8 Mr. Edward Arnold’s List of New Books 
AN INTRODUCTION TO CHILD- 
STUDY. 
By W. B. DRUMMOND, M.B., C.M., F.R.C.P.E., 
Avutuor or ‘THe Cuitp: 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 8v0. 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. , 
