SCIENCE, REUGION, EDUCATION. 



Adolescence : its Psychology and Its Relations 

 to Physiology, Anthropolog^y, Sociolog^y, Sex, 

 Crime, Religion, and Education. 



By G. Stanley Hall, Ph.D., LL.D. Two vols., royal 

 8vo, gilt top. Cloth, $7.50 net. 



This work is the result of many years of study and teaching. It is 

 the first attempt in any language to bring together all the best that has 

 been ascertained about the critical period of life which begins with 

 puberty in the early teens and ends with maturity in the middle twenties, 

 and it is made by the one man whose experience and ability pre-emi- 

 nently qualify him for such a task. 1'he work includes a summary of 

 the author's conclusions after twenty-five years of teaching and study 

 upon some of the most important themes in Philosophy, Psychology, 

 Religion, and Education. 



The nature of the adolescent period is the best guide to education 

 from the upper grades of the grammar school through the high school 

 and college. Throughout, the statement of scientific facts is followed 

 systematically by a consideration of their application to education, pe- 

 nology, and other phases of life. 



Juvenile diseases and crime have each special chapters. The changes 

 of each sense during this period are taken up. The study of normal 

 psychic life is introduced by a chapter describing both typical and excep- 

 tional adolescents, drawn from biography, literature, lives of the saints, 

 and other sources. 



The practical applications of some of the conclusions of the scientific 

 part are found in separate chapters on the education of girls, coeduca- 

 tion and its relations to marriage, fecundity, and family life, as seen by 

 statistics in American colleges, with a sketch of an ideal education for 

 girls. 



Another chapter treats with some detail and criticism the various 

 kinds and types of organization for adolescents from plays and games to 

 the Y, M. C. A., Epworth League, and other associations devised for 

 the young. 



The problem of the High School, its chief topics and methods, is 

 considered from the standpoint of adolescence, and some very important 

 modifications are urged. It closes with the general consideration of the 

 relations of a higher to a lower civilization from this standpoint. 



D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK. 



