I, Johanna Christina Emerentia Bassalik-de Vries, daughter of Lambertus and Helena de Vries was born in Zwolle (Holland) on the 21st of June 1874. In my native town I visited the girls high-school for seven years. Afterwards I followed for two years the lectures on philology of Prof. H. Bülbring at the University of Groningen (Holland). Then I went to England as a teacher for one year and a half, and from there to Zürich, where in the year 1906 I passed the examination of maturity (Maturitäts-Examen). From that time I studied at the University of Zürich philology, psychology, and philosophy. My principal teachers were Prof. Th. Vetter, Prof. F. Schumann, and Prof. G. Störring. To these gentlemen my sincere thanks are due. Especially I want to thank Prof. Th. Vetter for his kind interest and assistance in my work.
