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This impressive little book poses the eternally important problem of heredity vs. environment. Although interest in the problem has waxed and waned since the time of Plato and his student, Aristotle, the problem continues with us, influencing almost every aspect of our lives. At present, even the Eugenics laboratory is being politically influenced: the capitalistic west allowing an interplay of both forces and the non-capitalistic east favoring the environmental influence. Since judgment can not easily be suspended on this topic, a revaluation of the subject is necessary. It might have been of greater value had a recapitulation of all the theories from Plato on were considered; instead we must content ourselves with the group labeled “The Scientists.” It is an impressive list beginning with Francis Galton and stopping with John B. Watson. The theories and accomplishments of twenty-four American and English men are discussed briefly but adequately. It must be noted that Pastore does not laboriously attempt to abstract the work of these men, but treats the salient points of these theories so that a continuity of subject matter flows throughout the book. Pastore attempts to reveal the forces which have influenced these theories and goes beyond a mere enumeration of evidence and fact. [M. C. A. L.]