THIS PAPER SUMMARIZES THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH ON SOIL-LIME STABILIZATION CONDUCTED AT M. I. T. DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS. DATA ARE PRESENTED ON: (1) THE EFFECT OF VARYING PERCENTAGES OF LIME (OR QUICKLIME) ON THE COMPACTION AND STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF FOUR SOILS RANGING FROM A CLAYEY SAND TO AN ORGANIC CLAY. STRENGTH WAS DETERMINED BY UNCONFINED COMPRESSION (OR PENETRATION RESISTANCE) TESTS ON AS-MOLDED, AS-CURED, AND/OR ON CURED AND SOAKED SAMPLES. (2) THE EFFECT OF MIXING VARYING PERCENTAGES OF QUICKLIME WITH FOUR VERY WET SOILS, RANGING FROM A SILT TO A FAT CLAY IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE STRENGTH OF THESE SOILS AT A RAPID RATE. (3) THE EFFECT OF SECONDARY ADDITIVES (VARIOUS SODIUM COMPOUNDS) AT DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS ON THE SOAKED UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AFTER FROM 4 TO 28 DAYS CURING OF SEVEN SOIL-LIME MIXTURES. THE SOIL-LIME MIXTURES CONSISTED OF: PURE MINERALS, RANGING FROM QUARTZ TO KAOLINITE, PLUS 10 PERCENT CALCIUM HYDROXIDE, AND NATURAL SOILS, RANGING FROM AN UNIFORM SILT TO AN ORGANIC CLAY, PLUS 5 PERCENT CALCIUM LIME. THE TEST RESULTS SHOW THAT: (1) LIME REDUCES THE COMPACTED DENSITY OF THE SOILS BUT GREATLY INCREASES THE SOAKED STRENGTH AFTER CURING PERIODS OF FROM 7 TO 28 DAYS. (2) FROM 1 TO 5 PERCENT QUICKLIME CAN INCREASE THE STRENGTH OF WET SOILS 3 - TO 10-FOLD WITHIN 2 HOURS. (3) SODIUM COMPOUNDS (SUCH AS SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SODIUM SILICATE AND SODIUM SULFATE) CAN INCREASE THE SOAKED STRENGTH OF SOIL-LIME MIXTURES, OFTEN BY SEVERAL FOLD. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SODIUM COMPOUNDS VARIES WITH SOIL TYPE, ADDITIVE CONCENTRATION, AND LENGTH OF CURING. SODIUM METASILICATE WAS USUALLY FOUND TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE ADDITIVE. IT INCREASED THE 7 DAY SOAKED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF SIX OF THE SEVEN SOILS BY 100 TO 200 PSI. /AUTHOR/