THE QUESTION OF HU by Jonathan D....

THE QUESTION OF HU

by Jonathan D. Spence (Alfred A. Knopf: $18.95; 187 pp.) Writing with true mastery of the historian’s craft, Spence guides the reader to reflect on the intersection of two profoundly different cultures, on what is sanity, on the consequences of deep Christian faith.

TELEVISION AND AMERICA’S CHILDREN

A Crisis of Neglect

by Edward L. Palmer (Oxford University Press: $18.95; 192 pp.) This book is a personal statement by a psychologist and researcher who helped launch “Sesame Street” and who is outraged with “the national disgrace” that is American children’s television.