[Book Reviews]

Abstract

WE consider this a disappointing book, whether we regard it from a physiological or a psychological point of view. It adds nothing, either to our previous knowledge of facts, or to our previous conceptions with regard to them, and so is of no use to scientific readers; while the manner in which it treats its subject is so dreary that we fear it is no less ill adapted to the requirements of popular readers. We regret this failure the more because the author, as is well known, is so hard a worker, both in cerebral morphology and morbid psychology, that in writing this book he deserved a success which he has failed to achieve. Having said this much it seems needless to enter on any detailed criticism. We have forced ourselves to read the work from end to end, but cannot advise any one else to follow our example.

The Brain and its Functions.

By J. Luys. International Scientific Series, vol. xxxvii. (London: Kegan Paul and Co., 1881.)