<DIV>This eyewitness account by one of Sigmund Freud's earliest students has been rediscovered for twenty-first-century readers. Isidor Sadger's recollections provide a unique window into the early days of the psychoanalytic movement and also illuminate Freud's own struggles: his delight in wit, his attitudes toward Judaism, and his strong opinions concerning lay, nonmedical psychoanalysts.</DIV><DIV> As a student, Sadger attended Freud's lectures from 1895 through 1904. Although Sadger was not part of Freud's inner circle, he was a participant observer of Freud's early years as teacher, therapist, and clinician. In 1930, Sadger published the biography <i>Sigmund Freud: Persönliche Erinnerungen</i>, but with the rise of Nazism and World War II, the book was almost lost to the world of psychoanalytic history. <i>Recollecting Freud</i> is a long-lost personal account that provides invaluable insights into Freud and his social, cultural, and intellectual context.</DIV>