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was repeated several times; at the eighth ho
threw himself backward, Without touching tho
brush; at the ninth he reflected hesitate again
dtew back, aud embraced his grandmo1hcr'
Memory Ia also manifested By a a0rt Of inter:
m'ttcnt possession Of fccol1cctions. a little GIL
months old movc8 her arms as II she wcro
shaking bell. ehe IL possessed by the idea nl
iMs VIZ bell, and often emuecs lotaell With u.
commence her movements, and repeat this
manGuvrc moro than twenty times IN half I'D
hour. A little child Of Ii months would inccs-
sanity repeat the wori n.teaa tbateau> meaning
hens along with the bout cnGroescd bis attention.
eomo months aftcrwarl hu mndo n journey, and
for the two words ha had 60 often repeated he
substituted those OF miaJtr tchenin d. fer,
failr0ad).
vlrl-AssoofAT1oN or SENSATIONS, 1pHAs, AND
ACTS.
When the young Tfedemann, 3 days old,
was placed on his aldo, In the position for suck
Ing, Of when lie felt soft hand on his face, ho
was hushcd, and sought tho broast. AT 6
took her mantle II was a signal for going ont.
So ho always rejoiced when TINT happoncd. A
little child four mouth and d balf old, hearing
her nurse call her from bchtnd a door through
lift, a'd. at fresh call, put out her arms. gavo
starts OF toy, Of desire, Of spite, aud onaliy
girl thrco months mud . half old, when going
ont Wstn tho enl!at 9onEht poulAet OF F'oicts:
tho CHILD one day took her 10 Ills lap: he had a
pretty rose IN his button-hole; thu child put out
her arms, pressed thc vcat with both ha."!s,
upplied her lips 10 his shirt front, and mnt1o
demanded his bottle, With loud cries, the first
thing Ia the morning, even II II had been given
h1m but the momcns before. Thus chittrcn
associate thcir sensations; and almost all klnde
Of associations, fnrtuftoua or logical, may DO
observed among them,
1x.-ADsTRAcrloN.
We may study In llttle children the analys's
which ends in tho idea oi the individual, aud
that which cnds in the ideas Of form and auan-
tlty. A. the aec Of ! month several children
tiun near tbc!r faces. Children lcarn only 1lttlo
by little to distinguish different colors. Ex-
tcrnal impressions take hold of them by dc.
grccs, "Dlstlnctlv 10 perceive sensations, md
40 o thu vaso 81 o.
liant impressions. which haVo only slightly
affected tho senses, Ia u work Of repair thas
may 30 considered es sort ot fudi-
lncnhtary % abstraeton" n Notions H., Of form m
there Is that tho dhlld should sce tshlng
separatoly IN order to SEQ them well. md from
especially lva!y Impressions made BY certain ob-
jocts. According to Perez, abstraction Is not
not exist. and relatively abstract ideas have
their origin independently Of language.
x.-coMrAH1.oN.
Comparison, properly speuk!ng, Is not possible
to the newborn child Tor several weeks. A
llLt'c eifl o. u mon'hs, uctofo Whom were
put IN cnnty aueKlnP-oottie anu one iuli OF
her lips. A cake aud a morscl Of bread Hcro
p1accd before child Of 10 months. IIo seized
tic cake. 1t was taken away from him, mud he
nceaa 10, 10 ,1 ctY anM KICK; scsentiy mofeci o.
SEQ his mhtnke Til no had bitteu Il, when .o
thfcW u away. Inc same cnllu coala easily dis-
tnHlleh lle oWn playihinke from taoec OF 1ts
colT9aes, ana, Wnlla Eiao 70 got no!u OF tnelrs,
wt @ Mrr teon 70 montb, anI os
pcclany nctMeGn twenty months nna
!,s tWo years eAllafcn compare great deal.
Mnen aooat two Years ana hatl tncg use such
pMrasea az oanSy ', tteo Hfttlo tree3, pana Tree
names Oh more than twenty ttcest anl caa glVo
1heir more apparent sneelnc charactcfs'
xI.-1MAnlHATIoH.
Representative Imagination Ia exercised at tho
beginning OIL aile' several fasta already given
prove thts; Ite yarue and profound terror
mnnlfcateu bF chitdrcs1 b O pfotluct OF tmaCina-
tlon1 al,a 60 arc dreams. Inc passage from re-
pfoaoellvc lnlhRahAllon 70 creative imagination
is ELECTED BY ttango 10 tho order ~ which tho
lucas aro %IepIcscnted. % Change which ireauent-
" occurs during sleep Creative Imagination is
shown IN waking stato by many acts. Tho
cnlld appreciates tun, nnd sometimes tries TO
aasuse thoae VINO sdrronnu u. at months
lacking three days. young Ileaemann tried, Tor
ana TO take inherent postufes. Tic came faculty
maul!csts Itself under tho form OF destructive
s'ld constructive matIta. Ihe Imitation Of ces-
tn1ss, OF e. expressions, @ OF tne cries OF animals,
ttnle'is, to Whlctl, pe1haps, we should also nt-
tribute tue attraction tlat certain pictures have
1or the chla. a Ettto hoY W years old, being
aamttSd for some wesks l to play Msh dozen