A Critical Review of

* James J. Lynch and Bertrand Evans, High School English Textbooks, Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1963. THE latest in the series of books from the Council for Basic Education, High School English Textbooks, deserves a place beside other Council books: The Case for Basic Education ; Tomorrow’s Illiterates: The State of Reading Instruction Today; and Swiss Schools and Ours: Why Theirs Are Better. Like the others it purports to be a &dquo;comprehensive study;&dquo; like the others it is a free-swinging attack on at least one feature of American education; like the others it offers quotable quotes for the press; and like the others it contains enough truth and shocking examples to attract the eye of persons looking for a new educational whipping boy. Unlike the other books published by the Council for Basic Education, this is a bulky 544page volume, which, except for the smooth introduction, is written in a prosaic, pedantic style. Obviously this is a book which deserves the critical attention of high school English teachers and principals. It is based on