Book reviewed in this article:Clay, Marie M. (1979)The Early Detection of Reading Difficulties: A Diagnostic Survey with Recovery Procedures.Cortese, G. (Ed.) (1980)La Lettura nelle Lingue Straniere: Aspetti teorici e pratici/La Lecture dans les Langues Etrang6res: Probl6rnes thkoriques et pratiquedReading in a Foreign Language: Theoretical and Practical Issues.Massaro, D. W., Taylor, G.A., Venezky, R.L., Jastrzembski, J.E. and Lucas, P.A. (1980)Letter and Word Perception.