New-York tribune., 1895-10-13

misleading ardor of discovery. Apparently ne
,,,o,a xo,,ds as inutie the observations OF child
no. mad. nv the average mother. who knows
,es. about the human body than she does ABOUT
tho moon or n wild flower" He inciudes the
averaee father In the same category. only the
psvchologist. In his opinion. can opserVe 'he
child and he would have the psychologist ea'u'
otod with information and theories. the records
that could be made by parents are subject 10 'he
uncertainty as to whether they are nee from tue
influence OF affection. pride. jealousy ana the n"e'
The inference is that every parent should DE-
trained in mental science. lie wouid nave eNpe''
ment-an endless amount OF i-out not eNPe'
mani without theory This experimental process
should begin early. for example, In the case oi ."e
color problem long before there Is any Poss'o''''
Of this being complicated with names OF co'ois'
t1,s own theory and his experiments begin with
,ha cb,ld,s hand movements These. he thinks.
are nearly ideal az yielding results IN TERMS vi
the most fundamental motor reactions of the III
FAINT" 1t Is not even necessary to raise 'he aues
,ion as to the rise Of volition. Tor even ai'ei II"
rise "the chids reactions are for long ''he p"'e
under the lead of it's sensory life III Is thus '"a'
the author throughout his volume endeaVors ~
clear ND the origin OF mentality. 1t is certain 'ha'
when this is accomplished the study OF all 'a'e'
psychological evolution will be easy.
Wilhelm Wundt has had to walt long 'or 'he ue-
gree of fame implied by translation OF one OF MS
works into English. 1t has been more thah th'r's
years since his Lectures on human anu Ai''''"
Psychology" were frst published Ihev u"'e'
therefore from time when. as PROFESSOR " ""''
himself says the science W rs only prosIa'','''
for the future BY the time that any consiuerapie
portion of this programme had been WORKED o"'
the early writings Of It's adopts were al "a discount
Few writer's held 10 their first views. Wund'
humorously describes his lectures as the VIII
oo,s of vouth Rut after all. ne found II possible
., save considerable part OF the crop In the long
DELAYED second edition. upon which the ua"Sa
tion made by ]. F. Creighton and r. Il. l'ch''e''
of Cornell University. published by Macmillan /"
co is based Much that belonged 10 the nrs' eur
,,on has haon omitted altogether. and the re-
mainder has been so modified that the au'ho' 'e
n,,dia,ae IN the old book everything not found In
the new If one were to attempt IN a sentence W
characterize Professor Wundts tendency it would
surely be moet suggestive TO point out 'he eager
ress which he evinces to put psychology on the
footing OF an exact science His weight II 'hio"h
ners,stently on the side adverse to rash specula-
,,on .vs, though his own mathematical formulas
are sometimes approximate rather thah aoso-
,r,a,, certain The translation Of the lectures is
admirably done
DR. Johannes Rehmkc's "Lehrbrch ger Ahse
meInen Psychologist" Imported by uuS'aN f.
StecherD is largely controversial IN cha'ac'e' =
7, ono cot r,othing else out Of 1t. one would at
least get very clear Ideas of the differences Una.
so,arata from each other the psychological
schools which Dr. Rehmke calls the oiu Mate
r,oust snirjtualist. New Materlalist and Spino-
hat nf
rh,,osonbers and Dr. Rehmke finds the same
tendency in j. a Hortsen with his soui atoms
more attenuated than atoms Of aether, ana so
a,,,s him the nineteenth century Democritus.
I, sn,rituaIism he finds at bottom what he calls
.,r,otariolism q matcrialism hidden in n
contradiction by which 1t Is affirmed ana dehleu
~ l., ,ho sara breath ia und nen" psyche
logv he calls it. quoting by way OF PROOF eN-
rossions of the Herbartian O. FlugeL The ne"
rator,alist view of the soul is that it is merely
q function Of the brain. But tn this bald forih
e hardly exists while the view Of the soul as a
creation Of the brain is widespread II is note
worthy remarks Dr. Rehmke, that those VINO
vrou,d thus have the soul created out OF nothing
are the sworn opponents Of such a creauo''
where the world is concerned. 49,
Spinozsm the author crit,clses as shdli"s 49,, ~
error of spritualism that. given reciprocal lil.I
ac,ion Of spirt and matter. this must De a 'raii,
siton or transpos'i, from spiritual 10 iiale' m Ia
ana vice versa But. as the Spinozist knoM kn W. :
this sort Of transition to be uhthihkdpe' Nv ~ ~
snre ,bat the reciprocal interaction is only IN
appearance that is. in reality. to use the IAN
| guage of II0ffding. paralelism ana a propor1.
tionalty between activity OF cohsc,ousnes aI' a.
| o,i,itv Of hra,n DR. Rehmke replies that this
narallesm is verbal. not real. But ne devoteS
| much attention In various parts 81 MS Worh -
the opinions of Honding. so that 'hose WHO Nv. iul-
| low this author may well find his criticism use
! ful Rehmke VIII also be found sharp CRU;
| in other ways. for example on The psychological
! value Of Helmholtz's tone theory.
CTRPENT FICTION.