Man and Society.

Man and Society. By George Milton Janes, Ph. D. 'Ol. The College Press, Menasha, Wis. 1927.

In this modest volume of one hundred pages the author has succeeded in epitomizing the point of view of sociology. While the highly varied subjtjct-matter of this vigorous new science could hardly be compressed into ten times that space, the point and purpose of social studies, and some hint of their method has been caught in these brief chapters. Given originally as lectures before Bangor Theological Seminary, they should serve the wider purpose of acquainting busy men and women whose reading has somehow failed to include sociological treatises with the simpler teachings of that subject. The religious interest is conspicuous in the first and last chapters which deal with "The Social Gospel" and "Fundamentalism." The other four chapters take up "The Social Sciences," "Stages of Social Development," "Social Relations," and "Social Aspects of Rural Life." Throughout, the author's treatment is temperate, sympathetic and informed. Dr. Janes is Professor of Economics and Sociology in Kenyon College, Ohio.