Excerpt from The Problems of Childhood The author of this book, spending his life in the public schools, has given us the panorama of childhood, as it un rolls year after year under his watchful eyes, in all its variety. He shows us the book-loving child, the inquiring child, the immigrant child, the tired child, the spoiled child, the sick child, the child who is puzzled and anxious. He is familiar with all of them and more. 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.