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This article presents information of various books and journals related to psychology. The paper "Notes on the psychotherapy of infantile autism" by Micheal Fordham is an account of his work and research with autism in children. "Psicologia della lettura" by Mario Trevi is a thought-provoking paper, which presents some intriguing comparisons between reading and play. The paper "Working with a family in a Child Guidance setting" by P. Parsloe and D. Howell presents therapeutic work of psychiatrist and psychiatric social worker on psychotherapy of closely interdependent immature people.

This research paper presents a case history of a man in his late twenties, and analyzes the case psychologically. The man, from his late teens had a difficulty in relating to women. He was a bright scholar and on leaving the university started a career in the diplomatic sphere, furthered this with considerable success during his war service, and found himself returned to civil life with good prospects and considerable status at the age of twenty-five. He talked of his fear of returning to his work and his shame at having had a breakdown. By analyzing the dreams of this patient, this paper focuses upon the significance of the latent homosexual orientation of symptom-formation, its influence upon the transference, and in particular on the part it plays in the therapeutic process.

The article presents views of Marianne Jacoby, a psychologist, on a research paper by E.F. Edinger, a psychologist published in a 1960 issue of "Journal of Analytical Psychology." The way in which Edinger states his ideas presupposes their general acceptance. Concepts of ego-self identity, ego-self separation and ego-self unity are brought in a schema which is posited rather than explained. Instead of discussing the complex processes involved in these concepts, Edinger has only put forward conclusions.

The history of psychology has seen a shift from Sigmund Freud's psycho-analysis to C.G. Jung's analytical psychology. The emphasis laid on the personal has increasingly shifted to the transpersonal aspect. In contrast to the accentuation of the temporal and personal, Jung discovered the crucial importance of the timeless and transpersonal factors in the psyche-the archetypes-that determine man's development. This research paper combines the aspects of the personal and the transpersonal, the temporal-genetic and the timeless, which have grown too far apart, in an altered picture of man and his development.

The article presents comments of the author on research paper "Critical Notice of the Objective Psyche," by J. Layard, published in a 1960 issue of "Journal of Analytical Psychology," on theory of the original self. According to the author, the theory of the original self grew from the empirical observation. Self-images can be observed in childhood and could be conjectured in infancy. The original state of the self was assumed to be a simple integrate without other manifestations than its wholenes.