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This little classic could serve as a model for psycho-analytical literature as regards both the value of its contents and the perspicuousness of the author's presentation. There is not a superfluous word in it, a fact which makes it difficult to describe its contents without reproducing the whole. Further, the author's clear and easy style makes it a charming volume to read. It is composed of the three following parts:
1Ergänzungen zur Lehre vom Analcharakter. When the present reviewer tried to summarize what is known about the contributions made by anal erotism to character formation, he was loudly criticized for having 'reduced everything to anal erotism'. Experts, however, knew otherwise, and Dr. Abraham rightly remarks how far from exhaustive was the attempt. He is in agreement with all the points made in that essay, but supplements them by adding new ones and also by further illustrating from his rich