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The last decade was noted for the expose and the relentless pursuit of the “bad man,” the meretricious scapegoat for the depression. The turn of the decade was characterized by the questionnaire. This decade seems well on its way to becoming that of Who's Who? but more so What's What? (Maybe What's Left). One may therefore expect summations of knowledge in many fields. The author of this volume examines the large literature dealing with emotions and memory. It is a very extensive review with an author index of about four hundred names. Any detailed examination of the volume is impossible. The chapters include: Historical Background of the Problem; The Problem of Emotions; The Experimental and Theoretical Contributions of General Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Hypnosis; The Contribution of the Study of Pathological Memory Phenomena; Direct Experimental Evidence. The author has made something of a source book. He says: “Our survey has shown that although abundant facts have been accumulated relevant to our problem, the interrelations of these facts will have to be subjected to crucial experiments before an attempt at a unitary theory can be made.”