of burs, 392.
Bathing, 25, 26;
Locke's ideas about, 25;
old-time lack of, 27-29;
on shipboard, 28.
Battledore and shuttlecock, 376.
Battledore book, 125 et seq.
Beans, as food, 30.
Bears, hunting of, 316.
Bearing-cloth, 23.
Beechen roundels, 335.
Beer, drinking of, 26.
Bendall, Edward, names of children, 17.
Berkeley, Governor, his narrow mind, 64;
quoted, 65.
Berries, as food, 30.
Bethlehem, Pa., schools at, 114.
Bewick, cuts of, 258, 286, 289, 291, 293.
Bible, as guide, 191;
use in schools, 203 et seq.;
reading of, 228;
familiarity with, 228;
deprivation of, 229;
influence of, 229;
versification of, 258;
abridgments of, 258;
texts of, embroidered, 334.
Bingham, Caleb, school of, 96-97;
books of, 96, 135, 144.
Birch, for rods, 196.
Birch bark, for paper, 79;
for cradles, 21;
toys of, 367, 390;
letters cut of, 395;
cups of, 395.
Blackburn, portraits by, 37, 51.
Black-jacks, 32.
Bladders in windpipe, 4.
Blair, Agan, letter of, 104-105.
Blanchard, Claude, quoted, 151.
Blankets, 21-23.
Bleeding heart, 383.
Bloodroot, ink from, 398.
Boarding schools, 113 et seq.
Boke of Curtasye, 215.
Boke of Nurture, 215.
Book of Martyrs, 249.
Bonner, Jane, portrait of, 44-45.
Borrowing, of books, 301, 302.
Boston, land allotment of, 13;
cakes in, 32;
schools of, 69, 99, 135;
boarders in, 99;
writing-teachers of, 152, 153;
laws in, 205;
funerals in, 243;
children's books in, 299;
style of writing, 153.
Bounds, beating the, 312 et seq.
Bowling, 350.
Bowne, Eliza Southgate, letters of, 113, 114.
Bows and arrows, 371, 385.
Boys' pews, 246.
Boy Bishop's Sermon, 193.
Bradley, Daniel, infant conversion of, 251.
Bradford, Governor, christening shirt and mittens of, 35;
bearing-cloth of, 23;
quoted, 230-231, 353.
Bradley children, 61.
Brainerd, David and John, childhood of, 223 et seq., 307 et seq.
Breaking up, in school, 115.
Breeches, 62.
Bristle-saving, 310.
British Instructor, 136.
Brookline, Mass., land grants in, 13.
Broom-making, 308.
Brother's Gift, 281.
Browne, Sir Thomas, quoted, 57;
his early maturity, 176.
Brownell, advertisement of, 321.
Buck, Richard, children's names, 14-15.
Buckingham, Joseph T., precocity of, 184;
cited, 310.
Bumble bees, trapping of, 399.
Bunyan, John, writings of, 254-255.
Bunyan, Mrs. John, books of, 249.
Burr, Aaron, advice to daughter, 160-161.
Burs, playthings of, 392.
Busks, 106.
Bussee, 199.
Butcher, Elizabeth, infant query of, 251.
Cakes, groaning, 17;
nurses', 18;
Meers, 32;
caraway, 31.
Canterbury bells, 389.
Caraways, 31.
Careful Father and Pious Child, 130.
Cards, playing, 353.
Card-setting, 309.
Carter, Robert, wardrobe of, 55-56.
Carolinas, schools of, 65.
Caroline, or a Lesson to Cure Vanity, 293-294.
Cary children, 61.
Cat and clay chimney, 76.
Catechism, in schools, 131;
as gifts, 258.
Catechism of Health, 95.
Cat-ladders, 382.
Cat's-cradle, 346.
Caudle, drinking of, 18.
Cereal foods, 29-31.
Charlotte Temple, 113.
Chaucer, cited, 211.
Chastellux, Marquis de, cited, 110-111.
Cheeses, of hollyhocks, 386;
of mallows, 387.
Cheever, Ezekiel, discipline of, 200;
grammar of, 134.
Chester, England, child marriages in, 186 et seq.
