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These extracts from reviews do not pretend to repre skip in this matter (French colleagues please note) may learn sent a complete survey of all reviews in journals and from H.'s example just how valuable an intellectual tool an newspapers. We offer only a selection from quotations that index can be.' members have sent in. Clarendon Press: James Thomson 1700-1748: a life, by James Our reproduction of comments is not a stamp of Sambrook (1991, 332 pp, £40). Rev. by Pat Rogers, Times approval from the Society of Indexers upon the reviewer's Literary Supplement, 28 Feb 1992. assessment of an index. 'There is a useful appendix on portraits of Thomson, a Extracts are arranged alphabetically under the names of comprehensive bibliography, abundant documentation and a publishers, within the sections: Indexes praised: Two well-organized index. Those are all things expected from a standard biography, and even today a degree of dullness is cheers! Indexes censured: Indexes omitted; Obiter dicta. respectable in a standard life, like sobriety in a banker.'

Indexes praised Facts on File: Biographical dictionary of medicine, by Jessica & Elmer Bendiner (1990, 284 pp, $40). Rev. in Booklist 87(13), 1 March 1991. ABC-Clio: The urban politics dictionary, by John W. Smith & The subject index refers the reader to entries for people John S. Klemanski (1990, 613 pp,'$60). Rev. in Booklist related to topics, so someone seeking information on peni 87(14), 15 March 1991. cillin, for instance, is referred to the articles on Fleming, 'Coverage of some 600 terms concerning city politics and Chain, and Florey. Although the indexes do not provide page urban life ... All related terms appear in the index where numbers, the alphabetical arrangement provides easy access reference is also made to entries for related terms . . . Found to the material.* (provided you don't mind hunting through also in the index are people (Martin Luther King, Jr.; Ed each article.) Koch), places, governmental agencies (U.S. Postal Service) Facts on File: Current events on file: news digest with index and U.S. Supreme Court cases mentioned in other entries. (1990- , biweekly, S225). Rev. in Booklist 87(12), 15 Feb Thus, using the index enhances the value of the book.' 1991. Cambridge Univ. Press: Fish evolution and systematics: evi 'The index follows the same format as Facts on File. dence from spermatozoa, by B. G. M. Jamieson (1991, 319 although in larger print . . . Instructions on using the index pp, £40). Rev. by Colin Patterson. Biologist 38(5). Nov arc printed in a box on each right-hand page.' 1991. Facts on File: The Guinness hook of records. 1991. ed. Donald 'The book contains plenty of clear diagrams and is very McFarlan (1990, 320 pp, $21.95). Rev. in Booklist 87(10), well indexed. The text itself is pretty indigestible, but this is 15 Jan 1991. certainly a reference work rather than a straight read.1 (saved 'A comprehensive index completes the volume. In many by the index) cases the index entry includes references to more specific top Cambridge Univ. Press: Religion, learning and science in the ics within the general category.' Abbasid period, ed. M. J. L. Young, J. D. Latham & R. B. Forest Press (Albany, NY): Abridged Dewey Decimal Serjeant (1991, 587 pp, £60). Rev. by Robert Irwin. Times Classification and relative index, devised by Melvil Dewey, Literary Supplement, 29 Nov 1991. ed. John P. Comaromi el al. (12th edn 1990, 857 pp, $75). 'Study of the index . . . (compiled by Barbara Hird, it is Rev. by William A. Garrison,Library Resources & one of the best indexes I have ever come across) suggests one Technical Services 35(3), July 1991. of the problems. Medieval Arab writing cannot easily be 'The part of [this twelfth] edition that impressed this accommodated within familiar literary genres.' (a double reviewer is the Relative index. Terms for new concepts have accolade for anSI member) been added . . . Placenames are in proper form according to Clarendon Press: The European dynastic stales J494-1660, by the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, second edition, wilh Richard Bonney (1991, 658 pp, £45). Rev. by Geoffrey appropriate qualifiers . . . The index in the twelfth edition Parker, Times Literary Supplement, 28 Feb 1992. also has the appropriate numbers, and see references have '. . . the apparatus critkus and the index, which between been eliminated . . . saving the usera two-step lookup pro them occupy over 100 pages, are meticulous and invaluable.' cess. This edition represents a significant improvement over previous editions, particularly in the indexing.' Clarendon Press: Inventing the barbarian: Greek self-definition through tragedy, by E. Hall (1989, 277 pp. £30). Rev. by R. Fourmat Publishing: Medical negligence case law, by Rodney G. A.Buxton, Journal of Hellenic Studies 111. 1991. Nelson-Jones & Frank Burton (1991, 408 pp, £45). Rev. by- 'There is a truly splendid index, compiled, the author Garth Hill, Journal of the Medical Defence Union 1, 1992. reports, by her mother. Any scholar tempted to skimp or even 'The great advantage of this book over similar ones ... is

