ligion
will grow from the seed o' the deid Christianity; that I canna say.
What I do say is that ministers are oot-o'-date; they are doin' useless
labour . . . when they're no fishin' and curlin'."

VII.

Duncan came over to-night, and he asked my advice about books.

"What books would you advise a teacher to buy?" he asked.

"There are scores of good books," I replied, "but no teacher can afford
to buy them."

"I know," he said crossly; "I've had a row with the Income Tax people. I
asked for a rebate of ten pounds for necessary school books, and they
wouldn't allow it, although I'm told that if a London merchant buys a
London Directory he gets a rebate for the amount."

"I agree that it is unjust," I said, "but the new Income Tax proposals
allow twenty pounds a year for teachers' books."

"Just tell us what you would advise a teacher to spend his twenty quid
on," said Macdonald.

"It depends on his tastes," I said. "If his subject is History he will
buy history books; if his subject is behaviour, he'll buy psychology
books."

"Give us an idea of your own library," said Duncan.

I sat down and wrote out a list from memory.

It ran as follows:--

BOOKS ON EDUCATION:--
_The Play Way_, by Caldwell Cook.
_The Path to Freedom in the School_, by Norman MacMunn.
_What Is and What Might Be_, by Edmond Holmes.
Montessori's three volumes.
_An Adventure in Education_, by J. H. Simpson.

BOOKS ON PSYCHO-ANALYSIS AND PSYCHOLOGY:
Freud's _Interpretation of Dreams, Psychopathology
of Everyday Life, Three Contributions to the Sexual Theory_.
Jung's _Psychology of the Unconscious, Studies
in Word Association, Analytical Psychology_.
Frink's _Morbid Fears and Compulsions_.
Maurice Nicoll's _Dream Psychology_.
Morton Prince's _The Unconscious_.
Pfister's _The Psycho-analytic Method_.
Ernest Jones' _Psycho-analysis_.
Ferenczi's _Contributions to Psycho-analysis_.
Wilfred Lay's _The Child's Unconscious Mind_.
Moll's _The Sexual Life of the Child_.
Adler's _The Neurotic Constitution_.
Bernard Hart's _The Psychology of Insanity_.

CROWD PSYCHOLOGY:--
_The Crowd in Peace and War_, Martin Conway.
_Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War_, Trotter.
_The Crowd_, Gustave le Bon.

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY:--
_Psychology and Everyday Life_, Swift.
_Textbook of Psychology_, James.
_The Boy and His Gang_, Puffer.
_Mental Conflicts and Misconduct_, Healy.
_The Ind