Transactions Of The Illinois Society For Child Study 1896 Vol 2

Excerpt from Transactions of the Illinois Society for Child-Study, 1896, Vol. 2: Reports of Work in Child-Study Carried on by Members and Round Tables In spite of the reluctance which many feel in writing upon a subject which is new to them, the Society has succeeded in getting a number of responses, most Of which appear in the following pages. While many of these published reports cannot lay Claim' to great scientific accuracy, they are still of very great value to the Society in many ways. Those that have not yet taken part in the work. Of child-study, especially those who have doubted its practical benefits, will receive a new stimulus from the testimony Of their fellow workers in all fields and grades.' The Society, as an organization, will be better able to know wherein its work in the past has been either efficient or fruitless. It hopes thus to be still bett'er able in the future to guide the work of child-study in this state with efficiency. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Vols. 5-15 include "Bibliography of child study," by Louis N. Wilson.

Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene is an in-depth evaluation of the lifestyles and care of children according to early 1900s habits. Excerpt: "I.—PRE-ADOLESCENCE Introduction: Characterization of the age from eight to twelve—The era of recapitulating the stages of primitive human development—Life close to nature—The age also for drill, habituation, memory work, and regermination—Adolescence superposed upon this stage of life, but very distinct from it II.—THE MUSCLES AND MOTOR POWERS IN GENERAL Muscles as organs of the will, of character, and even of thought..."