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THIS volume of selected papers, nearly all of J. which have already appeared in journal form, furnishes a representative sample of the late Mrs. Isaacs' contributions to the theory and practice of child psychology during the past twenty years [see p. 881]. The contents comprise five papers dealing with general aspects of child welfare and eight of a more specialized nature devoted to problems in the field of psycho-analysis. The general papers include a competent review of recent advances in the psychology of young children, an essay on the mental hygiene of the pre-school child and a discussion of the educational value of the nursery school. Included also is a report dealing with the question of children in institutions, originally presented as a memorandum to the Home Office Care of Children Committee in 1945 and here printed in full for the first time. Although some may feel that the arguments advanced in this report are based on a somewhat selective consideration of the evidence, their cogency can be denied by none who has to do with the institutional care of young children. The memorandum is a model of lucid presentation and persuasive discussion of a difficult problem.
Childhood and After Some Essays and Clinical Studies.
By Dr. Susan Isaacs. Pp. viii + 245. (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd., 1948.) 15s. net.
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ZANGWILL, O. Childhood and After Some Essays and Clinical Studies. Nature 162, 871 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162871a0
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