REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: First Contributions to Psycho‐Analysis . By S ándor F erenczi . Primary Love and Psycho‐Analytic Technique . By M ichael B alint . Biology and Language: An Introduction to the Methodology of the Biological Sciences including Medicine . The Tarner Lectures, 1949–50. By J. H. W oodger . Theoretical Models and Personality Theory . Edited by D avid K rech . A Textbook of Mental Deficiency ( Amentia ). By A. F. T redgold The Science of Mind and Brain . By J. S. W ilkie . Social Psychology . By T heodore N. N ewcomb Cruelty to Children . A memorandum prepared by the Association of Children's Officers in response to a request from a Joint Committee of the British Medical Association and the Magistrates' Association. Social Service and Mental Health . By M argaret A shdown and S. C lement B rown . Psychiatry To‐day . By D avid S tafford ‐C lark . Forensic Psychiatry . By H enry A. D avidson , M.D. Conditioned Reflex Therapy . By A ndrew S alter . L'Astenza Sessuale (Sexual Abstinence). By S. F ajrajzen . The Normal Child . Some Problems of the First Three Years and their Treatment. By R onald S. I llingworth . Some Common Psychosomatic Manifestations . By J. B arrie M urray . Practical Child Psychotherapy . A Guide for the General Practitioner. Second edition. By C urt B oenheim . Private World of Pain . By G race S tuart ; with an appendix by J ohn M alins, m.b., m.r.c.p . Psychology without Tears . By Dr W. A. O'C onnor . Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry, an Annual Review . Vol. vii . Edited by E. A. S piegel, m.d . A General Selection of the Works of Sigmund Freud . (Pp. 118. 8 s . 6 d.) Civilisation, War and Death . (Pp. 332. 10 s . 6 d. ) Psychoanalytical Epitomes, Nos. 1 and 4. Edited by J ohn R ickman .