Chesterfield, Lord, education of his son, 178-179;
quoted, 178.
Child, Tom, 44.
Child's Body of Divinity, 262.
Child's Companion, 144.
Child's New Spelling Book, 136.
Chimney, cat and clay, 76.
Chokecherry-gathering, 309.
Christening, in winter, 34.
Christening dress, 34 et seq.
Christening party, 18.
Christian's Metamorphosis Unfolded, 255.
Christian Pilgrim, 255.
Chuck farthing, 347.
Chuckstones, 375.
Clap, Roger, names of children, 16.
Clare, quoted, 387.
Clarissa, or The Grateful Orphan, 295.
Clinches, 375.
Clocks, dandelion, 380.
Coarseness of children's books, 291.
Coasting, 350.
Coats, worn by boys, 41.
Coat-of-arms, 323 et seq.
Cobnuts, 391.
Cobwebs to Catch Flies, 284, 290.
Cocker's Arithmetic, 140, 142.
Cock-fighting, 352.
Cock-throwing, 351.
Codrington, Richard, quoted, 264, 265.
Coffin, Thomas A., portrait of, 52.
Coleman, Jane, education of, 91 et seq.
Coleman, Lydia, letters of, 87-88, 102;
guardianship of, 87 et seq., 101 et seq.
Coleman, President, letter of, 92.
Colet, 91.
College, old use of word, 277.
Columbian Orator, 144.
Columbine, wreaths of, 394;
playthings of, 398.
Comets, notions about, 148, 240.
Comfits, 87.
Commonplace books, 172 et seq.;
of children, 173.
Concord, N. H., funeral at, 242-243.
Connecticut, schools of, 68;
early laws of, 68.
Conservatism of children, 378.
Contagious diseases, 5.
Cookies, 32.
Cookey-moulds, 124.
Cooper, Rebecca, wooing of, 188 et seq.
Copley, portraits by, 37, 49, 50, 52, 53, 55.
Copley family, 55.
Copybooks, home-made, 79.
Cordes, Ellinor, portrait, 48.
Cornstalk, witches of, 393;
fiddles of, 390.
Corsets. See Stays.
Cotton, dress of, 60.
Cotton, John, 130.
Country Rhimes for Children, 255.
Cowper, William, quoted, 375.
Cradle, of Peregrine White, 20;
swinging, 21;
of birch bark, 21;
of wicker, 21;
of Indians, 21;
cost of, 21.
Cradle Hymn, 262-263.
Criss-cross row, 118.
Cromwell, Oliver, discipline of, 193.
Culverkeys, 398.
Curtius, Dr., 201-202.
Custis, "Miss," wardrobe of, 56-57;
harpsichord of, 113.
Custis family, portrait, 57.
Cutler, Manasseh, quoted, 393.
Cut-tail, 319.
Cyphering. See Arithmetic.
Daffy's Elixir, 6.
Daisies, divination with, 380;
chains of, 380.
Dame schools, 97.
Danbury, Mass., spelling in, 137.
"Dance barefoot," 103.
Dancing, price of lessons, 103;
"gynecandrical," 109;
"petulant," 110;
sermon against, 109-110;
repression of, 110;
formality of, 110-111;
varied titles of, 111.
Dandelion, chains, 409;
clocks, 380.
Day of Doom, 252 et seq.
Dealings with the Dead, 242.
Death and Burial of Cock Robin, 292.
Death-bed scenes, 257, 295.
Death rate, 4.
Deer, hunting of, 316.
Deland, Margaret, quoted, 402.
Deming, Mrs., letter of, 99.
De Peyster twins, portrait of, 45.
Deportment, 105.
Desks, primitive, 75.
Devil, familiarity with, 175;
names of, 239.
Devil's play-houses, 247.
Dialogue between Christ, Youth, and the Devil, 131.
Diaries, of adults, 163 et seq.;
of children, 164;
penmanship of, 164.
Diary of a Lady of Quality, 206.
Dibstones, 375.
Dielytra, 383.
Diet, of children, 26, 29-30;
Locke's notions on, 26.
Dilworth's Speller, 136.
