A glance at the table of contents gives a quick analysis of the cover- age. D. A. Hamburg and D. T. Lunde deal with sex hormone effects in 24 pages; Mrs. Maccoby with intellectual functioning in 31; W. Mischel covers socio-learning in 26; R. G. D'Andrade analyses cultural insti- tutions in 31, but L. Kohlberg requires 91 pages for a "cognitive- developmental analysis." This is quite a typical situation; scientists with plenty of hard data write short, cogent papers, but those faced with a hard-sell of "soft data" tend to go heavy on wordage.

At the end there is a magnificent hundred page annotated bibliog- raphy and a 30 page classified summary research which serves to index the bibliography (but not the rest of the book). TV is not mentioned explicitly, but you can easily draw your own conclusions from the data presented.

THE UGLIEST GIRL IN TOWN, by Burt Hirschfeld, Popular Li- brary, New York, No. 60-2340, 127 pp, 60c, (1968).

This was a big flop on television, if you remember, in 1968. The book did not turn up then but that is the copyright date. Story of an American boy masquerading as a model girl in London. His dressing is strictly a means to an end, to avoid separation from his actress friend. They get involved in a train robbery, in which she gets kidnapped; he decides he can out-detect Scotland Yard and so into a series of thud-and-blunder episodes. Pretty much kid stuff, but not as bad as it was on the air.

BORN FEMALE, by Caroline Bird, Pocket Books, New York, No. 77070, 240 pp, 95c, (1969)

Reviewed mainly to warn you off this one tells you little about girl- hood except how women are exploited, underpaid and generally stepped on by businessmen. Of course, if you're planning on dressing full time, it will give you some things to think over and over. One happy thought successful women in the men's world are taller than average. The best story: a foreign visitor noticed that electronic circuits were all assembled by women and was told “because of their finger dexterity”. Later on, she observed that all brain surgeons were men and was told "because they need steady hands!"

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