Since our last report was issued exactly a year ago, psycho-analysis seems to have gained ground in France, especially in medical circles; at the beginning the attention of the wider public was drawn to the subject almost exclusively by literary writers. In token of this awakening scientific interest, which is clearly connected with the appearance of French translations of Freud's Introductory Lectures and The Psycho-pathology of Everyday Life, we have the new edition of Régis and Hesnard's book (La Psychoanalyse des Névroses et des Psychoses) which first contained an exposition of the subject in French. We understand that