Books in Brief

The Integrating Mind, by William F. Lynch, S.J. (Sheed and Ward, $3.95). Father Lynch continues, in his fourth book, the labor to which he has dedicated himself—the study of the implications of the Incarnation for human life. Here he discusses man’s “incarnation” in tradition. His second chapter defends what Burke called “prejudice,” the inherited richness of shared experience. Only in the “bondage” of such an orienting tradition are men’s energies released. Freedom is not escape from “incarnation” in commitment. It is a surging motion toward an energy that grasps. To seek “freedom from” rather than “freedom for” is the great fallacy of the man Father Lynch calls “The American Adam,” who will not admit he has ancestors and a history. G. wills

So You Want to Raise a Boy?, by W. Cleon Skousen (Doubleday, $4.50). From the author of The Naked Communist, previously known to us only for his activities in the fight against Communism, comes an extraordinarily sober and useful, down-to-earth discussion of parental problems with the young male of the species. Mr. Skousen brings to his consideration the experience of a father of a numerous family, of a former Special Agent of the FBI, and of Police Chief of Salt Lake City. The book is throughout free of the clinical aridity or the saccharin insipidity that so often characterizes such manuals. It is an epitome of homely common sense.

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The Integrating Mind, by William F. Lynch, S.J. (Sheed and Ward, $3.95). Father Lynch continues, in his fourth book, the labor to which he has dedicated himself—the study of the implications of the Incarnation for human life. Here he discusses man’s “incarnation” in tradition. His second chapter defends what Burke called “prejudice,” the inherited richness of shared experience. Only in the “bondage” of such an orienting tradition are men’s energies released. Freedom is not escape from “incarnation” in commitment. It is a surging motion toward an energy that grasps. To seek “freedom from” rather than “freedom for” is the great fallacy of the man Father Lynch calls “The American Adam,” who will not admit he has ancestors and a history. G. wills

So You Want to Raise a Boy?, by W. Cleon Skousen (Doubleday, $4.50). From the author of The Naked Communist, previously known to us only for his activities in the fight against Communism, comes an extraordinarily sober and useful, down-to-earth discussion of parental problems with the young male of the species. Mr. Skousen brings to his consideration the experience of a father of a numerous family, of a former Special Agent of the FBI, and of Police Chief of Salt Lake City. The book is throughout free of the clinical aridity or the saccharin insipidity that so often characterizes such manuals. It is an epitome of homely common sense.