26 NOVEMBER 1927, Page 44

ERRORS IN SCHOOL—THEIR CAUSES AND TREAT, MENT. By Sir John

Adams. (London University PresS. 6s.)—In spite of the reputation of the author, one finds this book dull. Why must educationists coin such words as " Ptaismometry," or hope for a machine to measure mistakes in class ? The general public will never read educational treatises of this character, and the teacher will, even if mis- guided, refuse to bother about them.