Books: Stop the Presses!

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Nonfiction publishing is rising at a bewildering rate; an average of 351 new nonfiction titles stream off the presses every week, but most of them never get reviewed. Here is a random sampling of titles, issued in the past year or so by reputable publishers, that may have escaped public attention:

Honeybees from Close Up by A. M. Dines.

Water Use Inspector by the Arco Editorial Board.

New Trends in Table Settings by Lucy Staley.

Lithuanians in Canada by Pr. Gaida, S. Kairys, J. Kardelis, J. Puzinas, A. Rinkunas and J. Sungaila.

Politics in the Tokugawa Bakufn, 1600-1843 by Conrad D. Totman.

The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina by Gerda Lerner.

Observations and Reflections (of Hester Lynch Piozzi) Made in the Course of a Journey Through France, Italy and Germany, Herbert Barrows, ed.

Prince of Librarians by Edward Miller.

Memoirs of an Interpreter by A. H. Birse.

A History of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation by Bryan Haislip.

Health-Seekers in the Southwest 1817-1900 by Billy M. Jones.

Recipes for Allergies by Billie Little.

The Foreman: Forgotten Man of Management by Thomas H. Patten Jr.

American Activities in the Central Pacific, 1790-1870, Ernest S. Dodge & R. Gerard Ward, ed.

A Trip to the Yellowstone National Park in July, August and September, 1875 by General W. E. Strong.

The Complete Horseshoeing Guide by Robert F. Wiseman.