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(1919-1923), as models of wise policy and sensible treatment. They can, and should, function as beacons for contemporary reformers. I have a few quarrels with Professor Trebach. I do not think that the British experience with narcotic drugs is as applicable to-America as he does. And I think that his view of the past tends to be too narrowly legal. But these are minor reservations about a splendid book. While this is not a history book, it contains a great deal of good history. And the uses that Professor Trebach makes of the past are, like his book as a whole, intelligent and humane. Terry M. Parssinen Temple University Philadelphia, Pa