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The Child and His Religion. By George E. Dawson, of the 
Hartjord School of Religious Pedagogy. 
130 pages, 16mo, cloth; net 75 cents, postpaid 82 cents 
The aim of the book is to suggest the principal elements in 
the child’s religious nature and training. The first chapter treats 
of interest as the fundamental dynamic factor in life and growth. 
The second chapter considers the child’s natural religious reac- 
tions to its environing world as modes of such interest. The 
third chapter gives the results of an inductive study of children’s 
interest in the Bible. And the fourth chapter applies the prin-— 
ciples thus brought to light to the general problem of religious — 
education. 
The book is not a systematic treatise on the psychology of the — 
child nor on religious education. It is believed, however, that — 
it presents many essential principles that have not elsewhere — 
been so fully worked out. Its subject-matter is the outgrowth of 
many years’ investigation of the religious life of the child. 
The Psychology of Prayer. By Anna Louise Strong. 
120 pages, 16mo, cloth; net 75 cents, postpaid 83 cents 
Does prayer justify itself? Who has not pondered this ; 
question? In her monograph Miss Strong makes an exhaustive 
examination of the psychological processes involved in prayer. 
To answer the question propounded above in terms of her own — 
conclusions is no part of her design: instead she presents an ~ 
analysis of the operations of the human consciousness from which — 
we may draw our own conclusions. For instance, the confidence 
engendered by a prayer for health itself leads to health; in like 
manner, prayer as a form of suggestion assists in the shaking-off - 
of disease; but she does not attempt to say whether in other 
ways prayer may be efficacious. : 
Review and Expositor. Miss Strong has given us in her monograph a fine 
example in applying to the more complex and more vitally important : 
fields of life the scientific spirit and method. 
Cumberland Presbyterian. It would be difficult to speak too highly of this . 
comparatively brief study in a fascinating field. 
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