A collection of papers stimulating both with regard to the variety of material and the spiritedness with which the author carries out his basic purpose of convincing the medical profession of the scientific tenability of psychoanalysis and its usefulness in medicine. So long as psychoanalytic theory and method are misinterpreted not only by the lay world but also by the average physician, a contribution such as this will have a special justification and incentive. It is to Dr. Alexander's credit, however, that he has