A Source Book in the History of Psychology (Source Books in the History of the Sciences)

This is an exceptional compilation...Not only does it provide students with selections from important sources which they almost certainly would not otherwise read, but it whets the appetite to search further in the early literature of many topics of contemporary psychological interest....This book is an admirable collection which does great credit to the judgment of its editors...this book embodies intellectual standards not always upheld in the subject today. More than a quarter of the articles are translated into English for the first time. A fine, well-balanced contribution to the history of psychology. An excellent job of judicious compression has been practised without losing the meaning and the flavour of the original...In each case the passage quoted has had a formative influence on the history of the subject...This is a fascinating hook. The history of psychology contains magic names. Important passages from many of them are reprinted in this book, which is really a compendium of ideas for research; for one has the uncomfortable feeling when reading it that there are hints whose import one does not yet recognize. This is without any question the best, and perhaps the only really good, selection of primary material relevant to the history of experimental psychology...The principal translators, Mollie D. Boring and Don Cantor, should share with the editors the credit for an important job very well done.