Ludwig Binswanger's Memories of Sigmund Freud is a document of a rare friendship between two men who felt drawn to each other from the first moment they met. Their friendship lasted until Freud's death,—more than thirty years. This is the more remarkable as scientifically they never were really in agreement. Even in the summing up speech that Binswanger delivered at the celebration of Freud's eightieth birthday, he challenged the work of his great 'master and model'.

Binswanger's book, with its most interesting letters, presents a precious addition to the image of Freud. Binswanger's intention is not so much to throw light on Freud the scientist but on Freud in