The Handbook of Industrial Psychology: By May Smith. New York: Philosophical Library, 1944. 304 pp.

Dr. May Smith presents this book as an introduction to psychology from the industrial standpoint; it is written 'for those who are in some way responsible for others, or who have to get on with others'. With great scientific consciousness and yet without heavy technical and scientific language, the author covers the most important topics of contemporary industrial psychology. After a short historical survey of the pioneer work in this field, Dr. Smith studies successively the general environmental conditions affecting workers in industry: conditions 'outside the body', as lighting, temperature, ventilation, noise, hours in the workshop; and conditions more immediately 'immaterial', as the group, the mental atmosphere, the authority, the individual differences in the temperament of workers; and the related topics of selection, guidance, personality make-up, etc. Thus a vast field is surveyed and in these three hundred pages the reader interested in industrial psychology may find a wealth of helpful considerations, suggestions, and answers concerning the different problems created by men working in industry. However, since it is written 'for those who are responsible for others and who have to get on with others', more emphasis should have been given to the general psychology of the working man, the psychology of prestige and authority, and the social aims of man. Industry is one of the instruments with which society functions and lives. Industrial psychology should not be centered around what man can bring to industry to increase its output and insure its development and