19 MARCH 1932, Page 32

THE MIND IN CONFLICT By Richard Amaral Howden

There has long i been a need for a handbook on psycho- analysis written n non-technical language by the layman for the layman. Such is The Mind in Conflict, by Richard Amaral Howden (Oxford University Press, 2s. ad.). After the Introduction by Dr. William Brown no further comment is needed ; but we may say that there exists no summary of the subject known to us which is so concise, so fair-minded, and so lucid. Mr. Howden now and again writes an aivkward sentence, but his meaning is always clear ; and the summary at the end of the second chapter is an example of his skill in compressing, without falsifying, his matter. The book, by the way, is of pocket size,.and beautifully produced.