“The work of the teacher of modern French history will be rendered easier and more effective by the publication of Professor Anderson’s volume. Professor Anderson’s selection has been made with special reference to the requirements of practical work.” Henry E. Bourne.
| + + | Am. Hist. R. 10: 407. Ja. ‘05. 530w. |
Andrews, Rev. Samuel James. Man and the Incarnation; or, Man’s place in the universe as determined by his relations to the Incarnate Son. [**]$1.50. Putnam.
The author’s discussion of the creation of man, his fall, and his redemption through the Incarnate Son of God, is based upon “Premises and presupposition belonging to another age,” says the Independent, “an age which even saintly character and pathetic pleading cannot call back from its tomb.” The outlook for inharmonious man according to the author is nothing short of the “great tribulation” which marks the end of the world.
| — | Ind. 59: 152. Jl. 20, ‘05. 70w. |
“He stands entirely outside of our modern way of looking at things.”
| — | Pub. Opin. 39: 413. S. 23, ‘05. 190w. |
Angell, James Rowland. Psychology: an introductory study of the structure and function of human consciousness. [*]$1.50. Holt.
Professor Angell sets forth first of all in an elementary way the generally accepted facts and principles bearing upon the functional and genetic rather than the structural phases of psychology. “In the second place, since the real field of psychology is consciousness, the purpose of the author is to show how consciousness in cognitive, affective and volitional aspects originates and develops.... The third division takes up the elementary features of volition, and follows this general introduction with a treatment of the relation of volition to interest, effort and desire, character and the will, and finally the self.” (Pub. Opin.)
“The book under consideration is one which fills a very genuine and widely felt need in the psychological world. Its great merit can be stated in a word. It is a treatise sufficiently elementary to be used as a textbook for an introductory class, which succeeds in co-ordinating the outcome of the analysis of the content of consciousness with the functional interpretation of those contents which alone can give them rational organization and meaning. The influence of Dewey is most evident in the general standpoint, and that of James in many of the details of treatment. In comparison with James’s classic textbook, it has, however, two advantages—in its completeness and in its systematic unity. The affective processes, which James nowhere mentions, here receive due treatment, and many minor omissions in the older textbook are filled in. The unity of all conscious processes is made a central idea in the treatment of each one.” Helen Bradford Thompson.