The author, who has no medical qualification, sets out to give an account of the pathological connection between the mind and body. The book is one of a large number that has appeared in the last few years. Chapters are given on The Problem Child, Infantile Sexuality (in order to deny its existence), The Effects of Ill Health, Anxiety States (neurasthenia), Janet's Theories, Freud's Theories, Jung's Theories, Adler's Theories, etc. Psycho-analysis is extensively considered, but the passages dealing with it are riddled with gross misunderstandings and misstatements. A more energetic reviewer than the present one would perhaps work through all these seriatim, and supply the necessary corrections. Such a task, however, would be boring to both the writer and the reader. Nor is it necessary, because the author has not produced any original misunderstandings of his own. The only puzzling thing about this class of book is that the