Who better than a retired librarian and educator, with an Honors degree in English (Literature) and an M.A. in General Linguistics, to write meaningful and relevant reviews of a wide range of books, stretching from works on Folklore and Fairy Tales to texts on Language, Philology and Literature? This collection of book reviews crosses a vast range of genres in its scope. and is ideal for resource centers and libraries. Most of the reviews have already appeared on the websites BookPleasures.com, or the New York Journal of Books. Each of the reviews is given in its original format, with the...