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This article appraises the books "The Tanner Lectures on Human Values III," edited by S. McMurrin; and "Liberalism and the Limits of Justice," by M.J. Sandel. The first book will be of interest to political theorists mainly for the long paper by John Rawls on "The Basic Liberties and Their Priority" which opens the book. This belongs to an overlapping series of papers in which Rawls has been attempting to revise certain aspects of "A Theory of Justice" to meet critical objections. These revisions make it easier to justify the precedence Rawls gives to the familiar list of liberal freedoms in his theory of justice.

This article appraises the book "Studies on the Political Thought of Gaetano Mosca," edited by E.A. Albertoni. This book is composed of a collection of papers given at an international Mosca gathering held in Palermo some two years ago. Most of the contributors are in fact Italian, but there are one or two papers by Mosca scholars from elsewhere, and one contribution is specifically concerned with the influence of Mosca's ideas abroad. The most interesting essays are by Albertoni, and other authors.