Millbank Memorial Fund, New York, 1961. pp. 382. U.S. $3.50. Readers who have waded through the proceedings of conferences and emerged Pondering why anyone attends them at all, should not be deterred by the origin of this book in a meeting, for it is lucid, authoritative and stimulating. This can be attributed to the design of the meeting which was convened by the Millbank Memorial Fund in 1959...

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