His position in American philosophy is sufficiently indicated by the appended list of his works. By some critics he has been erroneously called a disciple of Lotze and Porter, a theological apologist and defender of the traditional views, none of which appraise ments is supported by the facts of his mental development. The fact is Ladd never studied with either Lotze or Porter, or became ac quainted with their works until he had been a student of philosophy for 20 years. For many years he devoted himself to his great work, The Doctrine of Sacred Scripture,' from which, when completed, he turned exclusively to the problems of philosophy; but at no time has he been anybody's disciple, or adopted any system, still less has he founded any °school." His freedom from scholastic bias, combined with sagacity of judgment and catholicity of taste, accompanied by great patience and capacity for hard work, which are the strongest marked elements of his personality and tem perament, scarcely warrant his being called a "dogmatist," but rather a "critical realist," or "radical rationalist." Professor Ladd's published works include volumes on technical theology, psychology, philosophy and education. Besides these works
he has written extensively on his travels in Japan, Korea and India, and on questions con nected with politics and the great war, upon social criticism and practical ethics. He has also been a frequent contributor to the techni cal journals, whose indices will serve as guides. His more important publications are Principles of Church Polity' (1882) • 'Doctrine of Sacred Scripture' (1884) ; 'Outlines of Philosophy' (trans. of Lotze, 5 vols., 1:•:7) ; 'Elements of Physiological Psychology> (1887, revised with R. S. Woodworth 1914);
is the Bible?' (1888) ;
to Philosophy' (1889) ;