Two MASTERPIECES ON EDUCATION 



8th Impression of a fascinating book 



JAMES'S TALKS ON PSYCHOLOGY 



TALKS TO TEACHERS ON PSYCHOLOGY AND TO 

 STUDENTS ON SOME OF LIFE'S IDEALS. By WIL- 

 LIAM JAMES, Professor in Harvard University, Author of 

 "The Principles of Psychology," etc. xi -f- 301 pp., I2mo, 

 gilt top. $1.50, net. 



In writing these " Talks " out, the author has gradually weeded out as much 

 as possible of the analytical technicalities of the science. In their present 

 form, they contain a minimum of what is deemed "scientific" in psychology 

 and are practical and popular in the extreme. 



The Nation : " His style has the quality of a communicable fervor t a clear, 



grave passion of sincerity and conviction, from which some vibration detaches 



itself and passes into the reader, and forms him to the writer's mood." 



Contents : Psychology and the Teaching Art ; The Stream of Consciousness ; 



The Child as a Behaving Organism ; Education and Behavior ; The Neces- 



sity of Reactions ; Native and Acquired Reactions ; What the Native Reac- 



tions Are ; The Laws of Habit ; The Association of Ideas ; Interest ; Atten- 



tion ; Memory; The Acquisition of Ideas ; Apperception; The Will; The 



Gospel of Relaxation ; On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings ; What 



Makes Life Significant. 



WALKER'S DISCUSSIONS IN 

 EDUCATION 



By the late FRANCIS A. WALKER, President of the Massachu- 

 setts Institute of Technology. Edited by JAMES PHINNEY 

 MUNROE. 342 pp., 8vo. $3. co, net. 

 The author had hoped himself to collect these papers in a volume. 



The Dial: "A fitting memorial to its author. . . . The breadth of his 

 experience, as well as the natural range of his mind, are here reflected. The 

 subjects dealt with are all live and practical. . . . He never deals with them 

 in a narrow or so-called 'practical ' way." 



Literature; " The distinguishing traits of these papers are open-minded- 

 ness, breadth, and sanity. . . . No capable student of education will overlook 

 General Walker's book ; no serious collection of books on education will be 

 without it. The distinguished author's honesty, sagacity, and courage shine 

 on every page. 1 ' 



The Boston Transcript : " Two of his conspicuous merits characterize these 

 papers, the peculiar power he possessed of enlisting and retaining the attention 

 for what are commonly supposed to be dry and difficult subjects, and the ca- 

 pacity he had for controversy, sharp and incisive, but so candid and generous 

 that it left no festering wound." 



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