Education and Heredity. By J. M. Guyan. Translated by W.
J. Greenstreet, M.A. (Walter Scott.)—This volume, translated from a posthumous work, is full of interesting matter. It deals with many important questions the answers to which will pro- foundly influence the well-being of the race. The translator ex- plains that the word " heredity " is used in what may be called a proleptic sense. The question which M. Guyan always had in mind was : What effect will this or that education have on the child regarded as a future father or mother ? From this point of view, the chapter on "The Education of Girls and Heredity" is especially valuable. It is here that we are taking a new departure. How serious may be its consequences, no one can tell ; but the considerations which M. Guyau urges may give us some prevision. It must not be understood that this thoughtful writer was adverse to education for women ; but he certainly disapproved, and gives strong reasons for disapproving, of the competition on equal terms with men.
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