AN AMERICAN'S IMPRESSIONS OF SOCIOLOGY IN GREAT BRITAIN.

Reprints part of a study conducted by Vivien M. Palmer which was published in the "American Journal of Sociology," as of October 1927. In the series of papers and discussions presented at the first meetings of the Sociological Society, which were held in London, England in 1904, founders vividly summarized the state of sociology in Great Britain and outlined the role which the new Society hoped to play in future developments. It is illuminating to compare the status and aims as reflected at that time with the present attainments of British sociology. A consensus seems to run through the 1904 reports that, while a great deal of practical reform was being carried on in Great Britain, the scientific study of social life lagged behind. In the introductory address, James Bryce, first president of the Society, surveys the situation and suggests a programme which the new Society may follow in bringing this where of British thought into its own. His description of existing conditions and his proposed plans for the Sociological Society has been summarized in the article.