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It is not often that in less than one hundred pages are drawn so well not only the picture of a genius at work, but also a picture of the work he did, and both of them united in a sense of the man in his place in human history. Dr. Arlow's essay is written with the same literary talent he ascribes to Freud. He has managed to bring in all the varied aspects of Freud's contributions to science and to human thinking in such a way as to give a sense of the evolution of both a person and, the theory which bears his name. Although it is clear that the author goes along with the theory propounded, he imparts a feeling not of bias, but of honest appreciation for the fruits of a great mind, fruits which must be admired for their aesthetic quality regardless of the points at which the reader differs with their content or philosophical basis.
A student of psychoanalysis must have a knowledge and appreciation of the Freudian contribution, regardless of what theoretical tool he uses in his therapy with patients. This reviewer had the good fortune to read this essay after rereading Freud's Outline of Psychoanalysis and several other works in Freudian psychology. It added a great deal to a growing sense of the immensity of Freud's work. The chapters are: Freud as a Biologist; Freud as a Neurologist; Freud as a Translator; The Interpretation of Dreams; The Theory of Drives; Psychological Theory; Contributions to Therapy; Contributions to Aesthetics; The Study of Religion; Contributions to Mythology, Anthropology, and Sociology; Freud's Literary Style. The first six chapters, although containing a distinct picture of the different aspects of Freud's interests and endeavors, are united in tracing the major experiences and discoveries which took him to conclusions he dared to draw despite ridicule and opprobrium, and which he continued to test, to modify, and to apply as the following chapters indicate. Because of Dr. Arlow's ability to give in so short a space a feeling not only of th