The Indexer Vol. 18 No.2 October 1992 123 INDEXES REVIEWED that the authors have gone to a good deal of trouble to index Haworth Press: The good serials department, ed. Peter and cross-index the comprehensive list of cases they describe, Gellatly (1990, $29.95). Rev. by Albert Mullis, Serials 4(3), not only by the case name but also by subject matter/ Nov 1991. 'For once, in one of these publications, the index is reason Gale: Statistical record of Black America, ed. Jessie Carney ably detailed, occupying ten pages compared with the two, Smith (1990, 707 pp, $89.50). Rev. in Booklist 87(12), 15 three or four which are more common; and the index usefully Feb 1991. collocates references under . .. various functional headings.' "... a very detailed index providing easy subject access.' Herald Press (Scottdale, Penn.): Apart and together: Garland: Labor conflict in the United States: an encyclopedia, Mennonites in Oregon and neighboring states, by Hope ed. Ronald L. Filippelli (1990, 609 pp, $95). Rev. in Kauflmann Lind (1990, 413 pp, $26.95). Rev. by David A. Booklist 87(11), 1 Feb 1991. Haury, Mennonite Life 46(3), Sept 1991. 'There is a comprehensive index of subjects and proper \ . . and the index gives access to every person and many names. Helpful features of the index are lists of labour con useful topics.' flicts under the cities in which they occurred and under the headings black workers and women workers' Library Association: Book selection: principles and practice, by David Spiller (5th edn 1991, £28.50). Rev. by John Garland (New York): The Princeton Aiciati companion: a Hughes, Library Association Record 94(1), Jan 1992. glossary of Neo-Latin words and phrases used by Andrea The index, as usual, is good enough to encourage us to Aiciati and the emblem book writers of his time ... by use the book for reference.' William S. Heckscher (1989, 302 pp). Rev. by LVR. Seventeenth-Century News 49(3-4), Fall-Winter 1991. McGraw-Hill: Computers: an introduction to hardware and The English Index is an additional help in more than one software design, by Larry L. Wear et al. (1991, 602 pp, way. For instance, the engravers cutting tool called a burin is $50.95). Rev. by Melvin L. Tobias, Computing Reviews cross-referenced to a number of both Greek and Latin terms 32(11), Nov 1991. in the Glossary, including the neologism talpa ("mole," and 'Acronym use is kept to a necessary minimum, and the in Medieval Latin, "battering ram"). In the English Index reader will appreciate the fact that the index appears to cover also, Neo-Latin authors mentioned in the Glossary are iden most of the acronyms used.' tified with brief biographical studies.' Moy/Postal History Society: The use of the 1894 coded time Glamorgan County History Trust/Univ. of Wales Press: system in English provincial offices, (1992, 126 pp, £10). Glamorgan County History, vol. 6: Glamorgan society, Rev. by J. Me, British Philatelic Bulletin 29(8), April 1992. 1780-1980, ed. Prys Morgan (1988, 463 pp, £39.95). Rev. The book is clearly set out, the listings of each town being by M. I. Williams, Archaeologia Cambrensis 139, 1990. alphabetically by counties, with an index which gives a brief This large-octavo volume is beautifully produced, clearly summary of the different marks for each town.' printed, delightfully illustrated, and well indexed.' Oxford Univ. Press: Rejoice and sing [United Reformed Greenwood: Blacks in film and television: a Pan-American bib Church hymnbook], (1991, 1171 pp, £25); Baptist praise liography of films, filmmakers, and performers, by John and worship (1991, 1087 pp, £25), Rev. by C. S. Rodd, Gray (1990, 496 pp, $55). Rev. in Booklist 87(11). 1 Feb Expository Times 103(7), April 1992. 1991. 'Indexing of hymns is very important, and the indexes in 'Indexes by artist, title (of production), subject, and author both books arc excellent. Besides the essential First Lines and are provided. Indexing is especially important, as the Titles, Authors, Composers, and Tunes (alphabetical and arrangement of the book is complex.' metrical), both books list Themes (fuller in R&S and easier to use because arranged alphabetically) and Biblical Passages Greenwood (New York): Historical dictionary of world's fairs and expositions, 1851-1988, ed. John E. Findling (1990^ 443 closely related to the hymns, and BPW has in addition Sectional Cross References and Hymns for Family Worship. pp. $75). Rev. by Beth Juhl, College & Research Libraries The decision of the compilers of [both] books to reject a sec 52(2), March 1991. tion of children's hymns makes this last extremely valuable.' The detailed index is particularly useful for locating the odd pavilion (Futurama), entertainer (Sally Rand), or theme Scarecrow: From day to day: a calendar of notable birthdays ("Century of Progress").' and events, by David E. Johnson (1990. 860 pp, S72.50). Rev. in Booklist 87(12), 15 Feb 1991. Hambledon: English medieval industries, ed. John Blair & 'A comprehensive list of proper names provides quick ref Nigel Ramsay (1991, 446 pp, £45). Rev. by J. R. erence to birthdays and events.' Maddicott, Times Literary Supplement, 6 Dec 1991. 'All this is exceptionally well presented: the illustrations are Scribner: Concise dictionary of American biography (4th edn numerous and pertinent, the short bibliographies appended to 1990, 1536 pp, SI50). Rev. in Booklist 87(14), 15 March each chapter carry the reader forward into the subject, and 1991. the index could hardly be bettered.' (full marks for editing) The occupations index is useful and interesting. It pro vides many see and see also references and helpful subdivi Hamblcdon: Studies in castles and castle-building, by Arnold sions (clergymen by denomination, manufacturers by Taylor (1986, 332 pp, £25). Rev. by W. G. Thomas, product, etc.).' Archaeologia Cambrensis 139, 1990. 'fphoto-reproductions of previously published articles] but Sheffield Academic Press: Persuasive artistry: studies in New with continuous pagination and an invaluable index.' Testament rhetoric in honor of George A. Kennedy, ed.

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Duane F. Watson (1991, 390 pp, £40). Rev. by Ivor H. Jones, Expository Times 103(4), Jan 1992. Two Cheers! The book is excellently supplied with indexes.' (a rare enough tribute in a Festschrift) Chadwyck-Healy: Black biography 1790-1950: a cumulative SPCK: Doctrine and practice in the early church, by S. G. index (1991, 3 vols, S900). Rev.'by Mary Cargill, College & Hall (1991, £15). Rev. by Janet Tomlinson. Church Times, Research Libraries 53(2), March 1992. 27 Dec 1991. The Index itself has indexes by place of birth, by occupa 'Hall has rendered the complicated issues of early Christian tion, by religion, and of women. The occupations are deter experience and understanding in very straightforward lan minedly nonsexist - business person, military1 person, etc - guage, leading the reader through the maze of material in which can cause confusion. Is a female medical worker a confident style. The index is correspondingly clear, detailed nurse? And since doctors are usually identified as such, why and helpful.' is there no separate listing for them?'

