Beth wrote: > No need to go the out-of-print-books route. Mackay's Extraordinary Popular > Delusions is available at Barnes and Noble online, hardcover, for $4.95. > (bn.com) I got mine about a year ago. I'd read that it was the favorite > book of somebody famous (besides Allen Esterson!!) and was curious. Be > warned: It's 700 pages, written in the rather stilted style of 1841. I > confess that I didn't finish the first chapter. But with all this new > brouhaha, I'll give it a second look.
At 700 pages, it�s not a book to be read straight through, nor even started from chapter one. I certainly didn�t do either, but selected the chapters that looked most interesting � each one is completely independent. And I make no pretence of having read most of it! I�m not sure I agree with Beth about the style. The passages I posted on 21 February strike me as elegant rather than stilted. But of course one has to adjust to a more leisurely age! Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.human-nature.com/esterson/index.html http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=10 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
