FRITZ SCHMIDL died on May 5, 1969. His devotion to psychoanalysis went back to the days of the Youth Movement in Vienna where Bernfeld and Fenichel were among his many friends. Though trained in law, his interests were primarily in methodology and applied psychoanalysis, especially in literature and history. His papers and reviews, some of which appeared in This QUARTERLY, exemplified a rare, gemlike clarity. A member of the Faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Washington and of the Seattle Psychoanalytic Institute, he was distinguished for his brilliance, warmth, and wisdom.