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IT is an arguable question whether the roots of disorders of conduct and life difficulties are not deeper than can be reached by reading a book, however good it may be. Dr. Harding has at tempted to explain many difficulties of life, but whether her explanation would be accepted or not by the neurotic and those in difficulties is another matter. The unconscious has an unfortunate habit of erecting barriers against the very explanations given, and a prolonged analysis is often necessary to get behind these barriers and adjust the mind in difficulties to its difficulties. Apart from this, however, the book contains a wealth of sound advice, and there can be few who, having read it, will not derive benefit if they apply the theory to their practice.
The Way of all Women: a Psychological Inter-prelation.
By M. Esther Harding. Pp. xv + 335. (London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1933.) 15s. net.
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[Short Reviews]. Nature 133, 374 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133374c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133374c0