In his prologue, James Anthony questions whether this book will be remembered in the future as "a pioneering effort of collecting and collating much of the widely scattered and disconnected data on the Borderline Child" (p. 3). Regardless of its impact on the future, it is gratifying to have our past and present understanding of the "borderline syndrome" pulled together in such a well organized manner. The bibliographies themselves are worth having. As an attempt to consolidate our theoretical and clinical thinking on the borderline child, the book is an important beginning effort. The degree to which the authors extend our knowledge, unfortunately, is questionable.

The text is structured around three models in child psychiatry: psychodynamic, descriptive, and biological. This broad base has the advantage of being all-inclusive, but the disadvantage of being