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Autumn/ September 1966 • Vol. XXVIII No. 4 • Book Reviews |

Rhythm and Blues

By Wallace Hildick

A History Of English Prose Rhythm by George Saintsbury. Indiana University Press, $8.50.

 

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Friendly Persuasion

By Wallace Hildick

Due To Circumstances Beyond Our Control. . . by Fred W. Friendly. Random House, $6.95. Mr. Friendly is a big, heavily built man with a deceptively ponderous manner. When speaking […]

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