The fact that psychiatry is in a transitional phase of upheaval and reorganization makes the task of reviewing text-books on the subject somewhat complicated. In the first place, one must wade through each book in order to ascertain the amount of psychological information and insight which has been applied; this must then be compared with the amount of traditional psychiatric teaching which has been incorporated. Having separated out these components, one must then re-read the sections on diagnosis and treatment to see how far they reflect the standpoint of modern psychological science or how far they merely maintain the traditions of the nineteenth century.

Applying these rough and ready methods of valuation to the text-book of Henderson and Gillespie, one readily forms the conclusion that in one respect it is an excellent book. The authors have made the best use they