It is unfortunate that Herbert Rosenfeld's posthumous book is not better organized and better edited, for this undisciplined volume contains much that is of great value. Rosenfeld came to England from Germany as a young physician in the mid-1930's. He was trained in psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic and turned to Melanie Klein for a personal analysis. Ultimately, he became one of the most distinguished members of the Kleinian circle and a training analyst of the London Institute. For half a century, he pioneered the psychoanalytic treatment of the sickest patients, including schizophrenics, and this book was intended to distill his