THE rapid spread of the teaching of general science follows on the recognition of the educative value of the subject. Much of this is lost, so far as children are concerned, if the content is restricted to what may be useful for some of them in future training as specialists. “The preparatory values are incidental. The adjustment between general science and special science must be made by the latter building upon what foundation the former lays, rather than by any attempt to prescribe that certain materials shall be used for preparatory reasons.” This is the main idea underlying Prof. Eikenberry's book, in which he describes the history and practice of the teaching in America. He has gone to the root of the matter, dealing fully with the principles on which practice should rest; and the result is a book which no one who has the interests of science teaching at heart can afford to ignore.The Teaching of General Science.Prof.W. L.EikenberryBy. (University of Chicago Nature-Study Series.) Pp. xiii + 169. (Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 1922.) 2 dollars.

Elizabeth Bayer

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Some suggestions for a general science course