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Perhaps there will be some surprise to find books such as these reviewed in a psychiatric or psychoanalytic journal. But considering their material one becomes a little surprised not to find them more commonly reviewed. Missionaries go among primitive tribes and return to report the customs and manners. Anthropologists in a more scientific way make the same journey. However, at times even the facts they observe are distorted by their particular bias. An analyst ethnologist such as Roheim finds that he must observe anew, learn the language and converse with various members of the tribe. What the tribesman says is particularly significant. Unfortunately the tribesmen do not write autobiographies. When one comes to the study of psychoses one immediately has to recall Freud's examination of the case of Dr. Schreber and general psychiatric interest in the memorable book by Beers. With the field of criminology it is with very rare exceptions a different story. It is a field that is still held in awe by capable investigators. Even those who enter the field seem to carry this awe with them. Perhaps this review will be one of the ways to present first hand material to psychoanalysts. The three books are not the only ones of the sort that have been written and that are worthy of study. Years back I read the Subterranean Brotherhood by Julian Hawthorne, son of Nathaniel Hawthorne. This was another such book and I felt it was worthy of serious examination. He does not, it seems to me, detract from his father's glory.
Angels in Undress is an autobiography by Mark Benney (apparently a pseudonym) who served a sentence in an English prison. In the literary world is has received acclaim for its style. One notable reviewer