250 The American Naturalist. [March, 
Davids. In this country Prof. Titchener’s “ Outline of Psychology ” 
is the leading contribution to empirical psychology. Among the more 
specialized works published during the year may be noted “ Habit and 
Instinct ” by Lloyd Morgan ; “ Studies of Childhood” by James Sully ; 
and “ La psychologie des sentiments ” by Th. Ribot. 
The important event of the year in psychological circles was the 
Third International Congress of Psychology, which met at Munich, 
August 4th to 7th, whose proceedings have already been reported in 
this journal. The meeting of the American Psychological Association 
in Boston, December 29th and 30th, has also been noticed here. In 
April, 1896, the New York Academy of Sciences formed a section 
devoted to psychology, anthropology and philology, whose meetings 
were to be held monthly. American psychologists have been invited 
to attend the meeting of the British Association at Toronto, next 
summer, in connection with the physiological section of that body. 
There is a movement on foot to secure a more adequate representation 
of psychology in the American Association for the Advancement of 
Science, under the section of anthropology. The International Biblio- 
graphical Conference, which met in London, voted to include psycho- 
logy among the 15 leading sciences to be catalogued. 
A prize of £50, to be called the Welby Prize, has been offered for the 
best treatise upon the following subject: The causes of the present 
obscurity in psychological and philosophical terminology, and the direc- 
tions in which we may hope for efficient practical remedy. The committee 
in charge consists of Prof. James Sully, London; Mr. G. F. Stout, 
Aberdeen; Prof. E. B. Titchener, Cornell (Ithaca); Prof. Oswald 
Kiilpe, Würzburg; and Prof. Emile Boirac, Paris. The papers may 
be written in English, French or German, and are to be handed in 
before January 1, 1898. 
The Macmillan Co. announce a “ Dictionary of Philosophy and 
Psychology,” which is now being prepared under the editorial super- 
vision of Prof. Baldwin, of Princeton University. The topics in nor- 
mal psychology are in charge of Prof. Cattell of Columbia University, 
G. F. Stout, W. E. Johnson of Cambridge University, Prof. Titchener 
of Cornell University, and the Editor; the department of mental patho- 
logy and anthropology is assumed by Prof. Jastrow of Wisconsin 
University, and that of biology by Prof. Lloyd Morgan of University 
College, Bristol. The work is expected to be ready during the present 
ear. 
: Necrology.—Prof. J. Delbceuf, of the University of Liège, died at 
Bonn on August 14, 1896, at the age of 65 years. In addition to his 
