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DR. BOHN'S book is, as he himself states in his Preface, the sequel and complement of an earlier work, “La Naissance de l'lntelligence,” already reviewed in the pages of this journal. Its aim is to present a concise account of the development of psychism in the comparatively high forms of life represented by the class of anthropods and vertebrates respectively. The vital activities of the lower organisms are not neglected, however, and in the opening pages of the book one finds an excellent summary of the forms of explanation in terms of physical chemistry which Prof. Loeb has made famous under the names “tropisms” and “differential sensibility.”
La Nouvelle Psychologie Animale.
By G. Bohn. Pp. ii + 200. (Paris: F. Alcan, 1911.) Price 2.50 francs.
Clever Hans (the Horse of Mr. Van Osten): a Contribution to Experimental Animal and Human Psychology.
By Oskar Pfungst. With an introduction by Prof. C. Stumpf. Translated from the German by Carl L. Hahn. With a prefatory note by J. R. Angell. Pp. vii + 274. (New York: H. Holt and Co., 1911.) Price 1.50 dollars net.
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BROWN, W. La Nouvelle Psychologie Animale Clever Hans (the Horse of Mr Van Osten): a Contribution to Experimental Animal and Human Psychology . Nature 88, 173 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/088173a0
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