The book review section of a quarterly such as the one in the History of Education Quarterly might be useful in a variety of ways. First and obviously, it would provide a listing along with some comment concerning writing being done in history of education, a convenient service for anyone who would be aware of what is current in the field. Other journals of course would likely serve the purpose of providing notices of current writing adequately enough, though all too often this comment may be the ruminations of a staff writer, or even an outright “pitch” for selling books. This review section could offer somewhat more than a listing with comment and that is a review of each work by one qualified professionally to criticize, to praise, to blame, to judge relevance and competence, to relate to other works in history and education—in sum, to make a professional appraisal of the book. Such reviewing in this review section would likely be of interest to everyone concerned with history of education, but it would be of special value to those who are doing research and writing in the field. The profession owes these scholars this sort of critical attention, that in illuminating the successes as well as failures in their work, their scholarly efforts may be encouraged.