Book reviews

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Rhetoric and Criticism. By Marie Hochmuth Nichols. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1963; pp. x + 151; $5.00. Building Better Speech. By Paul D. Brandes and William S. Smith. New York: Noble and Noble, Publishers, Inc., 1962; pp. 544; $4.80. Discussion: A Guide to Effective Practice. By David Potter and Martin P. Andersen. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, Inc., 1963; pp. x + 261; Paperbound $3.95. Technically Speaking: Oral Communication for Engineers, Scientists, and Technical Personnel. By Harold Weiss and J. B. McGrath, Jr. New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Company, Inc., 1963; pp. xii + 254; $5.95. Speech: Idea and Delivery. By Charles W. Lomas and Ralph Richardson. Revised Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin ‘Company, 1963; pp. iii + 350; $4.75. Public Speaking as a Liberal Art. By John F. Wilson and Carroll C. Arnold. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 1964, pp. viii +354; $5.95. Verbal Behavior and Learning: Problems and Processes. By Charles N. Cofer and Barbara S. Musgrave, Editors. New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Company, 1963; pp. x + 397; $8.50. The Oral Interpretation or Literature. By Chloe Armstrong and Paul D. Brandes. New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Company, Inc., 1963; pp. vii + 330; $5.95. The Story of America's Musical Theater. By David Ewen. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1961; pp. v + 268; $3.50. The Director in the Theater. By Marian Gallaway. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963; pp. xiii + 386; $6.00.