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gained in youth. Of the same nature is the question as to how to 

 separate in the child's mind efficient and final causes. This 







problem is indicated by inference on page 171, where the question 

 Why ? is asked to bring to a fruitful result the observation that 

 some twigs grow more rapidly than others. The answer would 

 be that some twigs were too crowded, so that their leaves could not 

 get the sunlight, and were, as a result, dwarfed. In other words, 

 we have an effect following a cause. But a little later on the 

 question is asked "Why are the buds sticky?" The answer ex- 

 pected is one which is teleological and deals not with efficient 

 proximate causes, but with final ones. Here, again, one is 

 tempted to ask if more exact thought may not be expected. Per- 

 haps not, and yet it is a goal which should be striven for. 

 Teachers themselves ought certainly to keep such distinctions in 

 mind. 



After all, the spirit of the author is good, and the book will 

 be useful directly as the teacher herself is a student. 



F. E. L. 



