A Practical Outline for Preparing Medical Talks and Papers, Robert M. Zollinger, M.D., William G. Pace, III, M.D., and George J. Kienzle, B.A. New York, Macmillan, 1961, 57 pp., $1.95

This booklet of 64 pages is as simple, practical, and prosaic as the reminders inside its front and back cover for the medical man when (A) returning from meetings ("Answer accumulated mail. Report interesting and new information to staff. Outline plans for new projects.") and when (B) preparing for visitors ("Plan coffee breaks. Special honorarium must be arranged well in advance."). Between these covers there is a wealth of useful detail, some of it also a little self evident, but well worth the time of any speaker or writer, and required reading for most.