The Annual of Psychoanalysis, V. 26/27 : Routledge : 9781138005471 : 1138005479 : 12 Sep 2014 : Volume 26/27 begins with publication of The Annual's  first prize essay, Samuel Abrams's "How Child and Adult Analysis Inform and Misinform One Another."  This is followed by a series of papers originally prepared for a symposium honoring John E. Gedo.  These papers span the clinical topics of obsessiveness, sublimation, dreams and self-analysis, and analyzability,  and also delve into applied psychoanalysis and art history, with two studies of Vincent van Gogh and another of Alberto Giacometti.  These papers not only convey the impressive range of Gedo's own interests, but embody the high scholarly and clinical standards that Gedo has long held, both for himself and for the field in general.       Section III offers original contributions to clinical analysis in the form of the consideration of the role of affective engagement in the analyst's "usability"; thoughtful assessment of the peril