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THE centenary of the death of Immanuel Kant was celebrated on February 12 by the University and the town of Königsberg, in the presence of the Prussian Minister of Education, Dr. Studt, and various representatives of German academic corporations. A short article inspired by the occasion appears elsewhere in this issue. The proceedings began, says the Berlin correspondent of the Times, with the unveiling of a memorial tablet by Dr. Studt, who delivered a message from the Emperor William, and referred in the course of an address to the services which Kant had rendered to learning and to the world. The Minister further announced that he had assigned a sum equal to 500L from the public resources at his disposal in support of the teachers aid fund. The town of Konigsberg has devoted a similar sum to the foundation of an annual prize for essays on philosophical subjects. On the memorial tablet which was unveiled on the wall of the Royal Castle in the Kantstrasse” is inscribed the well-known saying of Kant:—“The starry sky above me, and the moral law within me.” In commemoration of this anniversary a special meeting of the British Academy was held on Friday, and a paper upon Kant's work and influence was read by Dr. Shad worth Hodgson.