Change of Editor

The conclusion of this volume marks also the termination of the Editor's second five-year term of office. Dr. J. D. Sutherland, who has been appointed to succeed him, is a graduate of Edinburgh University, Medical Director of the Tavistock Clinic, and a former Editor of the British Journal of Medical Psychology. In 1955 he succeeded Dr. Ernest Jones as Editor of the International Psycho-Analytical Library.

Everyone will agree that the Editorship of the International Journal of Psycho-Analysis entails responsibilities of international scope, and the manner in which they are discharged will influence the course of psycho-analysis as a science as well as the development of a healthy tradition among practising psycho-analysts. The editing of a Journal such as this cannot be a one-man job, and the retiring Editor therefore strongly feels the need of thanking those who in the past ten years have co-operated with him in maintaining the standards which Ernest Jones as Founder and first Editor set himself to achieve.

I am particularly indebted to the late Dr. John Rickman and to Dr. W. Clifford M. Scott, from whom I learned much during the period of our joint editorship from 1947 to 1949. From 1949 onwards, when I had become Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Marjorie Brierley has patiently and tirelessly given me a helping hand in assessing and improving manuscripts for publication; her judgement and advice have always been constructive and the thanks I have received from many authors are due to her. Dr. Robert P. Knight, who joined the Editorial Committee in 1952, has proved an indispensable link between American psycho-analysts and the Editorial Committee.

I am glad to say that at no time has any discord interfered with the Editorial Committee's smooth work. As I have done, Dr. Sutherland will do everything possible to maintain unity of purpose in the service of psycho-analysis as a science and as a professional organization.

It has always been most stimulating and rewarding to corre