[Review of the book Brightness and dullness in children

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Reviews the book, Brightness and dullness in children by Herbert Woodrow (1919). The author calls this book an introduction to the science of general intelligence, and rightly so, for his language is so simple and the presentation of facts and theories so lucid and stimulating that it should prove intelligible as well as interesting to the reader who has no previous knowledge of a general psychology. The most valuable feature of the book as a whole is the successful combination of scientific accuracy with simplicity of style and concreteness of subject-matter. The latter has been enhanced by well-selected illustrations, among which are two full-page radiographs showing carpal development at varying anatomical ages. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)