DR.URJA MANKAD

 HE WAS THE FAMOUS ESSAYIST OF THE 18 TH CENTURY ENGLAND.  HE WAS MORE FAMOUS FOR HIS SATIRICAL TONE IN THE ESSAYS.  “SOME BOOKS ARE TOBE TESTED, SOME TO BE SWALLOWED AND SOME TO BE CHEWED AND DIGESTED” 2

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THERE ARE TWO PARTS OF A BOOK REVIEW: 1.EXTERNAL EVALUATION 2. INTERNAL EVALUATION

 1.OVERVIEW/TITLE: WHEN WE FIRST TAKE UP A BOOK IN OUR HAND, WE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. EVEN IF WE KNOW THE TITLE OF THE BOOK OR THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR, WE LOOK AT IT AND TOSS IT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT. 5

 TITLE PAGE: HERE THE AUTHOR OR THE COMPILOR OF THE BOOK WOULD SPECIFY HIS AIM OF WRITING OR COLLECTION.  AUTHOR: WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, WHICH EDITION IS THIS, OUR SUCH QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED BY GIVING IMPORTANCE TO IT. SOMETIMES NAME OF THE AUTHOR GIVES THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE BOOK. 6

 PUBLISHER: THE NAME OF THE PUBLISHER IS IMPORTANT SO FAR AS THE PRINTING QUALITY IS CONCERNED.  AVAILABILITY: FROM WHERE THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE, IF WE FIND THE BOOK INTERESTING OR USEFUL,WE CAN GET IT FROM THERE.  YEAR OF PUBLCATION: THIS SHOWS THE RELEVANCE OF THE BOOK WITH THE TIME IN WHICH IT WAS WRITTEN. 7

 NUMBER OF PAGES: THIS GIVES AN IDEA OF GENRE OF LITERATURE AND HOW MUCH RELEVANT MATERIAL CAN BE FOUND.  PRICE:  SIZE: THERE ARE FIVE SIZES OF A BOOK:  DEMI:9*4.5”  CROWN:7*4.5”  DOUBLE CROWN: 14*7”  DOUBLE DEMI:18*9”  TRAVEL: A4 SIZE 8

 THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK:  THE CONTENT  THE STYLE OF THE CONTENT  SEQUENCE  JUSTIFICATION  CONTINUITY  FIELD(TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL)  STANDARD 9

 LINGUISTICS  INTERDISCIPLINARITY  SPECIALITY  CRITICISM  AUTHENTICITY  CONTEPORARY RELEVANCE  REFERENCE  ORGINALITY 10