On good writing

1. ON PHILOSOPHICAL STYLE. By Brand Blanshard. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1954; pp. 69. $1.00. 2. THE MAGIC OF WORDS. By The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Birkett. London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1953. pp. 15. 2s net. 3. GUIDE FOR AIR FORCE WRITING, Air Force Manual 11–3. By the Department of the Air Force. Washington, D. C: 1954; pp. 133. (For use by USAF officers and Air Force ROTC cadets; not sold publicly.) 4. HOW TO MAKE SENSE. By Rudolf Flesch. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1954; PP‐ 202‐ $2.75. 5. PLAIN WORDS: THEIR ABC. By Sir Ernest Gowers. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954; pp. vii+298+viii. $2.50. 6. The essays on Language, Rhetoric, Sign and Symbol in GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD. In vols. 2 and 3 of 54 vols. Edited by Robert M. Hutchins. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 1952‐ 7. GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. By Otto Jespersen. Ninth Edition. Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1955; pp. vi+274. $0.95. 8. KNOW YOUR READER: THE SCI...