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The third section, "Survivors," deals with animals that almost became extinct and even were thought to be so at one time. Two birds, the cahow of Bermuda and the waldrapp of Switzerland, the sea otter, and the giant sea tortoise all exhibit survival traits that man at his worst has failed to overcome.

The bare bones discussed here cannot begin to de- scribe the rich literary environment of the cases treated in Ley's book. Mystery, legend, and fact are blended to- gether in a romantic form that makes this book equal to the companion volumes. The make-up is good, and I look forward to more of the same kind of thing in spite of a hint in the introduction that this may be the pro- jected number that the author set out to write.

THOMAS S. GARDNER Hoffman-La Roche, Inc.

Anxiety and Stress. An interdisciplinary study of a life situation. Harold Basowitz, Harold Persky, Sheldon J. Korchin, and Roy R. Grinker. Blakiston Div., McGraw-Hill, New York-London, 1955. xv + 320 pp. Illus. $8.

The principal object of this book is to present a com- pletely coordinated multidiscipline study of anxiety. The psychosomatic and psychiatric processes involved

in this emotion have been examined on a group of healthy young American men under the stress of a real- life situation-paratroop training.

The authors of this volume are well qualified to undertake teamwork of this kind, since one of them is a psychiatrist, two are psychologists, and one a biochem- ist. All four authors have had considerable experience in their respective fields. As they point out in their summary, the principal gain from their work has been "less in increasing our knowledge of the details of psy- chosomatic problems and more in learning the com- plexities of psychosomatic organization and integration."

The book is written in a very readable style, and we can readily follow the authors' invitation "to share with us the excitement and disappointments of participating in this-we hope novel-experience in a life situation, from the formulation of the problem to the implications of the results."

It should perhaps be pointed out, however, that stress is defined as a "threat to the fulfillment of basic needs" and is dealt with primarily at a psychological level, al- though cursory reference is made also to the general- adaptation syndrome and the pituitary-adrenal axis in relation to nonspecific stressor effects.

The book can be highly recommended to those inter- ested in psychosomatic problems.

HANS SELYE Universite de Montreal

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