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Boston Terrier dog and her utterance 

 of a few words, without any assistance 

 whatever. 



As to any further explanation of 

 how she came to utter the words which 

 she does, believe it has been occasioned 

 solely by her close association with 

 myself and wife in the home from the 

 time she was born, and also by the 

 repeated coaching and constant repeti- 

 tion of us talking to her and urging 

 her to say these words and at the same 

 time encouraging her and telling her 

 she could say it. 



At the present time, she has gotten 

 so that she will often attempt to say, 

 purely of her own accord, without any 

 coaching or speaking to whatever, "I 



want corn," and "I want it now," 

 Also frequently when asked if she 

 should like to take a walk of an evening, 

 she makes a remarkable effort to say 

 "I want to walk," or "Want to go." 



Am merely telling you these things 

 about her because you are interested 

 in the matter, and not for any purpose 

 of advertising the dog in any way 

 whatever. As we would not think of 

 selling her at all. 



Am enclosing herewith a couple of 

 kodak pictures which will give you a 

 good idea of the actual appearance of 

 the dog. 



Yours very truly, 



Emerson Brock. 



A New Social Case-History Manual 



The California Bureau of Juvenile 

 Research, at the Whittier State School, 

 which has been doing such increasingly 

 useful work in sociological and psycho- 

 logical investigations since its develop- 

 ment from a single survey in 1914, has 

 issued a "Social Case History Manual" 

 describing the methods now in use by 

 the Bureau for studying individuals 

 and families. The outline also serves as 

 a guide for the training of social 

 workers. 



A good deal of highly significant 

 work in social problems has been done 

 at the Whittier School under the 

 guidance of its Superintendent, Fred 

 C. Nelles, and J. Harold Williams as 

 Director, assisted by an able staff, and 

 the methods developed through prac- 

 tice and study are very adequately 

 and compactly presented in the manual 

 referred to, which will be found a very 

 useful part of the literature of social 

 research workers. 



