ERVED DAILY DURING HIS FIRST THREE YEARS 99

XIX.--DEVELOPMENT OF THE FEELING OF SELF, THE "I"-FEELING 189

XX.--SUMMARY OF RESULTS 208

APPENDIXES.

APPENDIX A.--Comparative Observations concerning the Acquirement
of Speech by German and Foreign Children 221
(_a_) Diary of the Child of the Baroness von Taube, of
Esthonia, 261.

APPENDIX B.--Notes concerning Lacking, Defective, and Arrested
Mental Development in the First Years of Life 272

APPENDIX C.--Reports concerning the Process of Learning
to See, on the part of Persons born blind, but acquiring
Sight through Surgical Treatment. Also some Critical
Remarks 286

I. The Chesselden Case, 286.
II, III. The Ware Cases, 288.
IV, V. The Home Cases, 296.
VI. The Wardrop Case, 300.
VII. The Franz Case, 306.
Final Remarks, 312.

A CONSPECTUS OF THE OBSERVATIONS OF PROFESSOR PREYER ON THE MIND OF THE
CHILD.

ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY BY MONTHS, FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THOSE WHO
WISH TO VERIFY THESE OBSERVATIONS, OR TO USE THEM AS A GUIDE IN THEIR
OWN INVESTIGATIONS.

BY H. W. BROWN.

FIRST MONTH.

SENSES.[A]

SIGHT.--_Light._--Five minutes after birth, slight sensibility to light
(2). Second day, sensitiveness to light of candle (3). Sixth and seventh
days, pleasure in moderately bright daylight (3, 4). Ninth and tenth
days, sensitiveness greater at waking than soon afterward (3). Sleeping
babes close the eyes more tightly when light falls on the eyes (4).
Eleventh day, pleasure in light of candle and in bright object (3).

_Discrimination of Colors._--Twenty-third day, pleasure in sight of
rose-colored curtain (6).

_Movements of Eyelids._--First to eleventh day, shutting and opening of
eyes (22). Irregular movements (23). Lid closed at touch of lashes from
sixth day on (26). Twenty-fifth day, eyes opened and shut when child is
spoken to or nodded to (30).

Pleasure shown by opening eyes wide, displeasure by shutting them
tightly; third, sixteenth, and twenty-first days (31).

_Movements of Eyes._--First day, to right and left (35). Tenth day,
non-cooerdinated movements (36). Third week, irregularity prevails (37).

_Direction of Look._--Eleventh day,