Shorter Notices.

This article presents information about three books. The book "The First Year of the Revolution," by Allen French, continues the history of the American Revolution down to the evacuation of Boston by the British a year later. The book is based on a comprehensive study of all the available materials, including the collections of documents at the Clements Library of the University of Michigan. The book "The Sex Life of the Unmarried Adult," by Ira S. Wile, discusses the sex life of the unmarried adult.