Description:"The book is well written but it is not for a beginner. It will be quite useful for workers doing research in the area of asymptotic theory of statistical inference." Mathematical Reviews "A very interesting feature of the book is the introductory remark at the beginning of each chapter which indicates the historical as well as conceptual development of the material presented in that chapter. [...] This is a very well written, tough (at least to the reviewer) mathematical text and would be extremely useful to the research workers interested in asymptotics in general. [...] The author must be congratulated on a job well done and it is hoped that this text may attract many more able statisticians to probe deeper into these problems." Zentralblatt für Mathematik