Algunos Aspectosdela Psicologí Aadel Nino. By Dr. Honorio F. Delgado, with a Preface by Dr. William A. White.

Chapter one discusses the psychological criteria of to-day, that is to say, objective psychology and behaviorism, as well as the genetic psychology of which Stanley Hall was the pioneer. The importance of this point of view for studying the mentality of children is then taken up, and the correlation of the ontophylogenetic law is considered. A table is given showing the various stages of development of children, setting forth first the phylogenetic evolution, then the ontogenetic periods, next the psychological characteristics as they successfully develop in the individual, next the means of education and instruction and finally the resulting moral culture which should be attained in each of the successive stages of the individual life. In the text these topics are discussed separately and at length, and the author arrives at certain general precepts of pedagogy; for example that it should be the endeavor of education to place the individual in the very best condition for the development of those tendencies and aptitudes which make their appearance naturally in the different stages of the evolution of the personality, and to stimulate and cultivate these tendencies, properly administering moral and intellectual alimentation in such manner that when the vigor of the tendency weakens the best use of it has been made for the definite enrichment of the intellect in knowledge, the character in habits, and the temperament in tastes. The old pedagogical paths must be abandoned therefore. By these former methods the mentality of the child was mutilated and embarrassed according to ideas not in keeping with real conditions. The teacher, if he seeks to follow the methods indicated by