New books

An Introduction to the Phonetic Alphabet. By Sarah T. Barrows. Boston: Expression Co., 1938, revised ed.; pp. 55. $1.00.

Voice and Articulation Drill Book. By Grant Fairbanks. Iowa City, Iowa. The Athens Press, 1938. pp. 138. $1.25.

A Preliminary Outline of a Course of Study in Speech for Minnesota High Schools. By Franklin Knower. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Speech Department, mimeographed, 1938; pp. 118. $1.25.

Radio Continuity Types. By Sherman Paxton Lawton. Boston: Expression Company, 1938. $3.50.

Backstage With Actors. By Helen Ormsbee. New York : Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1938; pp. 343. $3.50.

Whining Debates, Orations and Speeches. Vol. VII. Compiled and edited by George W. Finley. New York: Noble and Noble, 1938; pp. viii+184; $2.00.

Prize‐Winning Orations. Year Book of Oratory, Vol. X. Compiled and edited by J. Kendrick Noble. New York: Noble and Noble, 1938; pp. ix +234; $2.00.

How to Talk to People and Make am, Impression. By Edwin G. Lawrence. New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1938; pp. 223. $2.00.

The Curtain Rises. By Robert W. Masters and Lillian Decker Masters. New York: D. C. Heath & Co., 1938; pp. x + 362. $1.80.

The Book of Original Plays and How To Give Them. By Horace J. Gardner and Bonneviere Arnaud. Philadelphia : J. B. Lip‐ pincott Co., 1938; pp. 414. $2.50.

Prediction and Prevention of Reading Difficulties. By Margaret A. Stanger and Ellen K. Donohue. New York: Oxford University Press, 1937; pp. 191. $2.00.

We Who Speak English. By Charles Allen Lloyd. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1938; pp. 308. $2.50.

American Foreign Policy. Twelfth Annual Debate Handbook. In two volumes. Compiled and edited by Bower Alv. Columbia, Missouri: Lucas Brothers, 1938; each volume, 220 pp. $.90 per volume.

1937–1938 Anthology of the One‐Act Play Magazine. With an introduction by Alfred Kreymborg. New York : Contemporary Play Publications, 1938; pp. 208. $2.50.

Scenery for the Theatre. By Harold Burris‐Meyer and Edward C. Cole. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1938; pp. xiii + 473. $10.00.

Public Speaking for Women. By J. V. Garland. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1938; pp. xiv + 315. $2.50.

Speechmaking: Principles and Practice. By William N. Brigance and Ray K. Immel. New York: F. S. Crofts and Co., 1938; pp. xi + 385. $2.25.

Speech Is Easy. By Richard C. Reager and Ernest E. McMahon. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1938; pp. 263. $2.50.

The Will to Speak Effectively. By Lee Norvelle. Boston: The Expression Company, 1938; pp. 246. $1.75.

Offstage. By Marguerite Fellows Melcher. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938; pp. 134. $1.50.

Propaganda from China and Japan: A Case Study in Propaganda Analysis. By Bruno Lasker and Agnes Roman. New York: American Council, Institute of Pacific Relations, 1938; pp. xiv + 118. $1.50.

A Handbook of Declamation. By Anna Louise Hirt. Minneapolis: The Northwestern Press, 1938; pp. 182.

And the Stutterer Talked. By A. H. Kanter and A. S. Kohn. New York: Bruce Humphries, 1938; pp. 236. $2.50.

Choral Speaking Arrangements for the Lower Grades. By Louise Abney and Grace Rowe. Boston: Expression Co., 1937; pp. viii + 80. $1.00.

Wings to Fly: A Handbook of Choral Reading for the English Teacher. By Marguerite Smith. Boston: Expression Company, 1938; pp. 135. $1.50.

Book and Library Plays. Edited by Edith M. Phelps. New York : The H. W. Wilson Co., 1938; pp. 222. $2.25.

Representative American Speeches: 1937–1938. Compiled by A. Craig Baird. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1938; pp. 230. $1.25.

American Place Names. By Alfred H. Holt. New York : Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1938; pp. 222. $1.75.