Excerpt from The Child: His Nature and Nurture<br><br>This little book has already met with a favourable reception, six editions having been issued in the original form The Temple Primers. The present edition has not only been thoroughly revised and brought up to date, but a consider able amount oi new matter has been included. The two concluding chapters are entirely new.<br><br>As was stated in the preface to the first edition, the book is intended as an introduction to the study of the physical and mental development of the child. It is elementary in scope and practical in aim, and the bearing of the results of child-study on the education and care of children is kept in View throughout.<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.