Cyril Burt, writing of mental tests in the schools of London, cites an English boy of 190 IQ, but does not give a description of him. The value of these mere mentions is slight because there is no elaboration and no subsequent history of the cases which would be useful for purposes of generalizations. GENERALIZATIONS The preceding [cases] describe in some detail 19 cases rating 180 IQ or better, if those be included (3 cases) that were reported before the Stanford Revision came into use. Although the reports are lacking in uniformity and vary in emphasis, it is possible to glean from them a few generalizations concerning origin and development among the gifted. Origin is extremely varied as regards racial stock. In describing the 14 American children, German descent is mentioned 3 times, French 3, Scottish 5, English 5, Swedish 1, Scotch-Irish 1, Dutch 1, Jewish 1, Negro 1. There is one German child. The occupational status of the fathers all fall in Class 1 or Class 2 of Taussig's rating--professional, clerical, or business proprietors. Social-economic status wherever mentioned is said to be moderate. None is stated to be very wealthy or very poor. Age of parents at birth of the exceptional child covers a wide range. Development is decidedly ahead of schedule for the group in all respects. Reported age of walking (7 cases stated) ranges from 7 months to 14 months. Talking in sentences, in the 10 cases in which it is given, ranges from 8 months to 19 months. In 13 cases the age of reading is assigned, this being always 3.5 or 4 years. General health is, whenever mentioned, always reported as good, and except for the twins, born prematurely, physique is superior. In the array of 19 cases there are 12 girls and 7 boys, whereas of the 12 cases to be [later] reported [in] this study only 4 are girls. In the grand total there are 16 girls and 15 boys. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. BERKHAN, OSWALD. "Das Wunderkind Christian Heinrich Heineken." _Zeitschrift für Kinderforschung_, Vol. 15, pages 225-229 (1910). 2. ------ "Otto Pöhler, Das Frühlesende Braunschweiger Kind." _Zeitschrift für Kinderforschung_, Vol. 15, pages 166-171 (1910). 3. BINET, A., et SIMON, TH. "New Methods for the Diagnosis of the Intellectual Level of Subnormals." _L'Année Psychologique, 1905_, pages 191-244. 4. ------ "The Development of Intelligence in the Child."_L'Année Psychologique, 1908_, pages 1-90. 5. BUSH, A. D. "Binet-Simon Tests of a Thirty-nine-Months-Old Child." _Psychological Clinic_, 1914. 6. COX, C. M. _The Early Mental Traits of Three Hundred Geniuses_. Genetic Studies of Genius: Vol. 2. Stanford University Press, Stanford University, California; 1926. 7. DOLBEAR, K. E. "Precocious Children." _Pedagogical Seminary_, Vol. 19, pages 461-491 (1912). 8. DUFF, F., and THOMSON, GODFREY H. "The Social and Geographical Distribution of Intelligence in Northumberland." _British Journal of Psychology_ (1923).