Wish-Hunting in the Unconscious. An Analysis of Psychoanalysis. By Milton Harrington, M.D. Published by the  Macmillan Co., New York, 1934. Pp.  189, including Index.

A book by an avowed enemy of psychoanalysis obviously prejudiced beyond the point of help. Otherwise the reviewer would suggest to the author that a few hours on the couch would be of inestimable benefit. The book is so prejudiced in its point of view and so aggressive in its general attitude that it is open to almost every possible criticism that might be leveled against an attempt such as the author undertakes, and many pages might be written outlining the nature of the defects in the argument but probably to no special purpose as far as the author is concerned. The appeal of the book is essentially to enemies of analysis and therefore this review is a sufficient advertisement for those who wish to regale themselves with such literature. The author quotes Professor Freud in order to refute him and rationalizes this method by saying that he only quotes his earlier works, as if it were an adequate criticism of a work on science to quote the earliest sayings of the author when he was still perhaps groping for some point of interest to attach his life energies to. The mature ideas of Professor Freud as expressed today are very different from the relatively much more simple solutions of problems at which he had tentatively arrived when the quotations were made. The reviewer can hardly refrain from a reference to the warning that “The devil can cite scripture.” As justification for the above statements regarding the attitude of the author the following quotation seems to be sufficient: “Mental health, according to this point of view, is to be achieved by right