Readers expecting the recent publication of The Diary of Sigmund Freud to contain startling revelations or confessions about the psychoanalyst's personal life will surely be disappointed, for there is nothing sensationalistic about its contents. Most readers would not even consider it a diary at all. Apdy called by Freud “K$uUrzeste Chronik,” or “Shortest Chronicle,” the diary consists of 20 folio-sized sheets containing a list of dates and brief notes written during the last decade of Freud's life. The rest of the volume consists of editor Michael Molnar's extensive scholarly annotations and scores of photographs of Freud's extended family and wide circle of acquaintances. One can hardly imagine a less revealing diary, and had it been