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| Preface | vii |
| 1. Notes on Some Schizoid Mechanisms1 (1946) | 1 |
| 2. On the Theory of Anxiety and Guilt (1948) | 25 |
| 3. On the Criteria for the Termination of a Psycho-Analysis (1950) | 43 |
| 4. The Origins of Transference (1952) | 48 |
| 5. The Mutual Influences in the Development of Ego and Id (1952) | 57 |
| 6. Some Theoretical Conclusions Regarding the Emotional Life of the Infant1 (1952) | 61 |
| 7. On Observing the Behaviour of Young Infants (1952) | 94 |
| 8. The Psycho-Analytic Play Technique: Its History and Significance (1955) | 122 |
| 9. On Identification (1955) | 141 |
| 10. Envy and Gratitude (1957) | 176 |
| 11. On the Development of Mental Functioning (1958) | 236 |
| 12. Our Adult World and its Roots in Infancy (1959) | 247 |
| 13. A Note on Depression in the Schizophrenic (1960) | 264 |
| 14. On Mental Health (1960) | 268 |
| 15. Some Reflections on ‘The Oresteia’ (1963) | 275 |
| 16. On the Sense of Loneliness (1963) | 300 |
| Short Contributions | 314 |
| The Importance of Words in Early Analysis (1927) | 314 |
| Note on ‘A Dream of Forensic Interest’ (1928) | 315 |
| Theoretical Deductions from an Analysis of Dementia Praecox in Early Infancy (1929) | 318 |
| Some Psychological Considerations: A Comment (1942) | 320 |
| Explanatory Notes | 324 |
| Appendix: Introductory Notes by Ernest Jones to Previous Editions of Melanie Klein's Works | 337 |
| Introduction to Contributions to Psycho-Analysis, 1921-45 (1948) | 342 |
This third volume of The Writings of Melanie Klein contains all her later work from 1946 until her death in 1960—with the exception of Narrative of a Child Analysis which is published separately as Volume IV. Unlike the papers which compose Volume I, Love, Guilt and Reparation 1921–45 (most of which were originally published in Contributions to Psycho-Analysis) the contents of Volume III have never before been collected together. Some of them appeared first in two books, Developments in Psycho-Analysis and New Directions in Psycho-Analysis, which also included contributions by authors other than Melanie Klein. Envy and Gratitude was originally a monograph, and some of the papers were p