Univ. Press of Colorado: New Mexico's buffalo soldiers, Fabcr: The Faber book of drink, drinkers and drinking, ed. 1866-1900. by Monroe Lee Billington (1991, 258 pp. Simon Rae (1991, 541 pp, £15.99). Rev. by Jeffrey Abbott, $29.95). Rev. by R. S. Lowe, Choice 29(5). Jan 1992. Times Saturday Review, 14 Dec 1991. 'Six maps . . . and a detailed index contribute to the value There is a good but not flawless index. Therein, without of what will become a standard work in the history of the excessive dedication, 1 found some faults. O'Rourke is always West.' misspelt as O'Rorke; there is no reference to that arch-bibu- list Porson, who in moments of relaxation was a great classi Wallace-Homestead: The price guide to autographs, by George cal scholar. Stay your wrath: he is found on pages 104-7, Sanders el al. (2nd edn 1991, 608 pp, $21.95). Rev. in polishing off the embrocation. Cyril Connolly deserved an Booklist 87(12), 15 Feb 1991. entry for his cure for a hangover: a tuft of the dog that bit 'Several new chapters and hundreds of names have been you. Pages 427-8 raise the spirits again: Trappist silence bro added . . . The subject and name indexes have also been ken in shoot-out as monks defend monastery wine.' made more efficient.' Facts on File (New York): The A-Z of women's sexuality. by- Wilson, H. W.: Indexing from A to Z, by Hans Wcllisch Ada P. Kahn & Linda Hughey (1990, 362 pp, $24.95). (1991, 461 pp, $35). Rev. in Wilson Library Bulletin 66(7). Rev. by Barbara Kemp, College & Research Libraries March 1992. 52(2), March 1991. 'It should be no surprise that this book's index is an exem The liberal use of cross references in the body of the work plar. In its earnestness, authority, and appreciation for com is enhanced and expanded by a detailed index which provides plexity this resembles the venerable Chicago Manual of access to reference within the entries. Although there are Style . . . and promises to be a similarly useful and important some inconsistencies in the cross references and indexing, reference to those who tend to the little details that, if left they are relatively minor.' untended, can make a book look like a teenager's room rather than an inviting room in House Beautiful.' Gale: Guide to international education in the United States, ed. David S. Hoopes & Kathleen R. Hoopes (1991, 589 pp, World Council of Churches: Dictionary of the ecumenical $110). Rev. in Booklist 87(14), 15 March 1991. movement (1991, 1196 pp, £44.95). Rev." by C. S. Rodd, 'Criticized in the first edition were the three indexes, which Expository Times 103(8), May 1992. now have been combined into a single index listing subjects 'The indexes are excellent, and the highlighting of the main and keywords. The indexing is so complete that the many discussions is most useful to the reader.' grants and awards of the Council for International Exchange Zell, Hans: Guide to archives and manuscripts relating to of Scholars are listed under three different headings. One Kenya and East Africa in the United Kingdom, by Anne idiosyncrasy lists a publication entitled Update Hong Kong Thurston (1991, 2 vols. 1196 pp, £120). Rev. by Judy- under Update and Kong but not under HongV Palmer, Library Association Record 93(8), Aug 1991. Garland: Materials and strategies for the education of train- 'Similarly it was irritating, and unaccountable, to find no able mentally retarded learners, by James P. White (1990, contents listing at the front of the second volume. By contrast 348 pp, S40). Rev. in Booklist 87(1*2), 15 Feb 1991. the index was a joy to use/ 'An index provides access by author, title, and general sub Rev. by Michael Wise, Reference Reviews 5(4), 1991. jects to item numbers. Very specific subjects are not cross- 'The very detailed index stood up to my attempts to fault it.' referenced {dental care is listed but not teeth or personal (index by Lyn Greenwood, SI member) hygiene), nor are joint authors listed.' Zondervan: The NIV exhaustive concordance, by Edward W. Garland: Women writers: from page to screen, by Jill Fenton Goodrick & John P. Kohlenberger (1990, 1853 pp, $49.95). et al. (1990, 483 pp, $45). Rev. in Booklist 87(10), 15 Jan Rev. in Booklist 87(11), 1 Feb 1991. 1991. 'Indexes every word in the Bible, including the most fre 'Separate indexes provide access to the filmography by film quently used articles, conjunctions, prepositions, and pro titles and titles of literary sources. The lack of headers at the nouns in their own index. Three separate indexes are also top of index pages leads to confusion about which index one included for Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words, making is using.' this work appropriate for scholarly researchers as well as less well advanced users. Another useful feature is an index that Kingsway: Among God's giants: aspects of Puritan provides cross-references to and from words used in the King Christianity, by J. I. Packer (1991. 447 pp. £9.99). Rev. by James Version.' John Tiller. Anvil 90), 1992.

