This is the official Handbook issued by the Medico-Psychological Association of Great Britain and Ireland for attendants on the Insane. All forms of psychotherapy are described quite well, as are repression and the 'unconscious mind'. The writer of this part is evidently puzzled about the meaning of the term 'subconscious' and rightly so, for this word is now rarely used, and we recommend its deletion in the next edition.

The Section on Mental Deficiency, consisting of sixty-eight pages by Dr. Sherlock, is excellent. We are glad to say that the present edition of this work, which has been almost entirely re-written, is a tremendous advance on its predecessors, and we shall have much reason to be proud of the mental nurses in our country if and when they understand it all.