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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 24 Feb 1938, p. 24

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Feeble effort S at harking back to our own childhood for: vague memories about what we plaved with. at 3, 4, 5. 6 or 7 are, ineffectual trial and error methods of arriv-ing.. at a solution aI- ready > scientifically solved by1 Miss Kawin. , Miss Kawxin is. directoir of guidance» for the Glencoe Public schools and psychologist for the Laboratôiry Scehools of the Universitv of Chicagoý. Habits and Sil In its first edition the book w as ac- claimed by parents teachers. and. toy sales s taffs everyw-%here as an invaluable aid in- selecting playthings. Recent psychological experiments. have: cast new light on the role of toys: in the social develoýme nt of the child, and in the development of good habits, stirength, skill and- characer. 1What toys shÔuld be given boys and girls who have defective sight or hear. ing, who have heart trouble. paralysis or personality problerns? Miss Ka,.in describes the outstanding character- istics of each stage of child develop- ment from infancv to adolescence and suggests the toys needed for each stage. Her lists are classifled in terms of their contribution, and a table at the back of the book is available for quick refer-' ence.i "Drawizg is a for o; Ian guage th .l rougit zihici; ail chi dren express'1 the,,;scl'zes" is the satement found Aunder the above, illustration fron .The 1Jf'isc Choicc of' Toys." A: rt'z'sed and c>ilarged editi o;;of' the /iook, zwrittcn by Etlel Kawùt. lias i .usf bec'; issided by the University, of' Ci çago Press. Miss Kawin is psychologist aithie Labo ratory, Schools o! the Uicryof' chi-, c-ago, and director of' guidance for. How to patternl Americali civili7ation (or western civilizatioii) after Chinf-'se iphilosopbh' bas» been carefully thouzht out bv. the Chinese literary figure. L.in V utang. in bis popular book. The In- I iortance of. Liv-iug. Familiar wthý the culture of both the East and the \'<est. he draws -dozens of surprising contrasts and parall.els. Lin Yutang k aà philosopher of the simple and the direct. , a master of the fâiriliar, essav. and. a critic of însight and. judgrhent., Définitely biased. though he is Arom the Chinese viewpoint. he nevertheless makesmany startling' and honest condemnatirns, of life' in the United State.s. He Doesn't 13k. He findS cur success"* comfflex pai4n- fuI. our excessive industry a curse, the westel ma s dress constricting-,and unsanitar%ý. his custom of hand-shaking repulsive and unhygieic. his treat- 1 ment of eldtrly peopfle lacking in re- fspect and considieration, bis Cbristianity conceited. and irrational, bis cookin!r mofnotonous. and bis, conception of the faiall unit vrshadowed by an obses-: ston with sex and the glorification of 'the femnale figure. The above isn't ail but Ïts enoughi t or the purposes of a review. At this pointan American should throw down the book in disgust. But he doesn't-; he reads on and enjoys this personal, chattY and kinidly spirit and, if he is sensible. lie profits bY the experiences of a much' Ilder and wiser civilization and phil- o ôsophyl. Best of Both ah)- the ' apa. in Russia, %which she describes «i'a Log);- Aiericans ma- not liv~e as leisurelv Forrnerly. she was director of the inq . dý-sst Y had a variety f enter- ýand philosopbically, as the rank and file pre-school- departmlent of the Illinois taiiiî;g and muoving experiences. f the Chinese, and at. times they mav Institute for juveinile Research in Chii She tells of travelirng both "bard- 'lot enioy luie as mluch. X7et neither are cago. ,The first, edition oi ber WZse and *'soft" nttrainsmeni, CI; oicc o>' Toys wasd asoitoutgrortins, wothstrange and i tea hemmnat the mercy ofa amusing companion; oMaxim Gor- srne n more energetic inlvader. aseries of educational exhibits pre" kv's death in M.\oscow %-and. the sorrow ofi ravaged by' faie.irhadapd sentd bya Chcagodepatmen st0e 1the Russian people; of meeting Stali 's bv a marked backwaresiimdca g and arranged. in. cooperation wtith tch i drmsi mdc. University fChcao.Mishaan r ing mother and hearing - her ap-I ai id scieîitific knowledge, p olitical uni- baktobrpealing stories of her "Soso"; of the tic an distrializaàtion.. ee own interest in, toys dates bck o irl Russians' love for their children, whom r-n'_______ *first professional experience as a case- thyci"heFo rsfLfe;fa* IL T ' worker 'lu the field uýf social seie wéek's trip to the Mountains of tflhe* iIi i publih n uPre;ruarv ç, iKu! the mystery addict a liberalt n in two ancient sciences-< Iogy:aîid murder. t, wili De purMîsnecl by Alfred ýf on February 28. one weeka nding in New York. L u ar.iIg out System of. cri-a1 te ie one of rehabilitation rither retribution for youthful offenders.'

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