Book Reviews

DECIDING WHAT'S NEWS: A STUDY OF CBS EVENING NEWS, NBC NIGHTLY NEWS, NEWSWEEK AND TIME . By Herbert J. Gans. THE JOHN WAYNE STORY . By Geroge Carpozi, Jr. HANK WILLIAMS: COUNTRY MUSIC'S TRAGIC KING . By Jay Caress. SOCIAL ASPECTS OF SPORT . By Eldon E. Snyder and Elmer Spreitzer. THE SEVENTIES: COUNTERFEIT DECADE . By Herbert London. THE CARTOON CONNECTION: THE ART OF PICTORIAL HUMOUR AS SEEN BY WILLIAM HEWISON . THE BLACK TOWNS . By Normal L. Crockett. IN THE LIFE OF A ROMANY GYPSY . By Manfri Frederick Wood. FANTASTIC WORLDS: MYTHS, TALES, AND STORIES . Edited by Eric S. Rabkin. COMPLETE DIRECTORY TO PRIME TIME NETWORK TV SHOWS: 1946 TO PRESENT . By Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh. AUTOMOBILE AGE ATLANTA: THE MAKING OF A SOUTHERN METROPOLIS . By Harward L. Preston. BUFFO: THE GENIUS OF VULGAR HUMOR . By Anthony Capulti. THE VICTORIAN THEATRE: 1792–1914 . By Geroge Rowell. RADIO COMEDY . By Arthur Frank Wertheim. SNAKES & LADDERS . By Dirk Bogarde. THE MOVIE BRATS–HOW THE FILM GENERATION TOOK OVER HOLLYWOOD . By Michael Pye and Lynda Myles. TV: FRIEND OR FOE: A PARENT'S HANDBOOK . By Paul Borgman. FEMALE COMPLAINTS: LYDIA PINKHAM AND THE BUSINESS OF WOMEN'S MEDICINE . By Sarah Stage. THE RISE OF THE VICTORIAN ACTOR . By Michael Baker. A NEW MYTHOS: THE NOVEL OF THE ARTIST AS HEROINE 1877–1977 . By Grace Stewart.