Why are some men notably successful in business? In the case of one of the most outstanding American business families we have the story of the beginnings of the family's success as told in the autobiography of its founder. That story is a significant one.

The above was the subject of a session at the annual meeting of the American Economic History Association held in Princeton, New Jersey, late in September of the present year. The main paper was presented by Dr. Stanley Pargellis of the Newberry Library in Chicago. The discussion was led by Mr. Ralph Budd, president of the Burlington Lines, by Professor Colston Warne of Amherst College, and Professor Kent Healy of Yale University. Lively discussion followed from the floor.

Business men have been notable collectors. Perhaps more than any other group, they have been able to exercise the universal acquisitive propensity of mankind. They have had both the financial means to buy the objects they wanted and the contacts that made it practicable to collect.