2 LOLA 



German alphabet (when written), as well as to recognize 

 a certain number of colours. 



Instances, denoting signs of evident reflection and 

 memory, had led to Wilhelm von Osten turning his 

 thoughts towards this work of animal tuition Public 

 opinion was divided ; there were some who took the 

 subject seriously and who were grateful to this 

 innovator for thus opening a new path of inquiry ; 

 yet many were sceptical and the scientific commission 

 called together in 1904 to investigate the subject, 

 finally knew no better than to heap their ridicule 

 on the careful and patient labours of a lifetime. " Der 

 kluge Hans " (" wise " or " clever Hans ") by that 

 time already a public character now evoked super- 

 cilious smiles and stood disgraced in the eyes of the 

 majority. Only a few, capable of delving more 

 deeply into the subject, continued to follow these 

 performances with ever-increasing interest and amaze- 

 ment and kept their faith whole. 



Von Osten though now embittered and pathetically 

 silent quietly continued his experiments up to his 

 death, which took place in 1909. At first he had gone 

 about his work alone, but he was joined subsequently 

 by Karl Krall, who then became known in connexion 

 with this work for the first time. 



Many were the attempts made in certain quarters 

 of the Press to account for the facts of the case ; the 

 very simple means of procedure T employed by von 

 Osten were scouted and the whole thing proclaimed 

 to be based upon trickery, influence, secret signs, 

 an abnormal degree of training, and what not 

 anything and everything was seized upon in order to 

 come into line with ordinary opinion. 



Then, in the year 1905, Karl Krall, of Elberfeld, 

 began his experiments with Hans II, encouraging, as 



