he proceedings of the fifth annual New York University Institute of Philosophy, part of a series of such proceedings edited by Hook. The conference was "the first occasion at which a group of professional American historians met with professional American philosophers to consider questions of mutual interest." The result is a collection of twenty‑six essays: three each on "The Logic of Historical Narration," "The Problems of the Working Historian," and "Patterns in History," the remainder uncategorized. Contains essays by William Dray, Carl Hempel, Leonard Krieger, and many others. (Derek Croxton)