Showing papers in "The Eugenics Review in 1914"

The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton. Vol. I.; 1822-1853

Abstract: THESE two stately volumes, which will be followed by a third, form a worthy memorial of a great man. It has been a labour of love to Prof. Karl Pearson to write them, a piety which must have cost him much, especially in the case of the second volume when the outer eye began to fail. He has earned the deep gratitude of all students of science, for besides giving us a living portrait, he has brought together a readable account of all the more important, not too technical, contributions that Galton made to science. The value of this is inestimable, for Galton scattered his papers widely, and many are not readily accessible.The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton.By Prof. Karl Pearson. Vol. 1: Birth 1822 to Marriage 1853. Pp. xxiv + 246 + 66 plates. Vol. 2: Researches of Middle Life. Pp. xii + 425 + 54 plates. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1914–1924.) Vol. 1, 30s. net; Vol. 2, 45s. net.

The purpose of education

Abstract: THE sub-title of this small volume sufficiently describes its purpose. Experimental psychology is extending year by year our knowledge of the working of the human mind, and the attempt is made here to apply the results of recent psychological research to the solution of educational difficulties. The book may be commended to ordinary readers interested in education but unacquainted with psychology.The Purpose of Education.An Examination of the Education Problem in the Light of recent psychological Research. By St. G. L. Fox Pitt. Pp. ix + 83. (Cambridge University Press, 1913.) Price 2s. 6d. net.

The family among the Australian aborigines

Abstract: What do you do to start reading family among the australian aborigines? Searching the book that you love to read first or find an interesting book that will make you want to read? Everybody has difference with their reason of reading a book. Actuary, reading habit must be from earlier. Many people may be love to read, but not a book. It's not fault. Someone will be bored to open the thick book with small words to read. In more, this is the real condition. So do happen probably with this family among the australian aborigines.

The habitual criminal

Abstract: No wonder you activities are, reading will be always needed. It is not only to fulfil the duties that you need to finish in deadline time. Reading will encourage your mind and thoughts. Of course, reading will greatly develop your experiences about everything. Reading habitual criminal is also a way as one of the collective books that gives many advantages. The advantages are not only for you, but for the other peoples with those meaningful benefits.

Marriage ceremonies in Morocco.

Abstract: IT is to be hoped that Dr. Westermarck will one day give us a general work on the origin and development of social ceremonies. Ceremony is a sort of material complement to social ideas, an action-language embodying and expressing, if not imitating and compelling, the social will. Its roots are in the same soil as magic. Marriage Ceremonies in Morocco. By Prof. E. Westermarck. Pp. xii + 422. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1914.) Price 12s. net.

Mechanism, life, and personality: an examination of the mechanistic theory of life and mind

Abstract: THE new edition of Dr. Haldane's little work is substantially the same, so far as subject-matter is concerned, as the first edition, which was reviewed in NATURE for October 22, 1914. It is in the fourth lecture, on personality, that the main changes have been made. The whole chapter has been recast, and some additional matter inserted with the object of bringing home to the reader more certainly the meaning of this admittedly difficult subject.Mechanism, Life, and Personality: An Examination of the Mechanistic Theory of Life and Mind.Dr.J. S.HaldaneBy. Second edition. Pp. vii + 152. (London: John Murray, 1921.) 6s. net.