If he is to gratify his dramatic instinct, he must, _inter alia_, read with intelligence books of reference which would be considered too advanced for the ordinary school-child.

If he is to gratify his inquisitive and constructive instincts, he must learn to count, measure, and calculate.

For whatever means may have to be taken, must be taken by him.

Egeria, as he knows well, will do nothing for him which he can reasonably be expected to do for himself.

There are subjects, such as drawing, dancing, and singing, which are, or at any rate ought to be, intrinsically delightful, as being natural channels of self-expression.