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Daniel Webster and the Salem Murder. By Howard A. Bradley and James A. Winans. Columbia, Missouri: The Artcraft Press, 1956; pp. 231. $3.50. Index to the Quarterly Journal of Speech Volumes I to XI: 1915–1954. Compiled by Giles Wilkeson Gray. Dubuque, Iowa: William C. Brown Company, 1956; pp. iii+338. $5.00. Form and Idea in Modern Theatre. By John Gassner. New York: The Dryden Press, 1956; pp. 257. $4.50. Acting is Believing. By Charles J. McGaw. New York: Rinehart and Company, Inc., 1955; pp. xii+177. $2.75. Speech: Idea and Delivery. By Charles W. Lomas and Ralph Richardson. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956; pp. 281. $3.25. Helping the Bible Speak. By Johnnye Akin, Seth A. Fessenden, P. Merville Larson, and Albert N. Williams. New York: Association Press, 1956; pp. 117. $2.50. I Am Happy to Present: A Book of Introductions. Compiled by Guy R. Lyle and Kevin Guinah. New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1955; pp. 265. $3.00. Handbook of Speech Improvement. By Charles Kenneth Thomas. New York: Ronald Press Company, 1956; pp. 135. $2.75. Speech Handicapped School Children. By Wendell Johnson, et. al. Revised Edition. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1956; pp. 575. $4.50. Television and Radio. By Giraud Chester and Garnet R. Garrison. Second Edition. New York: Appleton‐Century‐Crofts, 1956; pp. 652. $6.50. Basic Public Speaking. By Paul L. Soper. Second Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1956; pp. 394. $3.85. English Pronouncing Dictionary. By Daniel Jones. Eleventh Edition. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1956; pp. xlv+538. $5.00. Practical Speech. By H. Keith Slothower. Dubuque, Iowa: William C. Brown Company, 1956; pp. vii +66. $1.60.