The Philosophical Review/Volume 1/Review: Steele - Rudimentary Psychology for Schools and Colleges
In the preface to this book the author says: "It is what its title designates it, a Rudimentary Psychology. There is very little effort at original discussion or speculation." The facts of psychology presented are the main ones — according to the "consensus of the latest and best authorities." Those latest and best authorities run from Reid and Stewart to McCosh via Hopkins, and the straight Scottish character of the route is unbroken by a reference to German psychology. As "the work is intended for a one-term study " only, its influence either for good or bad will be limited, except that it renders possible another of those superficial courses which are the bane of higher and lower education alike in America. It is a cause for thankfulness, that with the excellent text-books of James, Murray, and Höffding at hand, the raison d'être of mere compilations has passed away.
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