Discipline, in American schools, 196 et seq.;
in English schools, 192 et seq.;
Dr. Johnson on, 194;
in Dutch schools, 194;
parental, 192;
of servants, 192;
of grown children, 192.
Diseases of children, 4.
Disinfection, 4-5.
District School, 155.
Divine Blossoms, 252.
Divine Emblems, 255.
Divine Songs for Children, 262.
Dock, Samuel, character of, 209 et seq.;
methods of teaching, 210;
quoted, 211.
Dod, Mr., book of, 249.
Dogs, in meeting-house, 245.
Dolls, antiquity of, 363;
as fashion conveyors, 364-365;
Dutch, 365;
Bartholomew Fair, 365-366;
French, 366-367;
of hollyhocks, 384;
of poppies, 384;
of mertensia, 384;
of hickory-nuts, 390.
Dorchester, Mass., boys of, 246.
Dorchester in America, 165 et seq.;
churches in, 166.
Dorothy Q., 107-108.
Double names, 17.
Downing, Lucy, christening party, 18;
on son's marriage, 188.
Doyle, Sir Francis, quoted, 225.
Dragon flies, notions about, 399.
Drainage, 4-5.
Dream-books, 265.
Dress, laws about, 45;
in book-cuts, 293.
Drift of the forest, 315.
Drunkenness, of school-teachers, 72.
Dudley, Governor, 179;
quoted, 2, 185.
Dudley, Paul, 185.
Dulany, Major, on school plays, 116;
on letter writing, 159-160.
Dulany, Mary Grafton. See Mary Grafton.
Dumps, 352.
Dunton, John, quoted, 358.
Dwight, Timothy, precocity of, 184-185.
Dyves Pragmaticus, title of, 30;
on sweetmeats, 30;
on books, 127 et seq.;
on birch, 196.
Earle, Abigail, handwriting of, 151.
Earle, John, quoted, 112;
cited, 164.
Earle, Professor, cited, 136-137.
Earrings, 47.
Earwigs, notions about, 399.
Edwards, Jonathan, education of, 92-93;
precocity of, 180;
letter of, 180-181;
on spiders, 181;
his book, 251.
Edwards, Timothy, letter of, 92.
Elderberries, squirt guns of, 390;
ink from, 398.
Elyot, Sir Thomas, quoted, 357.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quoted, 215.
Endicott, Governor, quoted, 188 et seq.
Epidemics, 4.
Equality, sign of, 139.
Erasmus, 91.
Erasmus Hall, 126.
Eringo-root, candied, 31.
Ernst, C. W., quoted, 31.
Essex, Earl of, child marriage of, 187.
Essays to do Good, 255.
Etiquette, regard for, 222 et seq.
Eton, games at, 358.
Evelyn, John, quoted, 177, 231-232;
on child marriage, 187;
cited, 283.
Evelyn, Richard, character of, 177 et seq.
Evenings at Home, 295.
Every Young Man's Companion in Drawing, 54.
Exhibitions, school, 115 et seq.
Exposure, at baptism, 4.
Fairchild Family, 295 et seq.
Falkland, Elizabeth, discipline of, 193.
Falkland, Letice, quoted, 232.
Family, size of, 11 et seq.
Farm life, change of duties in, 308.
Fathergone, the name, 15.
Father's Gift, story from, 279-280.
Fear of the Lord, 227, 237.
Feather-work, 322.
Feet, wetting of, 25.
Ferule, in Dutch schools, 194;
derivation of, 195.
Fescue, 122.
Fiddle, corn-stalk, 390.
Finger-sticking, 213.
Fiske, Reverend Moses, family of, 12;
thrift of, 12.
Flagg, James, portrait, 48-49.
Flagg, Polly, portrait, 48.
Flannel sheet, 21.
Flapper, 197.
Flatbush, L. I., school at, 74, 202;
curious discipline of scholars, 199-200.
Flax, children's work on, 306.
Fleetwood-Quincy sampler, 329 et seq.
Fleetwood, Anne, 330.
Fleetwood, Miles, 330.
Floor, of earth, 75;
puncheon, 75.