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'There is an impressive index of Puritan authors and works Saur: Catalog of the German-Americana collection. University quoted which readers will find very useful. Unfortunately of Cincinnati, by Don Heinrich Tolzmann (1990, 2 vols, it is far from complete . . . Nor has it been checked very $215). Rev. by Mary Cargill, College & Research Libraries thoroughly, since the Puritan writer Thomas Hooker was 52(2), March 1991. ' certainly not the author of The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity it has a classified arrangement, which unfortunately could and the Book of Common Prayer appears under Cranmer, T.: be more detailed. For example, the sixteen pages listing infor yes, but . . . !' mation on the forty-eighters are arranged alphabetically by author. To find all the material on Carl Schurz, the reader Library Association: Printed reference material and related either has to look at every entry or constantly refer to the sources of information, ed. Peter W. Lea & Alan Day index.' (but what are indexes for?) (1990, 589 pp. £39). Rev. by Stuart James. Reference Reviews 5(5), 1991. TFPL Publishing: The CD-ROM directory 1992. ed. Matthew '. . . and Ken Bakewell's entertaining but scholarly survey Finlay & Joanne Mitchell (1992, £75). Rev. by Bernard of indexing—it was a wise decision to keep this. The overall Williams, Information Management & Technology 25(3), index by Shclagh Fisher and Tony Oulton has obviously 1992. taken Bakcwcll's message and is a model for such a work.' 'There arc excellent indexes including a subject index (this Rev. by Gareth Williams, Public Library Journal 6(6). is less successful in parts—there must be well over 1,000 iden 1991. tity numbers under the heading "Distributors" and following i must commend the compilers of the index for its com them up would be a daunting task) and a country index. prehensiveness and for including within its scope entries for There is also an unusual but very useful contacts index—an works cited in the chapter bibliographies. However, the index alphabetical listing of all the personal names culled from the is not without its imperfections of coverage ... the volumes companies index. In its liberal use of such indexes the printed of British Library History ... are also mentioned in the suc directory reveals its unmistakable database origin.' ceeding chapter by the same author on "Subject bibli Wolf Publishing: Advances in pathology, vol. 3. ed. C. ographies". The index has no entry1 for either page reference Fenoglio-Preiser & R. S. Weinstein (1990, 322 pp, £42.50). while the editor is only indexed for one chapter reference.' Rev. by J. C. E. Underwood, Journal of Pathology 165, Macmillan: Atlas of communism, ed. Geoffrey Stern (1991. 1991. 256 pp. S95). Rev. by Marsha L. Selmer, Special Libraries 'The index is reasonably comprehensive, though some of Association Geography & Map Division Bulletin 167. March the entries seem arbitrary." 1992. 'The ten-page index provides references to both text and illustrations and makes use of bold-faced type to differentiate between the two; however, no special type is used to indicate Indexes censured the maps. The inclusion in the index of maps with specific content, e.g.. The Khrushchev Years, Czechoslovakia 1968, American Library Association: The whole library handbook: could be verified, while those with a more diffuse topic could current data, professional advice, and curiosa about libraries not. e.g.. The Demise of Communism.' and library services, by George M. Eberhart (1991, 490 pp, S22.50). Rev. by James H. Spohrer, College & Research Rumbsy Scientific Publishing (Adelaide): Continuous bivariate Libraries 53(2), March 1992. distributions, emphasising applications, by T. P. Hulchinson 'The profusion of facts, figures, opinions, suggestions, sam & C. D. Lai (1990, 412 pp, US$63, AusS88, £38). Rev. by ple policies, and trivial lore is indeed impressive if one reads Ingram Olkin, Journal of the American Statistical the volume from cover to cover, but its index of only six Association, Dec 1991. pages does not allow the precision of entry which is com 'I found the index somewhat frustrating. For example, the monly desirable in works of such scope. There is a very prac Farlie-Gumbel-Morgenstern family is not a main entry under tical article by Anthony Amodeo entitled "How to Move or the letters F, G, or M, but is an entry under B for bivariate Shift Books," for example, but no entry in the index for distribution.' either "moving" or "shifting." Similarly, those interested in Rev. by A. W. Kemp, Statistician 41. 1992. using Macintosh computers for public use will find an excel 'Cross-referencing is, however, largely lacking in the text, lent fillip by Patrick R. Dewey on that subject—but no men though the authors have tried hard to produce a good seven- tion of cither Macintoshes or personal computers (or page index . . .' microcomputers) in the index.' Rev. by S. Kocherlakota, Biometrics 47. 1991. 'What is most appealing in the book appears in the last 43 American Philosophical Society: In the shade of an acacia tree: pages of cross-referenced bibliography containing approxi memoirs of a health officer in Africa, 1945-1959. by Frank mately 1,600 entries. In addition, the index is complete and L. Lambrecht (1991, 418 pp, $40). Rev. by R. A. Corby, detailed.' Choice 29(5), Jan 1992. Rev. by William I. Notz, Technometrics 34(2), May 1992. 'The book's layout and illustrations are superior, but the 'There is an extensive list of references and a reasonably index is inadequate.' (for the coffee-table only?) detailed index.' Avebury Academic Publishing: Client access to records: partici (thanks to an anonymous Australian reader, this is the first pation in social work, by David Shemmings (1991, 123 pp). lime we have been able to publish four reviews to illustrate you Horrors from the index spotted by a librarian: pays your money . . .') "adoption [followed by]

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administration, issues of (not the only example of misorder- Coach Publishing (Horsham): IVealden buildings: studies in the ing] timber-framed tradition of building in Kent, Sussex and Surrey, ed. John Warren (1990, 243 pp, £15). Rev. by Lucy . . . Archie Kirkwood, M.P. fsicj Dewhurst, Vernacular Architecture 22, 1991. . . . effects on relationship between worker and user [indeed] 'Turning to technicalities, there are some weaknesses. The photographs lack contrast; the index does not provide all the . . . openness [with 20 undifferentiated page numbers] page references for items cited; references in the text to points . . . recording [with 34 ditto f in other chapters are not given page numbers; and the foot (Did the 'academic' publishers leave the indexing to the new note numbering for chapter II is muddled.' (where was the office boy? One entry is 'learned helplessness'.) editor at the end?)

