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The Free Man’s Library: A Descriptive and Critical Bibliography, by Henry Hazlitt. 176 pp. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company. $3.50

Every bibliography, ifitistobe more than a list of the kind any graduate student could assemble, should reflect the tastes and attitude of its compiler. This The Free Man’s Library does extraordinarily well. In the course of bringing together and commenting upon a list of some 500 books on “the philosophy of individualism,” the particular turn of Mr. Hazlitt’s mind, the tone and stress of his criticism give his book a vitality that makes it not only a useful compendium but an interesting one.

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Frank S. Meyer was a senior editor of National Review.

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The Free Man’s Library: A Descriptive and Critical Bibliography, by Henry Hazlitt. 176 pp. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company. $3.50

Every bibliography, ifitistobe more than a list of the kind any graduate student could assemble, should reflect the tastes and attitude of its compiler. This The Free Man’s Library does extraordinarily well. In the course of bringing together and commenting upon a list of some 500 books on “the philosophy of individualism,” the particular turn of Mr. Hazlitt’s mind, the tone and stress of his criticism give his book a vitality that makes it not only a useful compendium but an interesting one.