This book shews child guidance at its best. The first chapter deals with material of personality formation. Healy makes the attempt to follow the development of a so-called normal successful personality.

We see that the predetermination by the genes, the continuum of the self, the structure and functioning of the brain and of the body, the configurational determinants of the organism-as-a-whole, the principle of circular response, the enregistered influence of the physical and social environment, particularly in the emotional conditionings of the organism, form the materials out of which the patternings of personality are woven.

The next chapter deals with the developing and emerging personality. Healy insists that for the scientific study of the personality mental testing is a prime requisite. It yields values equal to those of a physical examination. We