Flower de luce, playthings of, 382-383.
Food. See Diet.
Food for the Mind, 275.
Foot-ball, 354 et seq.
Ford, P. L., cited, 128.
Four-o'clock, wreaths of, 394.
Foxes, hunting of, 316.
Foxgloves, as playthings, 389, 397.
Franklin, Benjamin, family of, 11-12;
proverbs of, 136;
early reading of, 255;
practical jest of, 290-291.
Franklin, Conn., teachers' pay in, 98.
Fredericksburg, Va., school in, 66.
Froissart, Jean, quoted, 342-343.
Fruit, eating of, 26;
native, 30.
Funeral, of servant, 205-206;
children at, 242.
Funeral pieces, 325.
Furnivall, Dr., cited, 186.
Games, antiquity of, 349;
exact recurrence of, 360.
Gardeners' garters, 390.
Geographical Catechism, 148.
Geography, study of, 147 et seq.
Germans, indifference to education, 71.
Gershom, the name, 14.
Gibbs, Robert, portrait of, 43-44.
Gibraltars, Salem, 32.
Gingerbread, hornbooks of, 124.
Girls, schools for, 90 et seq.;
in England, 91;
school-hours for, 95;
price of schooling for, 96;
education in New York, 94, 95;
education in Providence, R. I., 95;
education in Salem, Mass., 95;
discipline of, in England, 192 et seq.
Glass-painting, 322.
Go-cart, 23-24.
Goldsmith, Oliver, quoted, 72;
children's books by, 267, 270, 273, 287;
love of catches, 287.
Good Child's Little Hymn Book, 257.
Goodrich, S. G. See Peter Parley.
Goody Two Shoes, authorship of, 270;
title-page of, 270-271;
chapter from, 271-272;
Charles Lamb on, 298.
Goosequill pens, 154.
Gore family, portrait, 50.
Gordon, G. L., hornbook of, 119.
Grafton, Mary, letter of, 111, 115.
Grafton, Seeth, 15.
Grammar, study of, 133 et seq.
Grammar of the English Tongue, 135.
Grammarian's Funeral, 134.
Grammar School, 221-222.
Grant, Anne, quoted, 94.
Grasshoppers, rhyme to, 399.
Green, family of, 11.
Green, cited, 228.
Greene, Nathanael, daughter of, 107.
Grey, Lady Jane, punishment of, 193.
Gridley, Richard, children's names, 17.
Groaning-beer, 18.
Groaning-cakes, 17.
"Grown-ups," 50.
Grymes family, portrait, 50.
Guessbooks, 275.
Gulliver's Travels, 265.
Hair, dressing of, 59.
Hall, Richard, his schooling, 86 et seq.;
letters of, 87.
Hall, Sarah, her schooling, 101-103;
marriage, 103-104.
Hall, Hugh, letters of, 86, 102.
Halliwell, cited, 143.
Hammond, John, quoted, 11.
Handwriting. See Penmanship.
Hancock, John, teacher of, 152;
handwriting of, 152.
Hands of Great Britain, 153.
Hannah, the name, 16.
Harpsichords, 112-113.
Hartford. Mass., servants in, 205.
Harvard College, establishment of, 64;
library of, 180;
bequest to, 152;
curriculum of, 185;
etiquette at, 222.
Hatfield, Mass., school at, 96.
Hawkins, Francis, precocity of, 219.
Head-dress, 59.
Health-drinking, 217, 293.
Heartsease, playthings of, 398.
Heddle-frame, 305.
Hedge-teachers, 65.
Hell, familiarity with, 175.
Henry, Patrick, saying of, 67;
pronunciation of, 67.
Heraldry, domination of, 212.
Herbs, in medicine, 6-8.
Hieroglyphick Bible, 258.
Higginson, Hetty, school of, 199.
History of the Holy Jesus, 260, 261.
History of the Revolution, 290.
History of Tommy Careless, 281.
Hoar, Bridget, 84.
Hoar, Mary, letter of, 83-84.
Hobby, teacher of Washington, 65.
Holbrook, Abiah, funeral notice of, 152;
accomplishments of, 152-153.
