This book consists of capsular summaries and critical discussions of over fifty psychoanalytic papers published in the past two decades on the nature of sleep, dreams, and dreaming. Most of the major contributions in this period are included, with the notable exception of several important ones by Thomas French. This omission reflects the author's point of view, apparent at different places in the book, his opinion that ego psychology does not find expression in dreams.

Dr. Fliess 'felt that a path ought to be cut for the students of psychoanalysis through the literature overgrowing The Interpretation of Dreams'. He sets about to do this in a most regrettable