Dartmouth Authors
Arthur E. Gordon '26, Illustrated Introduction to Latin Epigraphy, University of California Press, 1983. 328 pp., cloth and paperback. A book that will be of interest to students of typography as well as scholars of epigraphy itself the study of inscriptions this volume promises to become the standard work on the subject, presenting as it does the texts, translations, photographs and notes for 100 inscriptions dating from the sixth certtury B.C. to A.D. 425. Emeritus Professor at the University of California at Berkeley, Dr. Gordon has provided in the introduction to the book the most complete review available anywhere of his subject a study which, as he says, is the meeting place of Roman history and several of the arts.
Harvey N. Mandell '46, LaboratoryMedicine in Clinical Practice, John Wright/PSG Inc., 1983. 411 pp., cloth. The Sterling Professor of internal medicine at the Yale Medical School, suggests in his introduction to this book its scope and its raison d'etre: "It is a paradox of modern medicine that, as the laboratory provides for greater precision in diagnosis and treatment, practicing physicians are becoming less critical and efficient in its use." By bringing together in one volume the latest information about the part laboratory use can play in the treatment of illness, the editor (the medical director of the Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut) is making a contribution to turning that situation around.
Ralph A. Bavier '28, How to Break 100in the Consulting Game, Consultant News, 1982. 144 pp., paperback and cassette. The author, whose obituary appeared in the January-February issue, founded his consulting firm in 1952, and in this book summarizes the experience of thirty years of successful work offering advice through an examination of "The Ten Commandments of Consulting." Both the philosophy of Bavier, Bulger & Goodyear, and the tone of the book are captured in these words from the preface: "Other companies have doubtless done better in rate of growth and profitability but there's more to consulting than making a buck, and in job satisfaction we'll probably rank with the best."
David Rattray '57, Success withWords: A Guide to the American Language, The Reader's Digest Association, 1983. 692 pp., cloth. David Rattray was the project editor for this work, which examines the problems of Standard English, i.e. American and Canadian English. It gives recommendations, not rulings, on usage. In addition, it treats of style, etiquette of style, and that essential subject in the age of the ERA, gender. And dialects, from Chinook and Gullah to Prairie Canadian, are examined. The entries are in alphabetical order and go from "a" to "zeugma."
Michael R. Darby '67, James R. Lothian, at al., The International Transmission of Inflation, University of Chicago Press, 1984. 727 pp., cloth. Professor of economics at UCLA, Michael Darby, with his collaborators, has produced a book which describes how inflation, "the dominant economic, social, and political problem of the industrialized West," came to pass, and tells the reader what can be done about it, bringing together new information and theoretical conclusions concerning its causes internationally. It is intended that the book should furnish the study of international monetary economics with an invaluable empirical foundation for future investigation and discussion.
Robert Jay Misch '25 is responsible for the newly revised and enlarged (seventh) edition of The Official Mixer'sManual, the "standard guide to the preparation of over 1,300 different drinks," a book of which more than 700,000 copies are in use. (Doubleday, 1983, 198 pp., cloth.) Edward EdsonAbbott '29 has published a book of poems gathered together under the title On Mountain Tops; the verses range from some written during undergraduate days to others as recent as last year (Available from Box 532, Big Bear City, CA 92314.) Charles Geisler '67 wrote the introductory essay for WhoOwns Appalachia? (University of Kentucky Press) a major study of how nearly 75% of 13,000,000 acres of Appalachia is in the hands of absentee owners; and he is the co-editor of LandReform, American Style (Rowman & Allanheld) which shows that the United States is as involved in land reform struggles as its Third World neighbors.
