HELEN KELLER. 83 



Keller's story that gives it the significance of a psychological biog- 

 raphy.* 



* The presentation of Miss Keller's story as a biography has left no place 

 for the tribute that every account thereof should pay, and pay liberally, to the 

 skill and devotion of Miss Sullivan. It is difficult to say what would have be- 

 come of Helen Keller under less wise and less able guidance. The deep appre- 

 ciation of the problem to which she has devoted her life is shown in Miss Sulli- 

 van's contemporaneous letters. These letters form a most valuable portion of 

 the A'olume. Free from theory or narrow devotion to any system. Miss Sulli- 

 van's pedagogic tact detected the essence of the situation, and her insight 

 quickly discovered the ways and means for further progress. The educational 

 success, as well as our knowledge of how it was obtained, is immeasurably 

 indebted to the discerning insight of Miss Sullivan. 



