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the two subjects as interdependent. They have referred only briefly 

 to the main features of the past history, and have chiefly tried to 

 give a broad survey of the present position of modern language 

 teaching, and the desirable policy for the future. 



As regards the School, conclusions are first reached as to the 

 relative amount of time to be devoted to modern languages in the 

 curriculum, and the various branches of the subject its organ- 

 isation and methods, the place of grammar and the history of the 

 language are then discussed. A chapter is devoted to the 

 questions relating to the second foreign language, and the study 

 is linked up with the University course. 



In the second part Professor Atkins traces the different ends to 

 which the School course continued at the University may lead, 

 with special reference to the higher Civil Service Examinations 

 and to the training of Secondary School Teachers. 



The general plan of the book was worked out before the publi- 

 cation of the report of the Government Committee appointed by 

 the Prime Minister to enquire into the position of Modern 

 Languages in the educational system of Great Britain. With 

 the report, however, the authors' conclusions were in the main 

 found to agree, and the text of the book has been brought up-to- 

 date by references to the report which have been made in footnotes 

 as well as in places in the. text. No further modifications were 

 thought to be necessary. 



The book will be found to give a comprehensive review of the 

 whole field of modern language teaching and some valuable help 

 towards the solution of its problems. 



THE CHILD UNDER EIGHT. 



By E. R. MURRAY, 



VICE-PRINCIPAL OF MARIA GREY TRAINING COLLEGE; AUTHOR OF " FROEBEL AS A 

 PIONEER IN MODERN PSYCHOLOGY," ETC., 



AND 



HENRIETTA BROWN SMITH, LL.A., 



LECTURER IN EDUCATION, GOLDSMITH'S COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON ; EDITOR OF 

 " EDUCATION BY LIFE." 



Crown 8vo. Cloth. 6s. net. 



The authors of this book deal with the young child at the outset 

 of its education, a stage the importance of which cannot be 

 exaggerated. The volume is written in two parts, the first 

 dealing with the child in the Nursery and Kindergarten, and the 

 second with the child in the State School. Much that is said is 

 naturally applicable to either form of School, and, where this is so, 

 repetition has been avoided by means of cross references. 



