Jacobi, Jolan. The Psychology of Jung. [New Haven:  Yale University Press, 1943. Pp.  166. $2.50.]

This volume, which in compact form summarizes his work, has the sanction of Dr. Jung. It is well done and is an excellent primer in the work of a man who has no mean talent and who has been somewhat overshadowed by Freud. Actually there seems, to this reviewer at least, no clash between Freud and Jung; they are different as are two men, the one bound for St. Louis and the other Chicago; the difference is directional. Freud towers a little higher from his vantage point because of his terrific talent and hence contribution. Jung is quite willing to acknowledge his debt to Freud as well as to others. Jung's conception of the persona would seem highly valuable for current psychiatry. In his prospective attitude, Jung is more akin to modern psychotherapy than psychoanalysis which has been mainly retrospectively oriented. Jung deals with psychological material, essentially religio-occult that Freud never examined. In spite of the contention that this is scientifically treated in Jung, the reviewer would disagree; there is science in getting a therapeutic result with one patient and then treating others in the same way, but this does not mean that the theoretical structure built up is scientifically confirmed nor is the attitude of resignation in connection with understanding the problem of “realization” at all scientific; it would have been better to say it is not yet understood. Jung's contribution will appear more clearly with time and it is a definite contribution.