Sure, you've seen the Hitchcock movie, but the 1942 original demonstrates how a clever premise, a smartly paced plot and intelligent writing can hold a reader's attention and appreciation even without Grace Kelly.
The book's rapturous descriptions of multiblade razors, car stereos, and digital cameras which strike some readers as blindly consumerist suggest Perowne's appreciation of the human ingenuity behind even incremental invention.
Many readers, including this one, share Gail Collins's appreciation of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" ("Buffy Rides Off Into the Sunset," May 21).
The book's rapturous descriptions of multiblade razors, car stereos, and digital cameras — which strike some readers as blindly consumerist — suggest Perowne's appreciation of the human ingenuity behind even incremental invention.
"Subtlety extends one's appreciation".
I am not suggesting any additional experiments – what the authors did looks sufficient – but simply giving a reader better appreciation that ancestral reconstruction is always highly hypothetical and is never truly reliable might be useful.
I especially found intriguing the chapter on surveillance, which includes a number of case studies, giving the reader an appreciation for the many biases and limitations in analyzing and interpreting incidence and prevalence data.
Ms Johnson's essays offer the reader a fuller appreciation of Austen and her admirers, but it is Mr Mullan's you should read for an unforgettable lesson in one-upmanship over your fellow Janeites.
