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that "des experiences, poursuivies pendant dix ans a Vlnstitut 

 de psychologie zoologique, ont permis d'etablir que les habitudes 

 imposees aux animaux sont transmissibles par heredite." The 

 following six chapters deal with intellectual activity, the notion 

 of causality, the notion of the physical me, abstraction, aesthetic 

 taste and persuasion as a method of education. The discussion 

 of causality centers on the use of tools and the devising of novel 

 methods of securing results. Hachet-Souplet claims to have 

 established the existence of these types of activity in animals. 

 The presence of an idea of the physical me in phyla below man is 

 asserted on the basis of two tests: (I) A dog that responds 

 readily to the command "come" when alone will refuse to do 

 so if he sits in company with other dogs. He will respond, 

 however, when his name is called. He knows that there are 

 other dogs present. (2) Monkeys will amuse themselves and 

 grimace before a mirror. Critical comment is unnecessary here. 



The second part of the book dealing with children includes 

 four chapters : animal traits in children, punishment and reward, 

 moral training, and instruction properly speaking. A firm dis- 

 cipline, a sort of "dressage" should be applied in early infancy 

 in the light of the "law of recurrence." 



It is unfortunate that rigorous scientific methods could not 

 be applied where the opportunities are so great as they seem 

 to be at the Institut de psychologie zoologique. In the reviewer's 

 opinion attempts to combine behavior work and education in 

 any intimate manner are at present far-fetched and are likely 

 to result in the deterioration of the scientific character of the work. ■ 



