SOURCE: A review of Elements of Psychology in, The Dial, Vol. XXXIX, No. 457, July 1, 1905, p. 19.

In the following review of Elements of Psychology, the critic praises the book but notes a lack of “desirable literary value and consistent exposition.”

A text-book of Elements of Psychology, recently added to the considerable group that reflects the present-day interest in the subject, brings as its distinctive contribution the emphasis upon the practical reaction which the student is induced to make to the principles set before him. The author is Professor Thorndike, of the Teachers' College of Columbia University, who brings to his task vigor and insight, as well as the practical temper of one engaged in training teachers. By the constant facing of questions and exercises, the student is compelled to assume an active attitude to the pages of his text, and to reinterpret in the light of experience and reflections...