Concepts and Problems of Psychotherapy: By Leland E. Hinsie. New York: Columbia University Press, 1937. 180 pp.

This book sets out to be an introduction to psychotherapy. It covers such an enormous field and its ramifications are so numerous that it is impossible to review them in detail. Nolan D. C. Lewis states in the preface that the work is notable because it is the first attempt to estimate the value of psychotherapy in its relation to clinical psychiatry, and is 'an honest essay' on the different applications of psychotherapy to the problems of psychiatry. Dr. Hinsie is primarily a clinical psychiatrist. Many of the interesting questions he raises, particularly in regard to psychoanalysis, are of peculiar interest just for that reason. Because of his impartiality, they should serve as a contribution to a better understanding of the conflicting points of view in the field of modern psychiatry. The book is meritorious for its compact style.

Although a critical and comprehensive review of this work is almost impossible without covering more pages than the author himself has made use of, one may at least inspect the underlying principles and decide whether the foundation is of sound construction. The