With a modesty that characterizes the entire book, the author states in the preface: 'The fact is that so little attention has been devoted in Great Britain to sex education that there is no one who can write with real authority. I have undertaken the task simply because it is one that must be tackled, and so far no better qualified person has done so.' As one of the truly great teachers, what he has learned from the children he has taught, leads him to conclude: 'The children in particular have done more than they know to convince me that what difficulty there is in sex education lies in the mind of the adult and not in that of the child.'

The author gives in his book a surprisingly progressive, courageous and hopeful outlook for the future of sex education as a special field in modern education. If this book can be taken as an indication for the progress of British education since the war, a high standard in pedagogical progress has been achieved. This