Hollyhocks, cheeses from, 386;
dolls of, 384.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, quoted, 25, 107, 108, 109, 243-244, 303, 394.
Holmes, Thomas, quoted, 71.
Holy Innocents' Day, 261.
Homespun, infant's dress of, 37.
Honey, 387.
"Honey flowers of New Testament," 204.
Honeypots, 345-346.
Honeysuckle, 387.
Hop-scotch, 343-344.
Hornbook, description, 118;
in America, 119-120, 122;
rarity of, 121;
price of, 121;
gilt, 122;
of silver, 122;
of ivory, 122;
names for, 124;
of gingerbread, 124;
symbolism of, 125.
Horsechestnuts, as playthings, 391.
Hoverer, 318.
Howell, James, quoted, 155.
Hunt, Nicholas, 143.
Hunters, tales of, 311, 312.
Huntington, Miss, dress of, 60.
Hylles, Thomas, 142.
Illustration, of children's books, 285 et seq.
Indians, cradles of, 21;
names of foods, 29-30;
hunting methods of, 316 et seq.;
foot-ball of, 357-358.
Ink, home-made, 154-155;
from flowers, 398.
Ink-powder, 154.
Irving, Washington, quoted, 270, 287.
Italian Relation of England, 82.
Jack, signification of word, 369.
Jack-in-pulpit, 388.
Jack-knife, power of, 254;
use of, 308;
derivation of, 370;
of old times, 370.
Jack-o'-lanterns, 396.
Jackstones, 375.
Jack the Giant Killer, 267.
Janeway, James, books of, 249, 251.
Jest-books, 275.
Jewel weed, as playthings, 397.
"Job's Trouble," 389.
Joe Miller's Guess-Book, 275.
Johnson, Samuel, school-life of, 193-194;
on discipline, 194;
manners of, 215.
Johnson, Governor, infant's dress of, 35.
Joseph, the name, 15.
Josselyn, John, quoted, 397.
Juvenile Pastimes, 346.
Keats, quoted, 387, 402.
Keeler, Sarah, sum-book of, 139.
Kingsley, Charles, quoted, 311.
Knitting, 339.
Knotwork, described, 152.
Lace, pillow, 339;
darned, 341.
Lady-bug, rhyme to, 399.
Ladies' delights, folk names of, 383.
Lamb, Charles, quoted, on children's books, 298 et seq.
Lancasterian System, punishments of, 200-201.
Land, allotment of, 13.
Larkspur, wreaths of, 393-394.
Latin, study of, 133 et seq.; 184 et seq.
Laurens, Henry, letter of, 78.
Laurens, Martha, precocity of, 183.
Leather, worn by children, 77.
Lester, Master, 202.
Letter, defined in rhyme, 136.
Letter dice, 182.
Letters, sentiment of, 155 et seq.;
of Puritan women, 156;
mode of addressing, 156, 157;
formality of, 161.
Letter-writing, taught by Samuel Dock, 205.
Lewis, John, wards of, 55.
Lilacs, wreaths of, 394.
Lilly's Grammar, 133.
Limning, materials for, 54;
teaching of, 54-55.
Lincoln, Abraham, sum-book of, 138;
early reading of, 255.
Linen, for clothing, 34.
Little Book for Little Children, 254.
Little Prattle over a Book of Prints, 23.
Live-forever, as playthings, 388;
folk names of, 389;
ink from, 399.
Livingstone, John, wife of, 47.
Livingstone, John L., wife of, 46.
Livingstone, William, skates of, 372.
Lloyd, Joseph, school-feast of, 77.
Locke, popularity of, 24;
on children's books, 264;
good sense of, 25;
advanced thought of, 25-26;
on bathing, 25;
on diet, 26;
quoted, 117, 133;
on learning letters, 182.
London, letter to Bishop of, 66.
Looking Glass for Children, 251 et seq.
Looking Glass for the Mind, 292 et seq.
Lord, Mary, portrait, 52-53.
Lotteries, to support schools, 68.
Lovell, Master, 197.
Lybbet, 196.
Lynde, Dorothy, sampler of, 333.
