Emotional Adjustment in Marriage: By Le Mon Clark, M.D. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1937. 253 pp.

By far the most important feature of this book is the profession of its author. It is a commonplace that physicians, and those in particular who have the opportunity to deal most closely with sexual problems (gynecologists, obstetricians and genito-urinary specialists) are among the most ignorant, conservative, prudish and moralistic members of society in their attitudes toward sex. It is therefore cheering indeed when Dr. Clark, an obstetrician and gynecologist from the University of Illinois Medical College, writes an enlightened and frank book on the necessary and often difficult adjustments of the marriage relationship. His book is for the 'normal individual' and the general medical practitioner and may be read with benefit by both. The author's stress on the widespread ills, both physical and mental, connected with unrecognized sexual disorders and his emphasis on the need for physicians to educate themselves in this field is most praiseworthy. The sections of the book which deal with the relief of minor sexual difficulties and the importance of seeking medical aid when the maladjustments are severe or prolonged are excellent, if a trifle sentimental. However when the author goes farther afield into the explanation of emotional processes, it is obvious that he has a very superficial and