The Problem of the Nervous Child [First Canadian Edition with Jung Introduction]

[PSYCHOLOGY]. Elida Evans, Carl G. Jung (1875-1961). "The Problem of the Nervous Child [First Canadian Edition with Jung Introduction]." Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. Printed in the USA by Quinn and Boden, 1920. First Canadian edition. English language. Hardcover in blue cloth boards lettered gilt on front and spine. Nonfiction academic child psychology text in thirteen chapters with introduction by Jung, index, and black-and-white illustration. 8vo. 8 x 5 1/2 inches. 19 oz. xii, 300 pp. Spine sun-leeched. Shelf-wear. Toning. Ink ownership signature of Ms. C. H. Foster on front flyleaf with stamps. Stamp on back flyleaf. Rest of text clean. Very Good. No ISBN. No ASIN. OCLC: 37949720. "In his introduction, Jung writes: 'Despite the fact that there are numbers of books on education, there are very few that occupy themselves with a child's most intimate problems in such a careful and painstaking way. It is self-evident that this contribution will be of great value . . . her book will be a valuable co-operation in the fight against the widespread evil of neurosis in adults.' Evans was a lay analyst who was analyzed herself by Jung's early collaborator Maria Moltzer in Europe and worked in Jung's circle in Zurich. Upon returning to the US, she assisted Smith Ely Jelliffe in his research, and opened a house for nervous children, the experience of which formed the basis of this book. Her book on cancer also proved prescient in which her theory was based on Jungian typology and has recognized the mechanism of projective identification in cancer patients.".…