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By Graham A. MacGregor and Hugh E. de Wardener. 233 pp. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1998. $24.95 ISBN 0-521-58352-7.

How many of us would like our salaries paid in salt? Not these authors, for sure; but their opening chapters remind us with choice historical and biblical anecdotes of the economic imperatives that are mirrored in the derivation of the word from the Latin sal. Although the book is clearly written for the layperson, these opening chapters are instructive and entertaining for all readers. Of several anecdotes that linger in my mind, I like the King Lear–like saga of the youngest daughter banished for likening her filial love to salt — until she persuaded the friendly cook to serve up . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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