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On good writing

Pages 409-413 | Published online: 05 Jun 2009
 

1. ON PHILOSOPHICAL STYLE. By Brand Blanshard. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1954; pp. 69. $1.00.

2. THE MAGIC OF WORDS. By The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Birkett. London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1953. pp. 15. 2s net.

3. GUIDE FOR AIR FORCE WRITING, Air Force Manual 11–3. By the Department of the Air Force. Washington, D. C: 1954; pp. 133. (For use by USAF officers and Air Force ROTC cadets; not sold publicly.)

4. HOW TO MAKE SENSE. By Rudolf Flesch. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1954; PP‐ 202‐ $2.75.

5. PLAIN WORDS: THEIR ABC. By Sir Ernest Gowers. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954; pp. vii+298+viii. $2.50.

6. The essays on Language, Rhetoric, Sign and Symbol in GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD. In vols. 2 and 3 of 54 vols. Edited by Robert M. Hutchins. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 1952‐

7. GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. By Otto Jespersen. Ninth Edition. Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1955; pp. vi+274. $0.95.

8. KNOW YOUR READER: THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO READABILITY. By George R. Klare and Byron Buck. New York: Hermitage House, 1954; pp. 191. $2–95‐

9. RECURRENT MALADIES IN SCHOLARLY WRITING. By Eugene S. McCartney. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1953; PP‐ xi+141. $2.50.

10. THE CONCISE USAGE AND ABUSAGE. By Eric Partridge. New York: Philosophical Library, 1954; pp. ix+219. $3.50.

11. ASPECTS OF READABILITY IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES. By Eleanor M. Peterson, Ph.D. New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1954; PP‐ ix+118. $3.50.

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