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C. Burt, Journ. of Exper. Pedagogy (1919). 5, 2, pp. 68-77 '• and 5» 3. 

 pp. 12 1-7. Two valuable papers on tests of reasoning and the light they 

 throw on the development of reasoning in children. In the same place 

 R. C. Moore gives a comparison of various methods of measuring intelligence. 

 There is also an article by Mr. Burt in Journ. of Ed., Jan. 1920, pp. 27-9. 



In referring to educational applications of abnormal psychology it is 

 perhaps well to state without equivocation that the applying of the know- 

 ledge gained in that study to teaching method is a very different matter 

 from allowing oneself to be tempted into amateur psycho-analysis of children. 

 That, on the part of anyone without a thorough medical and psychological 

 training, is as unpardonable as to attempt an amateur surgical operation — 

 and should carry the same legal penalties. There are two recent books. 

 The Child's Unconscious Mind (Kegan Paul, 1919) by W. Lay is addressed 

 to teachers ; but some of the suggested applications run somewhat to cranki- 

 ness. Echo Personalities : A short Study of the Contributions of Abnormal 

 Psychology towards the Problems of Normal Education (George Allen and 

 Unwin, 1918) by Frank Watts, presents, however, a balanced estimate of 

 what can profitably be made use of in normal practice. See also Constance 

 Long, Journ. of Exp. Ped. (1919), 4, 2, pp. 57-70. 



On the fundamental importance of aesthetic education, and on the real 

 dangers in over-stressing it, by far the ablest modern discussion is contained 

 in the chapter on " Education and /Esthetic " in Dr. M. W. Keatinge's 

 Studies in Education (A. and C. Black, 1916), pp. 71-103. 



The Final Report of the Committee on Adult Education (H.M. Stationery 

 Office, 1919) contains a mass of material and suggestions of great importance 

 to all educationists. 



