There is no dearth of textbooks on neurology, and author of new text must attempt specific approach, in order to make his opus palatable. Dr. Frederick Lees, consultant neurologist to Chelmsford and Colchester Hospitals, in Essex, England, hopes to address himself in his two-volume work to general practitioners, students and other nonspecialists. He believes that the rarefied atmosphere of an academic department is a far cry from rough and tumble of diagnosis of unselected or only partly selected patients. His approach is indeed novel: Part 1 of work comprises list of more than 120 symptoms, such as tender scalp or painful muscle cramps, and in each instance differential diagnosis is elaborated. Part 2 discusses physical signs, and supplements part 1. It also considers investigative approaches to patients with neurological disorders. Part 3 is description of neurological disease entities, and is