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This book is a distinct and worthwhile contribution to the literature on the neuroses in that it presents a study of a particular group, the war neuroses or “shell shock” cases, in several cross-sections. During the war Dr. Thomas W. Salmon (who contributes the introduction to the book) had a well-planned organization for dealing with the war neuroses in the A.E.F., and the chief unit in this organization was Base Hospital 117. Of the patients treated there, Dr. Fenton has made two follow-up studies, one in 1919-20 and the other in 1924-25, with special reference