This monograph on the organization and operation of a service for emotionally disturbed children has been very excellently prepared. It is stressed in this publication that the entire philosophy of the Ryther Child Center is so set-up and oriented as to adjust the child to modern American family and community life and not to some ideal phantasy world in which they (the staff) would like to have him live. This statement very succinctly describes the aim of all child guidance work. The outline of treatment as presented in the monograph may be adopted by institutions which do not have facilities for the utilization of full-time child psychiatrists. As was correctly pointed out it is impractical for most social agencies, both in terms of the number of available psychiatrists and the