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Presents reviews of magazine articles about speech. 'Possibilities and Problems of Group Interviewing,' by Mark Abrams, from the fall 1949 issue of 'The Public Opinion Quarterly'; 'Mass Pressure on Radio and Journalism,' by Harold B. Allen, from the October 1949 issue of 'English Journal'; 'Child of Silence,' by Jean-Louis Barrault, from the October 1949 issue of 'Theatre Arts.'

Reviews the book "Strange Sects and Cults: A Study of Their Origins and Influence," by Egon Larsen.

Reviews the book "Other Peoples, Other Customs: World Ethnography and Its History," by Wendell H. Oswalt.

Reviews the book 'A World of Strangers: Order and Action in Urban Public Space,' by Lyn H. Lofland.

Reviews the book `The Secret Ring: Freud's Inner Circle and the Politics of Psychoanalysis,' by Phyllis Grosskurth.

Reviews the book "Minorities: A Text With Readings in Intergroup Relations," by B. Eugene Griessman.

Book review. `Disease and Representation: Images of Illness from Madness to AIDS,' by Sander L. Gilman, is a collection of related but independent essays that explores an important theme in medical history: the iconography of illness. B

Reviews several books on the teaching of speech. 'The Junior Town Meeting,' by W. Linwood Chase; 'We Teach Speech in Detroit,' by Rupert L. Cortright; 'Discussion: A New Technique for the Classroom,' by Lois Anne Dilley.