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“A two years’ high school course unusually rich in drawings (of which there are 244). Authors are teachers in the department of engineering, Ohio state university. ‘The first seven chapters comprise a complete textbook which may be used with any problems. The paragraphs are numbered for easy reference. The eighth chapter is a complete problem book, in which the number of problems in each division is such that a selection may be made for students of varying ability, and that a variation from year to year may be had. The problems have references to articles in the text, and the order may be varied to suit the particular needs of a school. Definite specifications and layouts are given for most of the problems, thus making it possible for the instructor to use his time efficiently in teaching rather than in the drudgery of detail, while the time ordinarily wasted by the pupil in getting started can be used in actual drawing.’ (Preface)”—N Y P L New Tech Bks
“An excellent textbook.”
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FREUD, SIGMUND. General introduction to psychoanalysis; authorized translation by G. Stanley Hall. il *$4.50 (3c) Boni & Liveright 130
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This volume consists of a translation of twenty-eight lectures given to laymen. They are conversational in tone and follow the inductive method, the author building up his evidence from case after case. He deals little in general statements and in the course of one of the early lectures speaks as follows: “I have not invited you here to delude you or to conceal anything from you. I did, indeed, announce a ‘general introduction to psychoanalysis,’ but I did not intend the title to convey that I was an oracle, who would show you a finished product with all the difficulties carefully concealed.... No, precisely because you are beginners, I wanted to show you our science as it is, with all its hills and pitfalls, demands and considerations.” There are four lectures on the psychology of errors, eleven on the dream, and thirteen on general theory of the neuroses. G. Stanley Hall writes an introduction for the American edition.
“A more satisfying survey for the serious lay reader than the author’s earlier books on special topics.”