This article is an appreciative review of Walter Schönau's 1968 book, Sigmund Freuds Prosa: Literarische Elemente Seines Stils, published in Stuttgart. Niederland is convincing in his contention that Schönau's study of Freud's phraseology, metaphors, imagery, choice of language, and expository style is '… based on careful research and meticulous attention to detail, executed with scholarly knowledge and genuine devotion'. Schönau poses the interesting theory that Freud's clear and stylistically rich prose may have contributed to the resistance to his writings among German professors by arousing envy.