Excerpt from Practical Child Study: With Outlines, Definitions and Practical Suggestions for Teachers and Parents<br><br>For some time I have felt that there was a gap between teachers and scientists in the subject of Child Study. While the study of children below school age is a grand, good work, and must be the foundation of scientific Child Study, yet the teachers cannot wait for its results though they will be of the highest value. Teachers must have something that will help now. They must have their attention directed to see their pupils as they now are.<br><br>I am conscious of the difficulties in undertaking to furnish such a work, and realize that any work of mine will fall far short of what we might wish it to be, but I have been persuaded that even in its present shape it may be of use to some. I hope at least it will help to raise the tide of interest in Child Study that characterizes the educational movements of to-day.<br><br>N 0 claim of originality is made. It takes a Newton to dis cover gravitation and other laws of nature, but we that have not genius may arrange and apply those principles.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.