Blackie: Eclogite fades rocks, ed. D. A. Carswell (1990, 396 Darton, Longman & Todd: The Christian origins of pp. £77). Rev. by N. B. W. Harris, Journal of Petrology 32, Gnosticism, by Simone Petrement, tr. Carol Harrison Oct 1991. (1991, 542 pp. £35). Rev. by Stuart G. Hall, Theology 95 "This is partly the result of the indexing which seems to be (763), Jan 1992. distinctly whimsical. Assuming I had missed some critical ref Unfortunately all readers will be impeded by the disastrous erences, I turned to the index to find nothing under indexes. The author-index is pointless; the subject-index is in "California", "Franciscan", or "USA". What I was looking accurate (incomplete and incorrect entries), presents long strings for was eventually found under "Crustal localities: USA.' where articulation is urgent (66 references to Valentinus), misses cardinal topics (like the ignorance of the aeons in Cambridge Univ. Press: The Cambridge encyclopedia of space, Valentinus), and wholly omits subjects which do not fit some ed. Michael Rycroft (1990, 386 pp, $79.50). Rev. in prejudicial plan (like Paul's letters to the Corinthians and the Booklist 87(13), I March 1991. Gospel and Letters of John). Cannot authors, publishers and 'Calling it an encyclopedia, however, is a misnomer . . . indexers improve the idiotic way English theological books are One cannot go directly to the book and expect to find a sometimes presented? Scholars should wake up to the need to term or a topic in an alphabetical or classified sequence. make books usable; brilliance like Pelrement's is not enough.' Instead, it is necessary to use the table of contents or the brief index to find specific information . . . The index has a Elsevier (Amsterdam): Halogenated biphenyls, terphenyls. glossary integrated into it, i.e., some entries are merely a term naphthalenes, dibenzodioxins and related products, ed. R. D. with definition and may or may not refer to a page number. Kimbrough & A. A. Jensen (2nd edn 1989, 518 pp, Acronyms are listed with full name spelled out in £197.50). Rev. by John Greig, Fd Chem. Toxic. 29(9), 1991. parentheses . . . Personal names are also included, but there 'This book is a valuable reference source. However, in this is inconsistency in including birth and death dates. The index capacity the index fails. Entries for individual compounds are could be better split into three parts—glossary, bio inconsistent and, in many cases, missing.' graphical information, and expanded subject and topical Harvester Wheatsheaf/Political Studies Association of UK: terms. It does not cover photograph captions ... In spot- Bibliography of political studies 1990, ed. Pippa Norris & checking some entries, it was discovered that page citations Ivor Crewe (1991, £40). Rev. by Ray Ward. Library were off by a page or two in many instances.1 (last-minute Association Record 94(4). April 1992. revision again?) 'The subject index is unworthy of the name. There are Chatto & Windus: An imagined life, by Richard Hoggart entries under "A", "An" and "The", anyone seeking (1991, £17.99). Rev. by John Jolliffe, Country Life, 2 April Northern Ireland will find it at the beginning of the Ns under 1992. both "N Ireland" and "N. Ireland". "Directory" has been 'The index is contemptible.' (perhaps that will stir the pub metamorphosed into "direction", and an item under lisher to do belter!) "Angels" turns out to be about Engels! The author index has no joint author entries. A good idea poorly executed, then; Clarendon Press: A commentary on Liw books XXXI- the compilers should seek the advice of people who can tell XXXIII, by John Briscoe (1989, 378 pp,£l4.95). Rev. by them how to describe and index publications properly.1 Kenneth Wellesley, Classical Review ns 41(2), 1991. This is an unaltered reprint of the 1973 edition . . . The Hilger, Adam: A dictionary of scientific quotations, ed. Alan index retains the old errors and takes no account of Addenda L. Mackay (1991, £9.50). Rev. by David Jones, Times II. Could no severe sub-editor be found at Oxford to tidy up Saturday Review, 21 Dec 1991. the chaos, which detracts so much from the real virtues of As a source-book, this dictionary is annoying. Its index, the book?' mainly of single words, is inadequate. Not all the quotations are indexed. I frequently failed to find one I knew was there; Clarendon Press: The Kelmscott Press: a history of William looking for one which might not be would be very frustrating.' Morris's typographical adventure, by William S. Peterson (1991, 384 pp, £50). Rev. by Janel Ing Freeman, Printing Hodder & Stoughton: Mr Wu and Mrs Stitch: the letters of Historical Society Bulletin 31, Winter 1991. Evelyn Waugh and Diana Cooper, ed. Artemis Cooper '. . . The Clarendon Press could also have better served (1991, 344 pp, £19.99). Rev. by Frances Donaldson, Peterson's scholarship by enhancing the back matter: the Spectator, 19 Oct 1991. long and informative notes are not keyed to the relevant text 'If Artemis Cooper had succeeded in getting a good index pages, and the index can be frustratingly unhelpful (58 undis (to give 11 lines of figures under Duff Cooper's name and six criminated entries for Emery Walker, 51 for ornaments, 47 under Nancy Mitford's with no clues to any of them is a for the Chaucer, etc).' waste of everybody's time) . . .'

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Information USA (Kensington, Maryland): The Federal data Murray: Prep school, ed. Michael Gilbert (1991, 228 pp, base finder: a directory of free and fee-based data bases and £17.95). Rev. by Colin Leach. Times Literary Supplement, files available from the Federal government, by Matthew 17 Jan 1992. Lesko (3rd edn 1990, 571 pp, S125). Rev. in Booklist 'The index is sadly inadequate, wholly omitting the many 87(10), 15 Jan 1991. schools referred to.' 'Desirable improvements include more systematic subject Oxford Univ. Press: The birth of Athenian democracy: the indexing, title keyword indexing, and separate indexes for assembly in the fifth century B.C.. by Chester G. Starr CD-ROMs or files available on dialog and cendata.' (1990, 86 pp, £12.95). Rev. by Simon Hornblower, Lane, Allen: The Essays of Michel de Montaigne, trans. & ed. Classical Review ns 41 (2), 1991. M. A. Screech (1991, £35). Rev. by Bernard Levin, Times, The index is hopeless, omitting, e.g., "Corcyra" but 28 Nov 1991. including "Corinth".' 'And then I turned to the index. I have made so much Oxford Univ. Press: International encyclopedia of linguistics. uproar about inadequate indexes that you might think pub ed. William Bright (1992; 4 vols, 1807 pp, £250). Rev. by lishers would by now always provide proper ones, if only to Raphael Salkie, Times Higher Education Supplement. 13 ensure that they are not pelted with ordure from the hand of Mar 1992. Levin, the Indexer's Champion . . . Screech's "index" is an The index is enormous, but not as well thought out as it abomination . . . First, it is nothing but a list of proper could have been. "Computerized axial tomography" (a tech names, whereas there is no writer in all history who cries out nique for scanning the brain) is only listed under "c", for more loudly for an index to his ideas, his themes, his com instance, a curious choice. I suspect that the index was largely ments, his attitudes, his quotings, his self-descriptions, his generated by means of a computerized word search, which musings, his experiences, his divagations, his jests. But that is tends to result in a huge index, but not necessarily an intelli not the worst. The wretched dreary parade of names is anyway gent one.* useless, because it is nothing but a string of undifferentiated page-numbers, with a pathetic sop in the form of bold-type Oxford Univ. Press: The last rainforests: a world conservation numerals indicating "more than a passing reference".' atlas, ed. Mark Collins (1990, 200 pp, $29.95). Rev. in Booklist 87(13), 1 March 1991. McFarland: The recreation and entertainment industries: an includes a glossary of selected terms and a very brief and information sourcebook, by Norman F. Clarke (1990, 250 inadequate index. This beautiful book belongs in all academic pp, S42.50). Rev. in Booklist 87(12), 15 Feb 1991. and public libraries, but it might be better located in the cir 'The author-title index is inadequate since not all sources culating section, since neither its arrangement nor its indexing are indexed. In addition, to discover what specific industries makes it easy to use as a reference work.' are covered, one must browse by chapter or check the SIC numbers in the table of contents.' St James Press: The awards almanac: an international guide to career, research, and education funds, ed. Noelle Watson Maxwell Macmillan: Famous hands from famous matches [on (1990, 771 pp, $75). Rev. in Booklist 87(13), 1 March 1991. contract bridge], by Terence Reese & David Bird (1991, There are three indexes to facilitate access . . . Coverage is $15.95). Rev. by Phillip Aider, Daily Chronicle (De Kalb, not comprehensive . . . Cross-references in the indexes are Illin.), 10 Feb 1992. marginal; for example, the American Library Association is 'But ignore the index—all the page numbers are wrong.' not cross-referenced to its component units while the entry Merlin Press: VDU terminal sickness, by Peggy Bcntham note stales that more than 90 such awards exist. Nor is (1992. £8.95). Rev. by Jane Dorner, The Slag 9, Winter librarianship cross-referenced to information science and vice 1992. versa, in the subject index.' 'One small gripe (for which I blame the publisher, not the Silicon Press (Summit, New Jersey): C for FORTRAN pro author) is that the index is woefully inadequate—looks as if it grammers, by T. D. Brown, Jr (1990, 206 pp, S22.95). Rev. has been computer-generated.' by P. Abrahams, Computing Reviews 32(11), Nov 1991. Microfilm Publishing (Larchmont, NY): International imaging The index could be much improved. It lacks an entry for source book including micrographics and optical imaging "register", although the register storage class is mentioned in (1992, $97.50/£75). Rev. by Bernard Williams, Information several places. Some of the terms that are present lack impor Management & Technology 25(3), 1992. tant entries, such as the mention of the "exit" function on 'The publishers include a master index which helps you to page 106 in connection with program termination.' locate an organisation when you are not sure under which Simon & Schuster: The new atlas of African history, by category to look—but I found the master index surprisingly G. S. P. Freeman-Grenvillc (1991. 144 pp. $65). Rev. in unreliable when it came to associations—even AIIM (the Booklist 87(12), 15 Feb 1991. Association of Image and Information Management) with 'According to the preface, country and area name changes nearly two pages of entries in the Associations section failed are cross-referenced in the index. However, there are no visi to get into the master index!' ble cross-references. The index would be more useful if they Murray: Burton: snow upon the desert, by Frank McLynn were provided.' (199*1, 428 pp, S34.95). Rev. by R. I. Rotbcrg, Choice Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC): Sarapiqui chronicle: 29(5), Jan 1992. a naturalist in Costa Rica, by Allen M. Young (361 pp, 'The maps, important for a book on an explorer, are rudi $40/$ 16.95). Rev. by Eric Korn, Times Literary mentary, as are the index and the endnotes.' Supplement, 23 March 1992.

