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Ever since the first collection of Freud's correspondence was published in 1950, each new collection of letters has elicited considerable interest for the wealth of new detail it discloses about one of the most intriguing personalities of the twentieth century.1 While the volume under review cannot hope to match the letters to Wilhelm Fließ in historical importance, nor the correspondence with Ferenczi, Abraham, Jung, or Jones in behind-the-scenes skullduggery, it nonetheless joins the ranks of those collections that shed considerable light on Freud's personal life and, to a lesser extent, his professional concerns and ambitions. This collection of ‘travel letters’ comprises specifically those written to members of his family while on vacation, and is thus much more restricted in focus than the general volume edited many years ago by his son, Ernst (Freud 1960), though it is less restricted than the Brautbriefe collection published in Germany (Freud 1988). Missing are the fascinating letters from his 1875 trip to England and those from his time in Paris in 1885-1886, but that material is largely available elsewhere and does not exactly fit the profile of the pleasure trip. Besides material written by Freud himself, there are also included some messages sent by fellow travelers, such as his brother Alexander and his sister-in-law Minna Bernays (perhaps there is more grist here for the Sigmund-loves-Minna-scandal mill, but only if you are