8 Mr. Edward Arnold's List of New Books 



AN INTRODUCTION TO CHILD- 

 STUDY. 



By W. B. DRUMMOND, M.B., CM., F.R.C.P.E., 



Author of 'The Child: His Nature and Nurture.' 



Crown 8vo. 6s. net. 



Recognition of the value of the science of child-study is extending 

 rapidly among those who have to do with the training of children. 

 It is not always realized, however, that, in order to be fully profitable, 

 and for the avoidance of pitfalls, the subject must be approached 

 with caution and with a certain amount of self-preparation on the 

 part of the investigator. Upon the importance of this caution and 

 self-preparation Dr. Drummond lays considerable stress ; then, after 

 describing methods of study, he passes on to treat in detail of the 

 facts of growth, the senses and the nervous system, health, fatigue 

 and over -pressure, instincts and habits, forms of expression in speech 

 and drawing, and moral characteristics. He has an interesting 

 chapter on the question of religion as a suitable subject for the child's 

 mind, and concludes with a reference to peculiar and exceptional 

 children. The book will be found invaluable by the parent or 

 teacher who wishes to get the best possible results from this impor- 

 tant study. 



THE CHILD'S MIND : ITS GROWTH 

 AND TRAINING. 



By W. E. URWICK, M.A. 



Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. net. 



The author believes that the theory of education, which has been 

 in the main dependent upon the philosophical system of Herbart 

 and Froebel, stands in need of revision in the light of the scientific 

 developments which have taken place since the days of those 

 eminent writers. The genetic method, which deals with the process 

 of growth, is the one most successfully followed in the sciences — 

 biology, physiology, and psychology — which have most to do with 

 modern ideas on education. Hence this book aims at setting forth 

 some results already obtained from a study of mind-growth as an 

 organic process, and establishing a clear and definite connexion 

 between the natural processes of learning and the methods by which 

 the mind should be taught and trained. 