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'. . . the Smithsonian Press . . . has failed to edit adequate can be frustrating.' ly, and permitted an unhelpful index, in which all botanical Cambridge L'niv. Press: Cambridge biographical dictionary, ed. names are grouped under the three headings—orchids, vines Magnus Magnusson (1990, 1604 pp, S34.50). Rev. in (lianas), and trees (presumably those that have bushy tops.)' Booklist 87(12), 15 Feb 1991. Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies: Research on 'Missing from this edition are the pronunciation guide, the Roman Britain 1960-89. ed. Malcolm Todd (1989. 283 pp, subject index (so useful for trivia questions) . . .' £19.50). Rev. by F. H. Thompson, Surrev Archaeological Chatto & Windus: Writers on World War II: an anthology: Collections 80. 1990. ed. Mordecai Richler (1991, £18.99). Rev. by Gillian 'If it has a fault (apart from a very skimpy index rerum), it Tindall, Times Saturday Review, 11 Feb 1992. is the occasional effect of insular self-satisfaction.' 'When it comes to names, bureaucratic regimentation sets SPCK/Fortress Press: The Anglican tradition: a handbook of in, subjecting us to W(yslan) H(ugh) Auden and Sir Harold sources, by G. R. Evans & J. Robert Wright (1991, 622 pp, George Nicolson. Yet there is no index.' £20). Rev. by Stuart G. Hall, Expository Times 103(5), Fcb Clarendon Press: Collected papers on Greek tragedy, by 1992. T. C. W. Stinton (1990. 517 pp. £60). Rev. by Malcolm 'The Index, purporting to offer a systematic way to use the Heath, Classical Review ns 41(2). 1991. book thcmatically. is inadequate: not enough space, insuffi '. . . there is no index locorum at all. Anyone familiar with cient articulation, frequent confusions and errors, and refer S.'s work will realise how preposterous this is. It is not just ence to sections instead of pages, which means that for some that so much of the volume consists of close examination of topics you are sent to the whole 39 Articles! There is no table particular passages; in these examinations he typically dis of contents. So a cautious welcome, but please improve.' cusses many parallel passages, real or alleged, with an equally Weidenfeld & Nicolson: Darling Loosv: letters to Princess meticulous attention to detail. The book is a storehouse of Louise 1856-1939, by Elizabeth Longford (1991, £16.99). learned commentary, but its treasures are not systematically Rev. by Martin Fagg", Church Times, 29 Nov 1991. stored: adequate indexing would have multiplied its useful 'There is no proper bibliography, and the index could be ness beyond measure. As it is, while we are indebted to the fattened.' (included in a review of hooks for Christmas) Oxford Press for making this collection available, one must regret the faults of presentation which render it a flawed Word (Dallas, Texas): Galatians, by Richard N. Longenecker memorial to an outstanding scholar.' (1990, 323 pp. S24.99). Rev. by T. David Gordon, Themelios 17(3). 1992. de Gruyter: The origins and early development of the Antichrist 'There are a disconcerting number of errors in the indices myth, by Gregory C. Jenks (1991, 416 pp, DM158). Rev. (sic), so that the pages cited arc often incorrect. The reader by Maurice Casey, Expository Times 103(6), March 1992. will need to look within a page or two of the citations to find The only index is to citations . . . This book is now the the information cited in the index. I found none further than most important standard work on its subject.' (and so two pages away, and most were within one page." (someone deserves better indexing) forgot the index when the pagination was changed at the last Dell: The encyclopedia of the NCAA basketball tourna minute?) ment .... by Jim Savage (1990, 745 pp, S27.95). Rev. in Booklist 87(13), I March 1991. Indexes omitted 'Without an index, access to information about a particu lar team is limited.'

