The Dream, 4000 Years of Theory and Practice: By Nancy Parcifal-Charles. West Cornwall, Conn.: Locust Hill Press, 1986, vi + 576 pp., 2 vols., sold as set only, $59.95.

The Dream is a critical, annotated bibliography which deals with over 700 books and monographs. It spans 4000 years and is based on publications not only in English, but also in other European languages. The author has tried to include all important books or monographs on the dream published up to and including March 1986. The organization is alphabetical, by author. There is a comprehensive subject index and name index.

The author gives her own critical evaluation of the works. As can be inferred from the above description, each book receives relatively short treatment. Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams is handled in just under four pages. The author does call this, "the most important book ever published on dreams," however, she goes on to say, "Contrary to popular misconception, Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams is not exceptional for its exposition of a startlingly new theory of dreams, but rather as a brilliant synthesis of many fragmented speculations and much research done by others prior to and even during the writing of his book."

In the preface, Parcifal-Charles indicates that her original training and graduate degrees were in comparative literature, and that she