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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRONUNCIATION OF ENGLISH. By A. C. Gimson. London: Edward Arnold, 1963; pp. xv+294. $5.75.

DIMENSIONS OF RHETORICAL SCHOLARSHIP. Edited by Roger E. Nebergall. Norman: Department of Speech, University of Oklahoma, 1963; pp. ii+81. Paper $1.75.

ZEBULON VANCE: TARHEEL SPOKESMAN. By Franklin Ray Shirley. Charlotte, N. C: McNally and Loftin, 1963; pp. viii+161. $3.50.

A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO RESEARCH IN SPEECH AND DRAMATIC ART. By Oscar G. Brockett, Samuel L. Becker, and Donald C. Bryant. Chicago: Scott, Foresman, 1963; pp. vi+118. Paper $1.50.

AMERICAN POLITICAL TERMS: AN HISTORICAL DICTIONARY. By Hans Sperber and Travis Trittschuh. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1962; pp. x+516. $14.50.

ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES. Edited by James H. McBath. (Revised edition.) New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963; pp. viii+404. $6.50.

INFLUENCING THROUGH ARGUMENT. By Robert B. Huber. New York: McKay, 1963; pp. viii+392. $5.00.

ISSUES OF OUR TIME: A SUMMONS TO SPEAK. By Herbert W. Hildebrandt. New York: Macmillan, 1963; pp. xvi+375. Paper $3.50.

IDEAS AND ISSUES: READINGS FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION. Edited by Marvin Laser, Robert S. Cathcart, and Fred H. Marcus. New York: Ronald, 1963; pp. x+692. $5.50

PROBLEM‐SOLVING DISCUSSIONS AND CONFERENCES: LEADERSHIP METHODS AND SKILLS. By Norman R. F. Maier. New York: McGraw‐Hill, 1963; pp. vi+261. $6.95.

NEBRASKA SYMPOSIUM ON MOTIVATION: 1962. Edited by Marshall R. Jones. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1962; pp. vii+330. $4.23; paper $3.25.

WHITNEY'S PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE: A SIMPLIFIED MANUAL FOR GROUP DECISION MAKING WITH ANNOTATED TEXT COORDINATED WITH A COMPLETE CHART OF PARLIAMENTARY MOTIONS. By Byrl A. Whitney. Foreword by Murray D. Lincoln. Washington D.C.: Luce, 1962; pp. xvii+269. $3.95.

MODERN PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICES. By Wayne E. Hoogestraat and Donald E. Sik‐kink. Minneapolis, Minn.: Burgess, 1963; pp. iv+81. Paper $2.75.

THE WELL‐TEMPERED CRITIC. By Northrop Frye. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1963; pp. 160. $4.50.

T. S. ELIOT'S DRAMATIC THEORY AND PRACTICE, FROM “SWEENEY AGON‐ISTES”; TO “THE ELDER STATESMAN.”; By Carol H. Smith. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1963; pp. ix+251. $5.50.

TEACHING SPEECH: METHODS AND MATERIALS. By Karl F. Robinson and E. J. Kerikas. New York: McKay, 1963; pp. viii+535. $6.50.

THE PEOPLE LOOK AT TELEVISION: A STUDY OF AUDIENCE ATTITUDES. By Gary A. Steiner. New York: Knopf, 1963; pp. xvii+422. $7.95.

THE SOUNDS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH: AN INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS. By Ralph R. Leutenegger. Foreword by C. K. Thomas. Chicago: Scott, Foresman, 1963; un‐paginated foreword and preface +168. Paper $2.50.

VOICE AND SPEECH FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. By Helen G. Hicks. Du‐buque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown, 1963; pp. xvii+135. $3.50.