This is one of the best books on psychology for the layman that has come to the attention of this reviewer. It is good for several reasons. It is the product of a mind that is widely read in psychology and psychiatry but that also seems to have experienced these new disciplines and permissives of life. Further, the author writes with a kindly, interested, and non-moralizing attitude. He does not write down to the reader; even though he rightly brings in the technical terms by way of definition, he does not abuse their use by mere repetition. Probably by virtue of his newspaper work he covers a multitude of problems and so has created something of a practical little household encyclopedia.

The volume is subtitled Common-Sense Psychology and it would seem that the author means by this not confining himself to one psychological school but the utilization of practical wisdom from any source be it the