Beginning with this issue, the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association will publish a Book Section. Rather than the usual "review, " it will be its aim to present extensive critical essays on books selected for their breadth of appeal to psychoanalysts, their importance for psychoanalytic theory and practice, and their bearing upon current controversial questions in the field. Whenever possible books dealing with related subjects will be considered together.

With this frame of reference it is hoped that the Book Section of the Journal will provide a useful supplement to existing book review sections of other psychoanalytic journals.