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Among the twenty-two articles seven are portions of five books by different authors published in 1948; of the others, seven are chosen from this QUARTERLY, three from the International Journal of Psychoanalysis, two from Samiksa, a new and serious-minded little journal, two from other journals, and one from a symposium on the evaluation of therapy. The reader is not informed on what basis these articles are selected. They seem to be chosen either because of their general interest to the practicing analyst, or because of elements of originality. The inclusion of Hitschmann's delineation of Boswell's character, for instance, might be considered as a kind of tribute to the author's elegance of exposition; besides its literary merit, it is a good portrayal of a psychopathic character. Simmel's two articles, especially the one on alcoholism, are good contributions to psychopathology and should be of special interest to the student because of their vividness and lucidity. Of general interest to anyone working with social problems is Schmideberg's Treatment of Major Criminals. I think the two most valuable papers in the book are Nunberg's article on therapy, and Anna Freud's article on Certain Types and Stages of Social Maladjustment. The former was written in 1928, but is still applicable and might serve as a sort of model for comparison with other more recent ventures in expounding techniques. The