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THE third edition of Dr. Shuttleworth's well-known and excellent handbook has the advantage of an up-to-date revision by Dr. Potts. It is not too much to say that Dr. Shuttleworth's small book prepared the way for the recent Royal Commission on Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded. The main conclusions of that commission are dealt with in the present edition. Many details from actual special schools are given. The book is indispensable to those engaged in the management and supervision of feeble-minded children. The eugenics of the feeble-minded are lightly touched upon; but, in a practical handbook, oone looks rather for direction than for theory. The illustrations have been increased in number, the bibliography, already copious, has been substantially added to. There is a good index, both of subjects and of authors.
Mentally Deficient Children, their Treatment and Training.
By Dr. G. E. Shuttleworth Dr. W. A. Potts. Third edition. Pp. xviii + 236. (London: H. K. Lewis; Philadelphia: Blakiston's Son and Co., 1910.) Price 5s. net.
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Mentally Deficient Children, their Treatment and Training . Nature 85, 507 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/085507a0
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