The scope of this book is described very well in the following quotation from the preface: This volume is a register of the most important works that have been written, not only on the subject of cryptography, but also on its manifestations in related fields. Hence, the items presented will be seen to vary considerably in nature and content: some are scientific and technical treatises dealing with the application of cryptography to military, diplomatic, and commercial uses; others dwell on the more popular and more limited manifestations of this science, and appear in a variety of disparate forms,-in that of cuneiform, runic, and other kinds of hieroglyphic writings, in literary anagrams and acrostics, in symbolism of colors, gems, emblems, and insignia, in the jargon of children as well as that of thieves, in various types of universal languages and stenographic systems, in tramps' signs and semaphoric signals, and also in the crude devices and ingenious stratagems which were employed during primitive ages as a means of concealing and conveying thought and information. The volume being reviewed consists of between 1600 and 1700 references to items on the above subjects. Some references are to short notes, while others are to works of several hundred pages. The references are listed alphabetically,mostly by author's nasne, but occasionally by subject, or by the name of the company sponsoring the publication. Many of the listings are followed by comments concerning the referenced work. From these comments, which account for the Analytical in the title of the book, it is clear that the author devoted a great amount of work to the task of making the volume as useful as possible. Since this review is written primarily for teachers of mathematics, it should be pointed out that, although the book contains a few references to mathematical articles having cryptology or cryptography in the title, those interested in the application of mathematics to cryptology may find that the volume is not as useful as might be desired from this point of view. It seems to the reviewer that this book will be particularly useful to those interested in cryptology from the historical point of view, or as a recreation. The author's comments concerning the referenced works should be, in many cases, very helpful in estimating the probable usefulness of the item in question.
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Aug 1, 1964
Robert K Turner, 
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