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SCIENTIFIC THEORIES.
rww VOLUMES IN PSYCHOLOGY. soCI-
oIOGY AND PEDAGOGY.

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OUTLINES OF DEsCRIPTIyE PsYCC ol,sSa. o6d
S SOrWsl p ssh9 90 s 1y ShsTs scrbners
oarrIINEs OF SOCIOLOGY. BY Lester F W TaIo.
buodecimo. pp. XII. sol The M'cm'''a" COM
nrsopyc1oN TO TIE sTEDE or os soTd
TIE cal beveopment From the Historic Theories
Together s Wa Fl he k MoSiy
t,nionism and the Methods Of IndIstIitl ne ne
mpn err h5 BY p ' Pa1nam %s's so"s
CHE MATHEMATICAL, PsYCHoLIoGg,nn Con- t mr.
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pvoLUT1oNAL ETHICS AND A ANN PS m
some UNRDCoGNIZED LAWS OF NATuPRSE s-
An Inquiry Into the Causes OF Phys'CSs 1,yite-
.,on Isy Isnatius singer and Lewis H. Berens
. Illustrated. Octave PIP. xvi Dol. D. APP'e'o" "
s1BI1ooRAPHy OF EDUCATION. c d MeITna
h Unsd pp xiv 32, d Appleton & Co
7, 4. certainly very pretty problem 10 whlch
=, ores,or James Mark Baldwin addresses MIN
Al, IN his treatise on the Social and tHhlcal
INTERPRETATIONS in Mental Development 1t is'
IN brief. TO discover fully as possible 20 tne
student Of psychology the analogy "nlcn eNiS''
between the development OF complex clV'I'1a
Ton in human society and the dawnihg OF III
te,lisence In the infant mind II wouio perhaps
be more correct 20 say that professor halo"iu
attempts 10 show In what manner ana 10 "fd'
49, The two processes overlap and merge 30
that the relation between them Is sonethins
more than an analogy, something less imam an
identity To this perplexing problem the au-
Nor brings an unlimited capacity for needing
the most obscure signs Of infanthe sropihss
AFTER conceptions. surmises, inventions ana SELF
manifestations. a gusto for giving 10 these
rerminal assertions Of the childs lndlNouah'y
a rich and full psychological analysis ana
perfect readiness 10 accept and use the honeY
farms OF expression. the quantity simple Illus
trations that the nature Of his subjeot IN l'sel
suggests to his mind The volume. it must he
admitted. diffcut as the subject Is. could oe
made clearer: Il suffers at times from an over
use Of technical and cant phrasing. where the
phrasing Of ordinary communication between
nose II i.. however undena bly, suggestive even
IN thu general reader undeniably the work or
one who comes into direct sympa hetic relations
With the life he studies For these virtues from
one whose posttion as an authority would secure
him hearing without their aid. no reader can
be too grateful.
The merits Of Professor George TrumoulI
.fAdd's Outline Of Descriptive Psychology arr
IN
Mental Science for Colleges and Normal
Schools" The volume is distinctively we'll or
dered: II Is Just as distinctively modern ana
commemorative In matter and spirit Though
me author Is too broad man TO limit the
scone of his work to those more elementary por-
lions OF psychology of which physiological
nsvchology oan take Immediate cognizance, 1t Is
safe to say that the recent investigations OF the
laboratory have affected either directly or IN
directly his entire spirit. Without deluging the
student with all their minute details. the author
summarizes and TO even greater degree IN
terprets them. Though a much less idiosyn-
cratic and therefore far less interesting and
stimulating expositor than Professor "lHah
lanes who has worked IN the same field, Pro-
fessor Ladd is quite clear and quite as
busness-like. The book. the reader must he
wayned however is one to he studied. not to be
read at ones ease.
In bis Outlines Of Sociology" Mr. Lester F.
Ward shows himself TO be. both on principle
and by Inclination a hedonist. glow Of en-
thusiasm Eliminates every page Of his treatise.
He purports to bound the science OF sociology
and set forth its true character; in reality, he
does little more than expound the art Of taking
sociological phenomena with ocerfowing happi-
nass 1t would be more accurate to say that
Mr. Ward does not take phenomena at all; he Is
immune to them. He proves the high merit
Of modern society by an ingenious method OF
purely abstract reasoning. and for those emo
tonally susceptible to pure theory furnishes a
prophylactic against all the Ills of modern So
oaety Democracy" says Mr.. Ward. has prac-
IDEALLY solved the moral side OF the question Of
government For in seeking his own interests
The representative Of the people must obey their
will; and the will Of the people must he good.
at least for them" One wonders whether Mr..
Ward has ever heard Of political pulls" Of
legislative Strikes" Of 'lobbies" and brides.
Indeed one may be very much OF optimist
and vet think Mr. Wards society as he sees It..
Q mirage.
In his Introduction to the Study OF Sociol-
ory" Professor j. H. w Stuckenberg approaches
the mental processes involved in sociological
study as themselves phenomena for investiga-
ton and subjects them TO a highly abstract and
philosophical analysis He defines the terms
and postulates Of the so-caled science and dis
cusses its methods and functions. He even ques-
tons its right TO be counted science His
method is deliberate and dispassionate; he
weighs sociology in the balance and reserves
his decision. Necessarily vague In expression.
however. as the volume ia, it is unquestionably
suggestive.
Any who discusses the theory OF wages
must conduct his reader through maze Of
difficulties. for the questions involved have been
OF too much moment TO mankind not TO have
been the occasion Of vast amount of per-
picking debate on such a subject is for
tunate to have clear well as eclectic