Andrew Barr raises an interesting question about his first book, Drink, published by Bantam in 1995.  I excluded if from my list because I was focusing solely on scholarly books, published by academic presses and written by academic historians.  Is his book suitable for college courses?  As British history book review editor for the Social History of  Alcohol Review, I can say that no review copy was received from Bantam.  To provide guidance for teaches of college courses, I shall arrange for the next issue of SHAR to carry a scholarly review.  Because Andrew Barr suggests we should regard his book as the standard source, I think it best to ask a team of alcohol specialists to critique it.  I shall announce the participants as soon as possible.


                                                    David W. Gutzke
                                                    Professor History
                                                    Southwest Missouri State University