In all these attempts he is trying, unknown to himself, to express his perception of, and delight in, the visible beauty of Nature.

This instinct will expand, in the fullness of time, into a strong and subtle feeling for visible beauty, and into a restless desire to give expression to that feeling.
We will call this the _artistic instinct_, the word _artistic_ being used, for lack of a more suitable term, in its narrow and conventional sense.
(4) While the child is still a baby in arms, his mother will sing to him, and dance him on her knee.

This is her first attempt to initiate him into the mystery of music; and the response that he makes to her proves that she is a wise teacher, and is appealing to a genuinely natural faculty.

It will not be long before he begins to dance and sing for himself.

Watch the children in a London court or alley when a barrel-organ appears on the scene.