This bibliographic reference that lists writings about John Dewey and reviews of his works is an invaluable resource for researchers, philosophers, historians, students, and teachers who are beginning to learn about Dewey, as well as for those more familiar with him. This update of its precursor, Checklist of Writings about John Dewey (last published in 1978), includes works published about John Dewey during the 108-year period from 1886 to 1994. The sheer number of entries (nearly 4,900) points to the significance of Dewey's life and work and his continuing influence on education today.

The book is well organized in four sections: Books and Articles about Dewey, Reviews of Dewey's Works, Author Index, and the Title Key-Word Index. For example, looking in the Author Index, I found two articles written by contemporary philosopher Cornel West, published in 1986 and 1991. Looking in the Title-Key Word Index, I found fifty articles about Dewey's theories and views on art and art education.

Unfortunately, the book provides no easy way to access articles by date or journal name. For example, I thought it would be interesting to find all the articles written about John Dewey in the 1880s in order to compare them to contemporary scholars' perspectives on him. This proved to be quite time-consuming, since the only way to do it was to look at the entries one at a time, noting the dates of publication. Fortunately, the editor and her colleagues at the Center for Dewey Studies have discovered this shortcoming, and they are in the process of producing a CD-ROM version that would allow users to easily complete such a search. They also plan to update it periodically via the World Wide Web.

In sum, this volume and its forthcoming companion CD-ROM not only make writings about John Dewey more accessible, but also demonstrate the diversity of topics, fields of knowledge, and people that were influenced by this great philosopher and educator.

I.H.