Dr. Wulf Sachs' book is the first contribution Africa has made to the young science of psycho-analysis. It is a worthy contribution. Dr. Sachs has made the best use of his studies and extensive experience in South Africa where he has had an opportunity of carrying out psycho-analysis among both white and coloured people and of instituting interesting comparisons between the two. His book is a reliable exposition of the subject and bears also the characteristic note of his personality. It gives a straightforward account of psycho-analytic metapsychology, early psychical development, neurotic mechanisms and character formation.

Part II of the book consists of analytical studies of eight pieces of literature, among which are three books of Dostoieffsky, one by Jacob Wassermann, and Hamlet. These literary analyses are very interestingly written and show a deep understanding of the problems concerned.