Of course there is much variation in the amount of literature generated from topic to topic. The limits to this type of reference book are hard to establish, but the editorial decision to make this a benchmark of the book literature published in English is a good one, bringing focus to such an ambitious project. The emphasis is on text as there are no photographs or illustrations. As with any reference book, the design for accessibility of information is of primary importance and this book is very user-friendly. A two-column alphabetical list of entries is included in the front matter of the book, followed by a thematic list of entries arranged into broad categories so a reader may easily identify related topics of interest.
Essays appear in straightforward alphabetical order.
Helpfully, last names of the authors of books discussed in each essay are capitalized, making them easy to pick out of the text. It is certainly browseable and the reader will move from topic to related topic with ease. It is an excellent record of the published book literature in the field thus far. Dearborn Home Best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later.