XXIV. THE CHILD AS HERO, ADVENTURER, ETC. XXV. THE CHILD AS FETICH AND DIVINITY XXVI. THE CHILD AS GOD: THE CHRIST-CHILD XXVII. PROVERBS, SAYINGS, ETC., ABOUT PARENTS, FATHER AND MOTHER XXVIII. PROVERBS, SAYINGS, ETC., ABOUT THE CHILD, MANKIND, GENIUS XXIX. PROVERBS, SAYINGS, ETC., ABOUT MOTHER AND CHILD XXX. PROVERBS, SAYINGS, ETC., ABOUT FATHER AND CHILD XXXI. PROVERBS, SAYINGS, ETC., ABOUT CHILDHOOD, YOUTH, AND AGE XXXII. PROVERBS, SAYINGS, ETC., ABOUT THE CHILD AND CHILDHOOD INDEX TO PROVERBS XXXIII. CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY SUBJECT-INDEX TO SECTION A OF BIBLIOGRAPHY SUBJECT-INDEX TO SECTION B OF BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX I.--AUTHORITIES INDEX II.--PLACES, PEOPLES, TRIBES, LANGUAGES INDEX III.--SUBJECTS CHAPTER I. CHILD-STUDY. Oneness with Nature is the glory of Childhood; oneness with Childhood is the glory of the Teacher.--_G. Stanley Hall_. Homes ont l'estre comme metaulx, Vie et augment des vegetaulx, Instinct et sens comme les bruts, Esprit comme anges en attributs. [Man has as attributes: Being like metals, Life and growth like plants, Instinct and sense like animals, Mind like angels.]--_Jehan de Meung_. The Child is Father of the Man.--_Wordsworth_. And he [Jesus] called to him a little child, and set him in the midst of them.--_Matthew_ xviii. 2. It was an Oriental poet who sang:-- "On parent knees, a naked, new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st, while all around thee smiled; So live, that, sinking in thy last, long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep,"