Musical expression has its seat in or near the same lobe of the brain.
_The Child's Mental Development in General_ .-- The actual development of the child, as observations from many sources indicate it, may be sketched very briefly in its main outlines.

It is probable that the earliest consciousness is simply a mass of touch and muscular sensations experienced in part before birth.

Shortly after birth the child begins to connect his impressions with one another and to show Memory.

But both memory and Association are very weak, and depend upon intense stimulations, such as bright lights, loud noises, etc.

The things which most effect him at these early stages are those which bring him into conditions of sharp physical pain or give him acute pleasure.