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About eighteen months ago I reviewed Reik's Myth and Guilt, and found it so interesting and captivating that I asked for his next book in the hope that reviewing it would afford equal pleasure. Unfortunately this hope has not been fulfilled. In the present volume Reik states that it must be detrimental to remain a close follower of Freud, as he has been for so long. Whilst doing justice to Freud's great work, he compares it to a symphony which cannot be added to. This comparison seems useless, since the composition of a symphony must necessarily be dependent on the inspiration of a genius, whilst scientific discoveries made by a genius can be extended and developed by others, a fact which Freud was always ready to acknowledge. The author does not tell us how he has been able to write a large number of interesting books and monographs which have branched off in various directions and are valuable contributions to psycho-analysis, and have been generally welcomed as such. It is of course possible that the writer made his statement with his tongue in his cheek. However that may be, this product of his freedom and independence is most disappointing.
The volume contains three long works and one short one which have been previously published. The first, which gives this book its title, is based on the thesis that all falling in love starts with hate. That