ABSTRACT
The simpler forms of aesthetic appreciation seem innate in the majority of children, and the loss of them, which is so marked a feature in many adults, is rather due to failure to retain them than to natural deficiency. The same is true of the tendency to talk, or the movements of curiosity. A child is discouraged by apathy or positive hostility on the part of those around him. The following dialogue was overheard in a 'bus. The child was probably four years old, he was not at school, and he could not talk clearly; his mother was of the lower working class type. The child kneeled up on the seat of the 'bus and looked out, full of excitement at the passing vehicles.
