Briefly Noted

The Moral and Political Philosophy of theAbbe de Saint-Pierre by Merle L. Perkins '41 has been jointly published by Librairie E. Droz of Geneva and Librairie Minard of Paris. A work of 157 pages, the book is an attempt "to find the intellectual heart of Saint-Pierre's moral and political philosophy" and to measure and evaluate its impact and importance.

Eugene White Fuller '11 is the author of a new volume of thirty-two poems entitled Traveler's Return, published in Chicago by Ralph Fletcher Seymour. Mr. Fuller's earlier books were Never to Forget and Spindrift.

Prof. Leonard E. Morrissey '48T of the Tuck School is the author of The ManySides of Depreciation, which is No. 23 in the Tuck School Bulletin Series. Professor Morrissey, who teaches accounting, analyzes varied aspects of depreciation accounting and suggests how business financial reports may be better reconciled with tax accounting. The research and publication were made possible by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.