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apply in order to evaluate these predictions. It is a particularly great problem in psychotherapeutically oriented psychiatry where treatment outcome cannot be easily measured and where intellectual, interpersonal, and technical adequacy of the therapist are difficult to judge in an objective manner. The principle criteria decided upon were ratings based on general observation of routine work that were made by supervisors and peers. A secondary string of criteria included completion of the three-year residency, entrance into psychiatric practice, and board certification. The results are rather disappointing. Correlations hover in the '20's, occasionally going higher, but frequently also dropping to near zero. These findings are not due to poor workmanship, for throughout the book one is struck with the thoroughness of the study, the excellence not only of the authors but of the cooperating staff, and the heavy demands made upon the candidates and residents through multiple interviews and a large battery of psychological tests. Freud's story about a medieval king who had an infallible way of telling whether or not the person was a witch (boil suspect in cauldron for three hours, whereupon the taste of the broth is a sure sign) is really not a correct statement of either the intent of the researchers or the ordeal of the psychiatric residents undergoing evaluation for Personality patterns of psychiatrists-a study of methods for selecting residents.