Einaudi (Turin): / libri degli altri: letters 1947-1981, by Italo Amacom (New York): The computer glossary: the complete Calvino, ed. Giovanni Tesio (1991, 658 pp. L48.000). Rev. illustrated desk reference, ed. Alan Frcedman (5th cdn by Raleigh Trevelyan. Times Literary Supplement. 6 Dec 1991. 670 pp, S34.95). Rev. by P. Vondracck, Computing 1991. Reviews 32(11), Nov 1991. To provide an index of proper names only, and not of sub 'The glossary should end with an index of all terms cov jects, some of which are of considerable interest on various lev ered and, to help in finding a needed word, alphabet guide els, is a grave drawback, in this well-meaning but hotchpotch of words should appear at the top of every page.' a book/ Baker (Grand Rapids, Illin.): Messianic revelation in the Old Essex University Library1: Information technology and library Testament, by Gerard Van Groningen (1990, 1018 pp, management: 13th international Essen symposium, 22-25 S39.95). Rev. by Willem A. VanGcmeren, Themelios 17(3). October 1990. cd. Ahmed H. Helal & Joachim W. Weiss 1992. (1991, 233 pp). Rev. by Ken Bakewell, New Library World "I encourage the publisher to develop a subject index 93(1099), 1992 because the table of contents is too sketchy and the many 'One final quibble: I looked for an index at the end of the subjects that Van Groningen introduces arc too varied.* (with volume, but instead I found 24 pages of advertisements.' all those pages, isn 7 this too gentle?) (and this was a Festschrift in honour of someone) Cambridge Univ. Press: British plant communities, vol. I: Fairchild: The fashion resource directory, by Amy Holman woodlands and scrub, cd. J. S. Rodwell (1991. 395 pp, £70). Edclman (1990, 262 pp, S35). Rev. in Booklist 87(10), 15 Rev. by David Harding. Biologist 38(5). Nov 1991. Jan 1991. 'The clarity of the exposition alone would qualify this 'It lacks an index and is by no means comprehensive.' book for essential reading, although the absence of an index

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Financial Times Business Information: Information manage 'The book has no index, but the table of contents is ment in the oil and gas industry: a new vision for pro detailed. One potential retrieval problem is the division of ductivity and safety, by Peter Chatterton (1991, 101 pp). different types of services or organizations into separate Rev. by Bernard J. S. Williams, Information Management chapters, rather than in one A-Z group. An index would & Technology 25(1), 1992. have ameliorated this.' 'One criticism is that the productivity of this lengthy report National Museum of Wales: Welsh hoards. 1979-1981. The would have been much improved with an index—a surprising coinage ofCnut in Wales . . . by G. C. Boon (1986, 138 pp, omission in a report which covers, among other things, the £28), Rev. by J. K. Knight, Archaeologia Cambrensis 139, role of OCR and ICR in indexing documents.' 1990. Gieben (Amsterdam): The Athenian Asklepieion: the people, 'In current jargon the book is very "user-friendly", its only their dedication, and the inventories, by S. B. Aleshire (1989, shortcoming is the lack of an index of place names, which 385 pp, Fl/DM 120). Rev. by A. Geoffrey Woodhead, would have been helpful in finding one's way around the Journal of Hellenic Studies 111, 1991. great quantity of information it contains.' (very user- There is no index nominum of the dedicants recorded in friendly?) these inventories. This may be symbolic* Oxford Univ. Press: The Oxford dictionary of new words Hodder & Stoughton: Damon Runyon: a life, by Jimmy (1991, £12.95). Breslin (1992, 410 pp, £17.99). Rev. by T. J. Binyon. Times 'There might be a use for the writer [to consult the book] Literary Supplement, 20 March 1992. were there an index. As it is, you can't discover that a pretty 'Jimmy Breslin's Damon Runyon is a decidely odd biogra but brainless female escort is called a bimbo, unless you phy: it is slightly odd, to begin with, that it should have nei know that she's called a bimbo, when you can look up ther an index nor illustrations, but it is much odder that "bimbo".' Breslin should choose to write of someone he so evidently Poolbeg Press: The Poolbeg book of Irish placenames, by Sean dislikes.' (so maybe those omissions are significant?) McMahon (1991, 113 pp, $8.95). Rev. in Booklist 87(14), International Association for the Study of Traditional 15 March 1991. Environments (New York): Dwellings, settlements and tra intended for "students, armchair travellers, tourists and . . dition: cross-cultural perspectives, ed. Jean-Paul Bourdier & . . for those tracing Irish roots." . . . Neither map nor index Nezar Alsayyad (1989, 540 pp, $35). Rev. by N. J. G. are provided for the American unfamiliar with Irish geogra Pounds, Vernacular Architecture 22, 1991. phy.' (so they'd all better stay at home) 'Too many ideas arc raised in too many places without Radius: Tobacco: a history, by V. G. Kiernan (1991, £18.99). being followed through or examined, and the absence of an Rev. by Jeffrey Abbott, Times Saturday Review, 21 Dec index does nothing to help the reader to pick out the few gems 1991. that shine through the muddy texture of this book/ 'Alpha is one of about 600 sources noted in this book— JSOT Press (Sheffield): The conflict of faith and experience in that is roughly two-and-a-half a page. Since many are cited the Psalms: a form critical and theological study, by Craig more than once, it amounts to an awful lot of sources. You Broylcs (1989, 272 pp). Rev. by Ellen F. Davis, Jewish may also recognise V. G. Kiernan as emeritus professor of Quarterly Review 82(1-2), 1991. history at the university of Edinburgh; further, the arid title 'The book deserves attention. It is regrettable that the lack may cause some sinking of the heart. Be of good cheer. of a Scripture index limits its use as a reference book.' There are two main indications of what the book is really like: first, there is no index; secondly, there are no foot Library Association: Standards for the international exchange notes—those scruffy fag-ends of scholarship stubbed at the of bibliographic information, ed. 1. C. Mcllwainc (1991, bottom of the page." 234 pp, £27.50). Rev. by Peter Lewis, Library Association Rev. by Richard Davenport-Hines, Times Literary Record 93(12), Dec 1991. Supplement, 6 Dec 1991. 'There is also a small group of papers with titles like 'Inexcusably, Kiernan's book is unindexed.1 "Bibliographic Control in Asia" and "Cataloguing in Greece". If these had been omitted, there might have been Routledge: The ice-houses of Britain, by Sylvia P. Beamon & room for an index. The LA ought not to be publishing books Susan Roaf (1990, 553 pp, £100). Rev. by James Moir, of any kind, let alone large compendia of related papers like Vernacular Architecture 22, 1991. this, without an index/ "There is no index to the text, making easy cross-referenc ing between text and Gazetteer impossible. Such omissions Lutterworth: A centurv of biblical archaeology, by Roger Moorey (1991, 189" pp, £9.95). Rev. by C. S. Rodd. are disappointing in a book that will be the standard refer ence work for many years to come, and in a book that infus Expository Times 103(6), March 1992. es such a chilly subject with a warm glow of rare readable 'There is a Brief Glossary of terms, a Select Bibliography. scholarship.' and indexes of personal names and places. I wish there had also been an index of subjects.' St James Press: Contemporary designers, ed. Colin Naylor (2nd edn 1990, 641 pp, $135). Rev. in Booklist 87(12), 15 Mobility International USA (Eugene, Oregon): A world of Feb 1991. options for the 90s: a guide to international exchange, com 'There are no indexes or cross-references; indexes by field munity service and travel for persons with disabilities, by and by nationality would be useful.' (no doubt; after all, there Cindy Lewis & Susan Sygall (1990. 338 pp, $16). Rev. in are only 641 pages lo wade through when you want something) Booklist 87(19), 1 June 1991.

