METHOD OF TREATMENT
The method used in this treatise is the result of much thought. After attempting several other outlines, I have come to the conclusion that the most graphic representation is that of hypothetical cases for each lesson—i.e., each chapter represents a typical case, or synthetic experience. The student may at first glance object to this treatment, but a short survey will, I hope, convince him that the system is the only adequate one possible. Note that each experiment is couched in colloquial terms, the better to carry the atmosphere of the lesson. Of course the student is expected to vary the program according to his own requirements: these experiments are to serve merely as outlines. I have attempted to avoid as far as possible that wealth of technical terminology so dear to the heart of the average scientific author and so trying to the beginner: I have dared to hope that my compilation would be an aid not only to that small band who have dedicated their lives exclusively to research, but also to the great masses, the dilettantes and amateurs who might be able to find some inspiration in these pages.
The preparation, both research and field work, has been arduous, but what accomplishment was ever valuable without some labour and pains? If my contribution to scientific literature has in some small measure advanced the penetration of my fellow man and eased his path of loving, I am amply repaid.
In conclusion, I wish to thank those who have worked with me. Without their unfailing patience, sympathy and assiduity this little book could never have been written.
New York.
Thanksgiving, 1929.
E. H.
EXPERIMENTS
CHAPTER
1. [I THINK YOU HAVE A GREAT CAPACITY FOR LIVING]
4. [YOU’RE NOT THE DOMESTIC TYPE]
5. [I’M BAD]
6. [AN UGLY OLD THING LIKE ME]
8. [WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR HUSBAND’S DOING?]
10. [EVERYBODY DOES]
11. [THIS BUSINESS]
15. [A MAN MY AGE]
16. [GONNA BE NICE?]
17. [LIFE IS SHORT]
18. [I’D HAVE SAID YOU WERE FROM NEW YORK]
19. [SHE LOVED ME FOR THE DANGERS]