The Objective Psyche contains twelve papers by Dr. Fordham, three of which have not been previously published, and is intended to complement his previous books, The Life of Childhood and New Developments in Analytical Psychology, as an account of his contribution between 1944 and 1957. The present papers are mainly theoretical in character, and all but two give the impression of being addressed to other analytical psychologists. This detracts somewhat from their value for the common reader, who is likely to be more interested in specific psychological problems than in vindications of analytical psychology as such.

One of the underlying themes which runs through these papers is Dr. Fordham's dissatisfaction with the state of coexistence between psycho-analysis and