BOOK REVIEWS [ 165 ] that the principal part of the report is devoted to the growth of the collection. Burrage and Ford described with style and understanding the notable acquisitions made in their time, and with the coming of Wroth the annual reports flowered. He came to Brown in 1923, and when he retired in 1957 he was one of the most beloved and respected librarians of his time. Part of his reputation as a master bibliographer, historian, and writer rests on his thirty- four annual reports. Year by year, when they first appeared on the desks of bookmen throughout the world, they were read with delight; time has not diminished this pleasure nor lessened its value. It is remarkable that the reports of Wroth's successor, Thomas R. Adams, immediately reached the heights achieved by the master. Mrs. Dorothy G. Watts deserves a place along with the librarians for her contribution in making findable the information contained in the reports. Her index, published as the eighth and concluding volume of the set, is the key to the first seven volumes. It will be consulted frequently and successfully. james gbegory, The New-York Historical Society We regret that portions of Larry R. Gerlach''s review, which was published in the January issue, did not appear in their correct order. It is now presented in its proper form with the hope of clearing up any confusion. ESSAYS ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Edited by Stephen G. Kurtz and James H. Hutson. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1973. Pp. xii, 320; preface, intro., index. $12.50.) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SYMPOSIA ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REVOLUTIONARY MENTALITY: PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE FIRST SYMPOSIUM, MAY 5 AND 6, 1972 (Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 1972. Pp. viii, 158; preface, intro. $3-50.) According to Biblical authority: "Of the making of many books there is no end!' Such, at least, is the case with the American Revolution, the subject of more intensive investigation and extensive exposition than any other event in American history save the Civil War. For nearly two centuries the- Revolution has been mined as a highly profitable and seemingly inexhaustible source of historical treasure, and the approaching bicentennial has recently spurred exploration of newer, potentially richer veins of inquiry into the origins of the American republic. But despite assaying virtually every facet of the Revolution, there still exists wide divergence of opinion about