This volume reviews much of the recent literature on the technique of dream interpretation. The author makes several points that are well established elsewhere. (1) With the advent of ego psychology, the manifest dream is not just to be deciphered for its latent content, but is more directly revealing of ego conflicts that can be traced to the day residue and current problems. (2) The manifest dream often verifies a diagnostic assessment. (3) It portrays the unconscious meaning of the therapeutic relationship and thus has a prognostic value.

Many of the dream examples are interesting in and of themselves. However, the general writing in this book is stilted and poorly integrated. The literature is reviewed without any attempt at tying together specific themes. For these reasons, I do not feel this book adds anything to our understanding of dreams, either as a text in reviewing dream technique, or in new ideas.