Dr. White explains in a brief preface that he is not presenting new material in the field covered by this book; rather he is trying to set forth a total viewpoint in dealing with human behavior which he feels is already familiar in professional circles but needs continual emphasis for its proper development. He states further that, in the writing, he was drawn somewhat away from his original plan until the book became an essay on human relationships in general, illustrated from the field of criminology.

Dr. White has undertaken in the first part of his book to apply the principles of psychoanalysis to the modern understanding of the human personality from both the dynamic and systematic aspects. In spite of occasional references to Freud, it is nowhere set down that this is a psychoanalytic interpretation of human psychology. In thus keeping out of a partisan camp the author may have felt that he would avoid unnecessary prejudice and controversy. Furthermore,