This book, which seems to have been published somewhat furtively, deserves to be widely known and widely used. The second in a series of 'Critical Bibliographies in Modern History' (the first, by David Nicholls, covers the 19th century), it is a handbook for 'school-teachers, lecturers and students' who 'clearly need guidance about what has been coming out, and about whether some beloved work has stood the test of time'. John Morrill has identified a hungry constituency to whom his book will be a godsend.

LRB 22 January 1981 | PDF Download