Instead of revising his book entitled “The Medical Value of Psychoanalysis,” published over 10 years ago, Dr. Alexander chose to prepare a new two volume work. The present book is the first volume and it comprises the introductory lectures to psychoanalysis given over many years to the students at the Chicago Institute of Psychoanalysis.

In the prefacei Dr. Alexander says, “In presenting the theory of drives, I have tried to formulate basic principles and to limit theoretical discussion of it to a minimum”…. “Our views about fundamental processes such as repression identification, projection, reaction formation, substitution, displacement and sublimation which were derived directly from observation have undergone little change since their formulation by