Excerpt from American Anthropologist, 1905, Vol. 7: Organ of the American Anthropological Association, the Anthropological Society of Washington, and the American Ethnological Society of New York The eminent place accorded education in our social organiza tion makes imperative the closest investigation of every factor in educational practice. Instruction is a scientific work of the highest order. Pedagogy has no special body of facts or phenomena of its own as material for investigation it depends for its structure on the conclusions of contributory sciences. Its sphere of influence being coextensive with all human welfare, no necessity exists for examining limits, but emphasis must constantly be placed on organi zation. On the clear apprehension of the relation of the contribu tory sciences of biology, psychology, sociology, and anthropology to pedagogy depends the efficiency of the educational system. 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.

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