Arne Hanna wrote:
> 
> If any one knows of any 'Intro to...' literiture available on this
> subject,(LISP) preferably in book form, 


       LISP 3rd Edition
       by Patrick Henry Winston and Berthold Klaus Paul Horn
       Addison-Wesley
       ISBN  0-201-08319-1


 is an excellent introductory through advanced text.
 Many examples in the commercial standard Common Lisp. It takes you through
 all the basics and into CLOS, the object oriented extension.