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"A book which will doubtless receive more than, passing notice from all who are concerned with the teaching of children. The creative energy of all children is so important a factor in their lives that it should be carefully developed, and Miss McMillan, after defining what creative energy is, endeavours to indicate the various forms in which it finds its manifestations at the earlier periods of life, and to determine its place and function in primary education."—Dundee Advertiser.

"Miss McMillan discourses interestingly on the training of the young, explaining the importance of imagination in every sphere of life, and urging that this fact be more clearly recognized by teachers in elementary schools."—''Notts. Guardian''.

"Those who have had the pleasure and benefit to be derived from attending a course of lectures given by Miss McMillan will hail with delight the appearance of this book. To those who have neither heard her lecture nor read any of her other works on education, the present volume will give some strong food for thought, and will, it is to be hoped, afford a stimulant to action. It abounds with practical hints and suggestions, is well illustrated, and forms a companion volume to an earlier work by the same author on 'Early Childhood.'"—Labour Leader.

"A book which should do much to correct the deadly method of teaching which is turning out the dull, open-mouthed beings we see in such numbers about us. The extreme importance of the imagination, and the extreme importance of the general recognition of it, is what Miss McMillan insists on and proves elaborately."—Bookman.

"This book is a real contribution to the study of this great question, and worthy to rank with the work of Froebel, Herbart, and Spencer upon the same problems."—Westminster Review.

"A valuable contribution to the psychology of education well worth the reading."—Teachers' Aid.

"The book of an enthusiast, Miss McMillan holds that the imagination, which should be the most potent instrument in education, has been atrophied by the educational methods that have prevailed."—Literary World.

"Miss McMillan's book abounds with interesting reflections, observations, and references. It is inspired with a fine enthusiasm for necessary reforms in education, and it presses home the need of giving scope to the child's individuality. A book of this kind is worth the writing and reading, for only out of such attempts will the perfected education of the future emerge."—G. Spiller in Ethics.

"This small volume is full of interest. The author tries to prove that all children, properly fed and not bullied or drilled too much, are inventive; that in drawing, construction, colouring, reading, and experimenting, they need more humane treatment and less teaching; and all teachers are slowly coming round to this, that the child must observe and think rather than repeat."—Educational Record.

"This is a perfectly delightful book, a fact which its genesis explains. The author has a first-hand knowledge of children, being obviously possessed of constant and extensive opportunities for observing them. The author has acquainted herself at first-hand with all the best that has been written by the masters of pedagogy."—Academy.

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