AN AMERICAN PRODIGY.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 295, 4 July 1929, Page 7

AN AMERICAN PRODIGY.

NOW READING HIS TWENTYSEVENTH BOOK. A child prodigy Eaid to have no equal in the United States is Howard Young, four and a half years old, a son of Dr and Mrs T. H. Young, of B.rmingham, Ala. According to Dr Yeung, his son has read 26 books and is now starting on his twenty-seventh. The child not only reads the books but understands them as well.

“I like to read, and I get a good deal of fun out of it,” Howard tad, as he held a book in his lap. When at a tender age printed words held an attraction for the boy, and he seemed to grasp their meaning with [ little effort. Aside from this remarkable gift of reading, Howard is a normal boy. He is strong and healthy, of overage size for s age, and gets as much fun out of playing as any other boy. He is not only prodigy in the family. His elder brother, Hendrix, entered Harvard University when only 16 years old. Howard does not read in a s ngsong fashion, as is usual with most children learn ng to read, but shows clearly that the mean'ng is clear to him, and is expressed by good modulation of the voice. Howard’s taste in I'terature varies from modern novels to the Bible.