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his ancestors who worshiped in the cathedrals. For the general 

 thinker, also, such works are of real use, as revealing more and 

 more clearly that all progress in thought is the result of an 

 evolution which is by no means to cease in our time. 



Prof. Evans's work is thus valuable, not only to the student of 

 art and literature, but to every one who wishes to penetrate the 

 meanings of history in general. The writer of this article, hav- 

 ing visited and studied nearly every cathedral and church of any 

 importance from Throndhjem to Palermo, and from Dublin to 

 Moscow, can vouch for the exactness of the statements made in 

 this little book ; and it should be added that the learned professor 

 has attached to it a bibliography which, to any one who wishes 

 to carry this fascinating subject still further, will prove most 

 helpful. 







TWO .SCIENTIFIC CONGRESSES. 



By J. MAEK BALDWIN, 



PEOFESSOK OF PSYCHOLOGY, PErNCETON UNIVERSITY. 



THE pursuit of science does not stop in summer, and those 

 who go abroad for rest or recreation find that science pursues 

 them. It is a very profitable form of science which is thus prose- 

 cuted in summer, however, and that in two respects : for, in learn- 

 ing science in a summer congress, one gets the things which the 

 best men oftentimes save up for just this or that occasion, and 

 then again one gets the men thrown in. This latter fact is really 

 the redeeming feature of a scientific congress. It is appreciated, 

 too ; and the social side of the congress idea has had such devel- 

 opment that it is a question whether the fatigue incident to the 

 attendance upon the social functions does not sometimes enervate 

 the scientist when he should be mentally most brave and sharp. 



The International Congress of Experimental Psychology, of 

 which I shall first speak, certainly touched the summit of social 

 privilege, as a citizen in any monarchy would certainly agree, 

 since certain of the members were given a dinner in Munich the 

 seat of the congress by the reigning house in the person of 

 Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria, himself a man with a 

 medical degree and the author of sundry medical monographs. 

 This, together with the official reception by the city of Munich 

 and the many other private and collective entertainments, will 

 make this meeting memorable to those who had the good fortune 

 to attend it. It was a chance, too, to meet almost every great 

 or less great worker in the various departments of psychology in 

 Germany. 



The organization of an international congress for psychology 



