He evidently thought his image was his lost companion. A young
cat before whom I held a mirror, seemed to take the image for a
second cat ; for when the mirror was raised, she went behind and
around it. Many animals are frightened by their images, and run
away.
The discovery of theii^ shadow also causes fear to little children.
At first my child showed signs of fear at his shadow, but in the
fourth year, took delight in it, and to the question, '^ Where does
the shadow come from? " gave this remarkable answer, ^^ From the



BEGISTEB OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT. 49

CIRCULAR OF APRIL, 1881.
We have been made familiar with the habits of plants and
animals from the careful investigations which have from time to
time been published, — the intelligence of animals, even, coming
in for a due share of attention. One author alone contributes a
book of a thousand pages upon " Mind in the Lower Animals.'*
Recently some educators in this country have been thinking that
to study the natural development of a single child is worth more
than a Noah's Ark full of animals. Little has been done in this
study, at least little has been recorded. It is certain that a great
many mothers might contribute observations of their own child's
life and development, which would at some future time be invalua-
ble to the psychologist. In this belief the Education Department
of the American Social Science Association has issued the accom-
panying Register, and asks the pg-rents of very young children to
interest themselves in the subject, —

1. By recognizing the importance of the study of the youngest
infants.
2. By observing the simplest manifestations of their life and
movements.
