Abstract. In this paper we prove some theorems on the absolute summability of Fourier series which connect diverse \C, y\ results such as Bosanquet's classical theorem (1936), Mohanty (1952), and Ray (1970) and the recent |it, exp((log w)"+1), y\ result of Nayak (1971).It is also shown that in some sense some of the conclusions of the paper are the best possible.1.1. A series 2 Un is said to be absolutely summable by the Riesz method of 'type' exp((log u)0+x), ß > 0, and 'order' r, r > 0, and written Ja (e( for suitably chosen j = s(x), e(0, F(o>, t) = 2") = {e(u) -e(m)y~xe(m)m~x(\og rnf, where m is an integer such that m < w < m + 1.Unless otherwise specified, in what follows we use "2" to denote "2"_2" and also 2"