ANALYSTS AROUSED

I take issue with your choice of reviewers. Although I have no quarrel with Peter J. Swales’ credentials, I do object to his subjective review of Peter Gay’s “Freud: A Life for Our Time” (Book Review, May 8).

In view of the fact that psychoanalysts are, in general, magnificently learned and wondrously articulate, I would hope that in the future, The Times might find a reviewer with no overt vested interest in his subject. Both psychoanalytic institutes (Southern California and Los Angeles) no doubt possess such potential reviewers in their membership.

BARBARA L. SAX

PALOS VERDES