THE CHILD AND THE GRAMOPHONE . RECORDS.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sta,—I am curious to know if any of your readers who are interested in child-psychology can explain the following. My son, aged two and a-half years, can pick out unerringly the various records for the gramophone. Naturally he cannot read, and to adult eyes the records are similar—some " His Master's Voice," some " Zonophone"—yet the child will name each one, or, if given a dozen records, will go through them solemnly and select the one he wants. We have tested him by saying " This is Bubbles ' " or whatever the tune may be, and he replies, "No; that's 'Gondoliers.'" He never makes a mistake.
I am anxious to know how he can tell, and if any of your readers can help me I shall be grateful. The child has never been taught to name them ; they have always been played for him and set aside in haphazard order. It is over four months since he began to do this.—I am, Sir, &c.,
S. Rhodesia, February 280i.
G. McDouosza.
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