The chapters in this book all appeared originally in the European Journal for High Ability reprinted here to expose them to a North American readership. They cover basic concepts in the study of giftedness cognition and problem solving musical talent and counseling. The authors come from a dozen different countries including the United Kingdom Germany Holland France Italy and Sweden. Also represented are nations such as Russia Poland and Hungary which have just emerged from a period of domination of ideas by a socio-political tradition known to North Americans only in the abstract.