct. It brings me a large company of companions for some of whom, as one has so nobly put it, I serve as a literary conscience. People share with me their favorites and want me to see them brought to the attention of the readers of this Book Review Section. There is also a group wonderfully sensitive to errors of one sort and another who nimbly point mine out to me, gleefully, apologetically, or occasionally vindictively. I am grateful for help no matter what the source; and I do my best to bear witness during the recurring seasons to the chastening fact that man is not infallible. Some friend put me on the trail of F. L. Lucas for which I am most grateful.

The books that come in that I plan to review myself or those I request specifically for review, or other . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Communications to this Department may be sent directly to Daniel B. Stone, M.B., University Hospitals, State University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, or to the Chief Editor for transmittal to him.

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