Another recent book worth reading by archivists is Simon Worrall’s THE POET AND THE MURDERER: A TRUE STORY OF LITERARY CRIME AND THE ART OF FORGERY (New York: Dutton, 2002). The book starts with a recounting of the 1997 sale of a Emily Dickinson manuscript and the discovery that the manuscript is a forgery by Mark Hoffman. Worrall’s book provides a re-telling and updating of Hoffman’s career of forgery and murder, well known within our world, and THE POET AND THE MURDERER also considers the business of the autograph market and auction houses (not in a very flattering light) and the history of manuscript forgery. This is not a scholarly treatment, but it is a good story and it is told well and in an engaging manner. There is a good amount of pop psychology, especially with the local librarian/curator who initially acquires the Dickinson poem, but the book is well worth a reading and I plan on using it in one of my courses to get students to think about the autograph market, forgery, and related concerns. (9/21/02)