IT appears that the idea of a Universal Races Congress first originated with Prof. Felix Adler, of New York, but its realisation is due to the untiring energy and enthusiasm of Mr. Gustav Spiller. The avowed object of the congress was “to discuss, in the light of science and the modern conscience, the general relations subsisting between the peoples of the West and those of the East, between so-called white and so-called coloured peoples, with the view of encouraging between them a fuller understand ing, the most friendly feelings, and a heartier cooperation.” Invitations to attend the congress were scattered profusely, and delegates were appointed by a very large number of Governments and institutions, and there was an attend ance of more than two thousand members. Rarely, if ever, have so many different nationalities and varieties of man kind been gathered under one roof. From this point of view the congress was an undoubted success; the bringing together of this heterogeneous assembly was no small task, and it cannot be doubted that the spirit of friendliness that permeated the congress, and the introduction to one another of varied peoples with similar or analogous aims, were all to the good, and will have permanent beneficial results.