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Scarecrow: A Bibliography of military name lists from pre- hard to distinguish truth from fiction—will treat these cita 1675 to 1900: a guide to genealogical sources, by Lois tions as proof that Rumpole really exists. But judging by Horowitz (1990, 1000 pp. S99.50). Rev. in Booklist 87(10), some of the advocacy quoted in this book, it seems he does.' 15 Jan 1991. Seeker: From Counter-Revolution to Glorious Revolution, by There is no index, nor is there any bibliography of sec Hugh Trevor-Roper (1992, 331 pp, £25). Rev. by Blair ondary sources that would provide assistance in using and Worden, Spectator, 16 May 1992. interpreting military records.' (no index? and a thousand 'The index is full of mischief. It may not go down well with pages?) Quakers (who "swallow popish bait, 243"), or in Scotland Scholars Press (Atlanta, Georgia): Piety and intellect: the aims ("deservedly conquered, 187; Pope still regarded as Antichrist and purposes of ante-bellum theological education, by Glenn in, 281") or in Peterhouse, Cambridge, where once again it T. Miller (1990, 458 pp. $59.95). Rev. by John M. Adams. seems that the past may not have been unrecognisably differ Journal of Church & State 33(3), 1991. ent from the present: "a noisy mafia there, 69; unventilated 'If there is a weakness in this book, it is the lack of an Fellows. 159; a liberal interlude, 281".' index.' (scholars'press?) Sidgwick & Jackson: The great reckoning: how the world will SCM/Trinity Press International: An itinerary for New change in the depression of the 1990s, by James Dale Testament study, by Dieter Luhrmann (1989, 131 pp, Davidson & William Rees-Mogg (1992, 500+ pp, £20). £5.95); Rev. by Henry Hobhouse, Education, 28 Feb 1992. Baker: Introducing New Testament Interpretation, by Scott 'For the first time in 500 years most of the children in the McKnight (1989, 197 pp). Rev. by Michael B. Thompson, West are less able to cope than their parents. They are asked Anvil 9(1), 1992. to live in an age dominated by IT [Information Technology} 'The lack of indices (sic) in both books reviewed is surpris and by learning rather than teaching, yet a very large minority ing, considering their intended use as resources.' are illiterate and innumerate; they cannot use an index ...'

Simon & Schuster: Biographical dictionary of the extreme right since 1890, by Philip Rees (1991, 418 pp, S60). Rev. in Booklist 87(13), 1 March 1991. 'The book lacks an index that would link individuals with movements.' Our warm thanks to those who contributed to this section: Simon & Schuster: Moscow coup, by Martin Sixsmith (1991, Anon (Australia), Sheila Ary (De Kalb, Illin.), Ken Bakewell £7.99); (Liverpool), Hazel Bell (Hatfield), John Bowman (London), Penguin: Boris Yeltsin, by John Morrison (1991, £8.99). Rev. Barbara Britton (Cambridge), Margaret Cooter (London), by Tony Barber, Independent on Sunday, 17 Nov 1991. John Farrell (Cotham), Jill Ford (East Hoathly), Moyra 'Both Martin Sixsmith and John Morrison draw convinc Forrest (Edinburgh), Philip Found (Lincoln), John Gibson ing sketches of how Russia is trying to overcome this histori (Wichenford), Lyn Greenwood (London), Grace Holmes cal legacy. It is making the effort in double-quick time—as (Caversham), Ann Hudson (Bognor Regis). Brian Hunter indeed are the publishers in putting out these books, neither (London), Cherry Lavell (London), Ben Lipetz (Nassau, of which contains an index.' NY), Richard Raper (Hove), Peter Robins (Yateley), Viking: Imperial splendour, by Prince George Galitzinc; Christine Shuttleworth (London), Jean Simpkins (Hitchin), photographs by Early Beesley & Gary Gibbons (1991, Barbara Smith (Bowgreave), Richard Tarrant (Holton-le- 187 pp, £35). Rev. by John Jolliffe, Spectator, 14 Dec 1991. Clay), Claire Troughton (Birchington), Elizabeth Wallis 'There is no index, and at the very least a list of illustra (Kew), Ray Ward (Sheffield), Rick Wiebe (Langley, Brit. tions should have been included so that one could find what Col.), Karin Woodruff (Leicester). one was looking for.' (why is this publisher so commercially Contributions of review extracts welcomed by Norman short-sighted as to eschew indexes in its publications?) Hillyer (Charters. The Avenue. Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3AJ). Visible Ink (New York): New Age almanac, by J. Gordon Closing dates 30 June and 30 November for the subsequent Melton (1990, 479 pp). Rev. by Beth Juhl, College & issue—the earlier the kindlier. Research Libraries 52(2), March 1991. 'Members of the Institute for the Study of American Religion . . . have produced a handy, one-volume guide to the various spiritual and social phenomena, personalities, and Indexes censored institutions which the new age has spawned ... no index.' (so, how handy?) by hand (after printing) to ward off libel

Obiter dicta The index to the biography of rock singer Ronnie Spector, Be my baby (Macmillan, 1991), has a sub

Oxford Univ. Press: Advocates, by David Pannick (£15). Rev. heading whited out under the entry for her husband. by Joshua Rozenberg, Guardian, 23 March 1992. Its references were potentially libellous and have been The index has 10 references to Horace Rumpole. There is removed from the text. To launder the index, though, a distinct risk that television viewers—who sometimes find it 20,000 copies had to have Tippex individually applied.

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