Abstract
THESE three books offer a good contrast between British and American tendencies as regards general science in education. In the two countries, the movements in this direction have been going on independently. In both cases, they sprung from efforts made, in the 'nineties, in two or three schools, to take a bird's-eye rather than a toad's-eye view of science—to use the words of the Principal of one of the Illinois schools. In both cases, again, the growth of the movement began to be rapid about ten years ago. (1) First Course in General Science. By Prof. Frederic Delos Barber and others. Pp. vii + 607. (New York: Henry Holt and Co.; London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1916.) Price 9s. net. (2) The Science of Everyday Life. By E. F. Van Buskirk E. L. Smith Pp. xvi + 416. (London: Constable and Co., Ltd., n.d.) 7s. (3) A First Book of General Science: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Animal and Plant Life. By A. T. Simmons A. J. V. Gale (First Books of Science.) Pp. viii + 145. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1921.) 2s. 6d.
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