History of Psychology a Sketch and an Interpretation, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of Psychology a Sketch and an Interpretation, Vol. 1The proposal to prepare the History of Psychology for this series appealed to me for other than the usual reasons. In the first place, singular as it may seem, there is no history of psychology of any kind in book form in the English language. Some years ago, I projected as Editor a series of historical works to be written by various authorities on central psychological topics, the whole to constitute a "Library of Historical Psychology." These works, some twelve in number, are in course of preparation, and certain of them are soon to appear; but up to now no one of them has seen the light. The present little work of course in no way duplicates any of these.In French, too, there is no independent history. The German works, of which there are several, had become somewhat old when last year two short histories appeared, written by Prof. Dessoir and Dr. Klemm. I refer to these again just below.Another reason of a personal character for my entering this field is worth mentioning, since it explains the scope and method of the present sketch.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.