The Individual in the Making

as a whole through various stages instead of discussing separately the various instincts and other phases of cliild-life." This purpose, as suggested in the sub-title, makes it a book primarily for teachers and secondarily for parents. With this end in view the material of the book is divided into three sections. The first part deals with general principles of subjective development beginning with personality in Chapter I and developing the author's doctrine of interest in Chapter II. The latter topic is presented from the combined viewpoints of a psychologist and a pedagogue. It leads up to a somewhat full discussion of the two schools of pedagogical thought,?the one which insists upon connecting all learning with a child's instincts, and the other, which believes in teaching the child what will be most valuable for the adult. The author seeks to harmonize