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(1949). Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 18:255-256

Trends in Social Work: By Frank J. Bruno. New York: Columbia University Press, 1948. 387 pp.

Elisabeth Brockett Bech

Mr. Frank J. Bruno is Emeritus Head of the Department of Social Work at Washington University, St. Louis, has spent forty years in the practice and teaching of social work and is a current contributor to periodicals. This book was an assignment, authorized in 1945, by the Executive Committee of the National Conference of Social Work. The Conference limited the author to recounting in three hundred pages its own development during the seventy-two years of its existence. The only bibliography is the publication, Proceedings of the National Conference of Social Work.

The first two chapters give interesting accounts of the personalities of the founders and the beginnings of the National Conference; the last chapter pictures its influence throughout the nation and mentions the leading officers during nearly three quarters of a century. The material is divided into three periods: from 1874 to 1898; from 1898 to 1924; from 1924 to 1946.

Mr. Bruno's task was no small undertaking and he

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