What to Do with a Book.

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  • Author(s): Halle, Louis J.
  • Source:
    New Republic. 11/17/62, Vol. 147 Issue 20, p13-17. 5p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      BOOKS & reading; BOOK reviewing; BOOKS; READING; AUTHORS; CRITICISM
    • Abstract:
      Discusses books, reading and book reviewing. Claim that a well-trained mind should be able to read 25-30 pages of a book in an hour; Observation that books have become longer in modern times; Assertion that scholars criticize a book without reading it in its entirety; Opinion that books got longer because writers have less time to write; Problems faced by a writer with readers; Characteristics of book reviews and reviewers; Explanation of why men write philosophies and how these philosophies become known.