BEST FROM FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION

The razzle-dazzle of names for this second anthologizing of old and new stories includes Robert Graves, Jan Struther, Elizabeth Bowen, Margaret Irwin, Kem Bennett and repeats better known SF talent -- de Camp and Pratt, Idris Seabright, H. Nearing, Jr., Alfred Bester, Mildred Clingermaid, Zenna Henderson and others. There's a wide range, from childhood magic to extra-terrestial investigation, from time warps and travel to mass wish fulfillment, from plagues and ghosts to a faculty game of space-influenced basketball, from a demonic monkey to a romantic bartender, and the contents reflect the taste and standards of the editors. Good.