Lytill Children's Lytill Boke, 215.
Madison, Dolly, 57.
Maine, ink made in, 154.
Majority, age of, 190.
Mallow cheeses, 387.
Maple, bark used for ink, 155;
sugar from, 311.
Maps, lack of, 78.
Mara, the name, 14.
Marbles, 374-375.
Marie Antoinette, child's dress, 62.
Marriages of children, 186 et seq.
Martin, G. W., quoted, 122.
Marvel-of-Peru, wreaths of, 394.
Masks, 56;
of linen, 57.
Massachusetts, school laws of, 64, 67-68, 70;
ink made in, 154;
schools in, 64, 68.
Mather, Cotton, quoted, 12, 67, 131, 134, 172, 223, 225, 236;
family of, 12;
character of, 209, 233-234;
book by, 250.
Mather, Increase, as school committee, 67;
quoted, 109.
Mather, Nathaniel, 239, 254.
Mather, Samuel, quoted, 234.
Mather, Samuel, Sr., 239-240.
Mather Papers, 156.
May apples, as playthings, 397.
McMaster, Mr., cited, 78.
Medford, Mass., boarding-school at, 114.
Medicine, astrology in, 6;
sympathetical, 6;
secret, 6;
ingredients of, 7;
revolt against, 10-11.
Meigs, Return Jonathan, 17.
Memoirs of an American Lady, 94.
Mertensia, playthings of, 384.
Merry Tales of the Wise Men of Gotham, 266, 267, 275.
Meteorology, 6.
Microcosmographië, 112.
Middletown, Conn., school at, 96.
Midway Church, Dorchester, Ga., 165-166.
Milkweed, playthings of, 392.
Ministers, families of, 12;
as school committee, 67;
as teachers, 83.
Mintsticks, name of rods, 204.
Minturn, Anne R., hornbook of, 119.
Mirror of Compliments, 221.
Miss, the term, 223.
Mission, quoted, 17; 354.
Mithridate, 7.
Mittens, of Gov. Bradford, 35;
of lace, 36;
of nankeen, 36.
"Money in both Pockets," 397.
Monitorial system, 97.
Monkshood, playthings of, 398.
Morning-glory, 389.
Morse's Geography, 147 et seq.
Mother, sayings of a, 64.
Mother Goose's Melodies, 174, 286 et seq.
Mountfort, Jonathan, portrait of, 49;
romantic marriage of, 49.
Mourning pieces, 325.
Mulberries, planting of, 310;
leaves of, 311.
"Multiplication is vexation," 143.
Murder, of servant, 205.
Music, love of, 112;
simplicity of, 112;
in colleges, 211.
My Mother, imitations of, 298.
Names, curious, 14-17;
biblical, 15;
double, 17.
Nankeen, 60.
Narratives of Conversion, 251.
Necklace, anodyne, 9;
of berries, 10;
of fawn's teeth, 10;
of wolf fangs, 11.
Necromancy, 5-6.
Negro servant, funeral of, 205.
Nero, medicine of, 7.
New Academy of Compliments, 221.
New Amsterdam, first teacher in, 74;
schools in, 74-75;
discipline in, 201-202.
Newbery, John, life of, 266;
publications of, 267, 287;
advertising of, 268-269.
New England, schools in, 64;
traits of children, 67;
controlled by ministers, 67;
perambulating the bounds in, 314.
New England Primer, vast number of, 128;
nickname of, 128;
description of, 128 et seq.
New Hampshire, school-feast in, 77.
New Jersey, school in, 77.
New Lottery Book, 274-275.
News, lack of, 213-214.
Newspapers, in school, 97.
New York, schools of, 74 et seq.;
education of girls in, 94-95.
Nicknames, 199.
"Nigger heads," 382.
North, Francis, Baron Guildford, letter about, 41-42;
on commonplacing, 172-173.
Northfield, Mass., school in, 98.
Norton, J. W., hornbook of, 119.
Note-taking, of Puritan women, 164.
Nott, Eliphalet, cited, 197.
Nurse Truelove's Christmas Box, 277-278.
Nurse Truelove's New Years Gift, advertisement of, 268;