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This handsome volume (the Mott Memorial) has really been edited by a
Committee of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association, consisting of Sir Hubert Bond and Drs. Golla, McRae and Beaton, with Dr. Lord as Secretary.
There is a splendid portrait of Sir Frederick. The Editor has made short biographical notes and Dr. Halliburton supplies some delightful personal reminiscences, while a fuller account of Mott's life and work is given by Professor C. von Menakow, of Zurich. There is also a bibliography of Sir Frederick occupying eleven pages, including twelve books—a truly magnificent output.
Altogether there are thirty-one chapters in the form of scientific papers, mostly embodying original research and some appearing for the first time. There are writers from all over the world. The articles are mostly in English, but there are two in French, one in German and one in Italian. They deal with problems in psychiatry, mental hygiene, neurology, philosophy, physiology, anatomy, histology, chemistry, phonology and mental deficiency. It will therefore be obvious that any review of the subject matter is scarcely possible. Professor Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer, LL.D., Sc.D., M.D., F.R.S., rises to the occasion by discussing whether 'Neuron(e)' should be spelt with a terminal 'e' or not—and a few similar items of nomenclature.
Perhaps it is appropriate that there should be very little psychological matter and even that the contribution of one of our own members on the 'Aetiology of Alcoholism' does not mention the strictly psycho-analytical view.