ABSTRACT
We have now dealt with the fundamental points of colour and elementary form, balance and design sufficiently to be prepared to tackle the more interesting but more complex problem of the enjoyment of pictures. Here, however, I should like to interpolate a very brief chapter on the topic indicated, partly because it gives the opportunity of reporting several interesting and rather laborious researches on children, which could not very well be introduced into the earlier or later chapters without breaking the continuity of our argument. The second reason is that I think it is worth while reporting some responses to beauty in nature in very young children, and their early use of words which does seem to imply some understanding of the aesthetic aspect of things. This short digression may be justified, I think, on the ground that it helps us to interpret some experiments on very young children.
