New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-06-09

All in e fueness and the abundance OF Der inonatons
Up this tune she did appear ~ atth any mean
the words she pronounced bat there were Two "'
three words to whoh she attached meaning when ana
heard them pronounced by others. Soon after iutihr
step had been takn AZ IL" age o. about ID
months she hal Acquired the use OF Nocdhu-
b,ry, containing some half dozen wOIds to eaeh OF
which she gave Il meaning of It's own, and mere prairie
succeeded 10y the beginning Of dotcrninate i"n-
susg TIE total q! NJ TaiI,c's observations were as
follows: At first the infant cries, au employs its vocal
or in She way its limbs, that snoniaurOs'
or 10y reflex action later It gaius the perfect use OF lis
organs 10y repeated essay and by process OF seec
ton; from n8rticulato II thus passes to Wuculdte
sounds, attaching meaning ia the words, and guhihH
general IDEAS. NJ. Taiuo's anIhsi is ingenious ana
subtle and FOUNDED singulaIy patient and exact OBJ
ssrvatOn lie does not, however, suticieutiy nolce
the cardinal ltct although he hints 40 it, tat In learn
ing TO suca the ear IL exercised 20 the significance O
sounds long before atCmpt II made 10 utteT
them by the voice. The education Of tho ~
f;mts ear prcccdcs the Intelligent use OF the
tongue, end tins principle il based the oniy rational
method Of learning living languages. Students fail TO
lilru spclk in foreign language because they put
the efore the HORSE and attempt Le use OF the
tongue before they have learned the OF the car III
connection with this article Professor lOumars dcscht
ia his causc way OF tie absurd:y of leaving sucn Oh
scrvaons professor OF phoiosy rather ihan 10 the
practical tact OF the moter. Woman he airms. hts
fancy and the culture of childhood has almost univer
sally fallen hands teIcher. 10 might have
been expected that some few women of AFFINITY at leas
would have carefully gone over The ground winch NJ
Tane has explored with such interesting results
.ut the work that might have ben looked for has
been done ia tnerc any prom ot its accom-
pisnment This be ascrbed according to Pro esSoi
YoumanS to the want Of accuracy OF perception, and
of intclle tIa discrimination. which are the frult o
mchOdca training, hut which have never been included
in the routine of female education Neither languages
mathematics history, nor mental philosophy
nor music general literature he continues, affords
any exercise whatever OF the observing faculties
student may become proficient all these branches,
while the intellectual in the pEcnUn ena OF dailv
experience remains as Dormant "a It ~ IN th2 shvaRs
No make valuable obs 'vatiOns on mental
progress in infancy tnat is not had culture bv long
prlcc. IN branch OF objective science, and by
knowledge OF the cunsttu IN of the chd, specially the
unct H. OF the nervous syste With Their heads ied
with history, aesthetics, algebra, French and German
they will attain 10 these qualifications ior study
Ing the character of chdrn Tie high schools au Tie
normal schools do not prepare them for IT, ana worst %"
all 1t not the object Of hope or aspiration The So
called wOmans movement, which PROCESSES Ia aim at her
higher Improvement ana the enlargement cf her actv
Ies is this direction II looks 20 pablo life as
woman future and better sphere OF action In the new
colleges for Women is ignored and tic feminine cur
rcuud of study is framed on the oil masculine models
and kept up 10 the masculine stanldlus. Tue slhH
OF ticse schools is thai Of savisl imitation
They are organized with no reference to the
liytng needs OF society, and instead OF study
Ing science in its personal, social, ana domestic
bearings, the demand Latin and Greek They
will study tic ella sizes and let the study the babies
al wrons III the opinion OF Professor foIiidhH
WHO insists that the infancy should he made
distinct and thorough study, rs IL is nothing less than
problem of human character, which lies AT the found'
on of the soci state. Among other articles OF interest
in this number are Dr. Deens's letter on what Com
stiutes Religion" "a paper Petroleum." by lro-
fcssor IT, b. Cornwall, Lessons In Electricity" 10y fr"-
lessor Tyndal," Hints for the Sick Room, "suDier-
raneons streams In South Carona" by TIE Rev. Robert
Wilson, and " Experiments on Hypuotsln," by T. C.
Clarke, NJ. ID.