Excerpt from The Humor of the School Child The significance of investigations such as that of Mr. Tarrant lies in the fact that they are likely by degrees to lay the foundation of a genuine science of education. At present one opinion is answered by another Opinion; and there is no finality. For two thousand years opinions have differed as to whether young children should be hardened by small privatio'ns, but the problem is capable of scientific solution. Instances may be multiplied of educational problems which can be solved by the application of scientific method. For example, does practice in the memorisation of texts train the memory Is a child who is above the average in mathematical ability usually above the average in the history class? DO kinema entertainments injure the eyesight of children? At what age is perception quickest? What do children laugh at? It is not by epideictic speeches, but by patient devotion to the examination of facts, that the path from Opinion to truth may be foundand traversed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.