Index

Ye labor and ye patience, ye judgment and ye penetration which are required to make a good index is only known to those who have gone through with this most necessary and painful but least praised part of a publication.

—William Oldys, 1687.

Abcie. See Absey-book. Abiel, the name, 15. Abigail, the name, 16. Absey-book, 127, 229. Accidence, Young Lady's, 96, 135; Cheever's, 134. Acorn cups, playthings of, 386. Adams, Abigail, quoted, 93-94; patriotism of, 171. Adams, John Quincy, birth of, 40; letters of, 147, 169-170; patriotic education of, 170 et seq. Advertisements, of booksellers, 267 et seq. Æsop's Fables, 264. Afflicted Parents, 257. Agates, 375. Albany, N. Y., education of girls in, 94. Alleys, 375. "All the birds of the air," 348. Almanacs, notes in, 163. Almonds, 32. Alphabet-blocks, 182. American Preceptor, 144. Amphidromia, 18. Andover, Mass., school at, 83, 134. Angelica candy, 31. Appleseed rhyme, 381. Appleton, Samuel, as teacher, 98. Arithmetic, manuscript, 79, 138, 139; study of, 138; verses in, 141, 142; printed, 140 et seq.; rules on birch bark, 79. Arsemetrick, 140. Arte of Vulgar Arithmetike, 142. Ascham, Roger, 91; habits of, 352. Ashes, saved by school children, 77. Astrology, 5-6. Augrime, 140. Austin, Madam, names of children, 16. Babees Book, 215, 220. Babies. See Dolls. Backboard, 105, 107. Ball, games of, 347. Ball, Mary, quoted, 95. Balsam, dolls of, 384. Bangwell Putt, 366. Baptism, in winter, 4. Barbadoes, scholars from, 86 et seq. Barbauld, Mrs., learnt upon, 298 et seq. Barnard, John, quoted, 97, 200. Barring-out, 77. Baskets, of fruit stones, 390; 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; title-page of, 276. Nut-gathering, 309. Oglethorpe, ship-stores of, 28. Old-field school, 65. Onion-tying, 309. Oracles, flower, 380-381. Oranges, 32. Ordination balls, 110. Orne, R. T., petticoat of, 335. Orpine. See Live-forever. Osprey bone, 10. Ox-eye daisy, 380, 382. Pages and Pictures from Forgotten Children's Books, 386. Pall bearers, boys, 242; girls, 243. Pansies, children's notions about, 383. Paper, oiled, for windows, 76; scarcity of, 79; flowered, 301. Parables, books of, 258; definition of, 230. Parable against Persecution, 291. Parent's Assistant, 295. Parkman, Dr., diary of, 164. Parley, Peter, books of, 303-304. Passing of the Stall-Fed Ox and the Farmer's Boy, 308. Paston, Agnes, quoted, 192. Paston Letters, cited, 83. Patillo, Henry, 148. Patriotism, teaching of, 171; juvenile marks of, 172. Payne, Dolly, dress of, 57. Peaked block, 197. Pedlers, of birch rods, 196. Peleg, the name, 15. Pemberton, Samuel, portrait of, 51. Pencils, use of, 78. Penmanship, how taught, 150; of adult colonists, 150, 151; of school children, 151; of Abigail Earle, 151; of Anna Green Winslow, 151; of Governor Bradford, 151; of John Winthrop, 150; of Anna Reynolds, 152. Pennoyer, Frances, quoted, 207. Pennsylvania, schools in, 71-72; schoolhouses in, 75; barring out, 77; teachers in, 204. Pennsylvania Farmer, 72. Pens, of olden times, 154. Penwiper, not used, 153-154. Peonies, playthings of, 398. Pepperell children, portrait, 52. Pepperell, Sir William, order of, 57. Pepys, Samuel, on bathing, 27; friend of Cocker, 142; cited, 206, 313. Perambulating the bounds. See Bounds. Perry, Reverend Joseph, medicine of, 7-8. Petticoats, embroidered, 335. Philadelphia, schools of, 71. Phips, Sir William, family of, 11. Phlox, wreaths of, 394. Pierpont, John, quoted, 390. Pigeons, shooting of, 317 et seq. Pike, Nicholas, arithmetic of, 144-145. Pilgrim's Progress, 254-255, 265, 312. Pillory, 200. Pin-a-sights, 400. Pinckney, Charles C., education of, 180-183. Pinckney, Eliza L., quoted, 180-183. Pincushion, gift of, 18-19. Pine-needles, playthings of, 394. Pious Motions and Devout Exercises, etc., 251. Pitch and hustle, 347. Pitkin, Jerusha, embroidery of, 324-325. Pitman, John, precocity of, 185-186. Plaine Mans Pathway to Heaven, 248, 249. Plays, in schools, 115 et seq. Plum trees, gum from, 387. Plummets, use of, 79; manufacture of, 79. Points, 313. Poison, 345. Pokeberries, dye from, 398. Poor Robin's Almanack, 18, 21. Pope, quoted, 148. Pops, 389. Poppies, playthings of, 384, 386. "Poppy-show," 400. Porter, Dr., cited, 247. Portulaca, as playthings, 388. Post, Cathalina, 47. Potash saved for treat, 77. Potation-penny, 77. Prating, 317. Prayer, "Now I lay me," etc., 130. Present, in address, 157. Pretty Little Pocket Book, 346, 354, 374. Primer, defined, 128. Primroses, children's interest in, 402. Prince Library, 156. Prior, quoted, 124. Processioning. See Bounds. Proctor, Master, 153. Prodigal Daughter, 256. Profanity, punished, 203. Prophecy of a child, 2-3. Prosperity of settlers, 3. Providence, R. I., education of girls in, 95-96. Provisions on shipboard, 28. Pumpkins, seeds, 386; trombones of, 390; lettering of, 396; lanterns of, 396. Puncheon floors, 75. Punishments of scholars. See Discipline and Schools. Puppets. See Dolls. Quakers, schools of, 71. Quills. See Goosequills. Quilts, 21; piecing of, 339. Quincy, Dorothy, 107-108. Quincy, Elizabeth, 108-109. Quincy, Elizabeth Morton, 115-116, 202. Quincy, John, portrait of, 40-43. Quincy, Josiah, rearing of, 25-26; school life of, 83, 134. Rabelais, on abridgments, 300. Raisins of the sun, 32. Raritan, N. J., schoolhouse at, 76. Rattlesnakes, bounties on, 316. Ravenel, Daniel, portrait, 48. Rawhide, 204. Rawson, Susannah, 113. Rawson, William, family of, 12. Reading-boards, 126. Reading-made-easies, 136. Record's Arithmetic, 140. Redemptioners, as teachers, 72. Reformed Virginian Silk Worm, 310. Religio Medici, 176. Ribbon-grass, 390. Richards, Mary, sampler of, 338. Rickets, new disease, 7; treatment of, 7-8. Riddles, in commonplace book, 174; old-time esteem of, 275. Riding for the goose, 352. Rhyme, grammar in, 135-136; arithmetic in, 141, 142. Robinson Crusoe, 265. Rock, for spinning, 305. Rock candy, 32. Roelantsen, Adam, 74. Rogers, Ezekiel, quoted, 235. Rogers, John, burning of, 130. Roll, for hair, 59. Ropes, Seeth, 15. Rose-hips, as playthings, 386, 397, 400. Rosy-cakes, 401. Rubila, 7. Ruskin, quoted, 342. Sailors, interest in, 319 et seq. Salem, laws in, 68; curious custom in, 69; schools in, 68; punishments in, 199; seating boys in, 246. Salem Gibraltars, 32. Saltonstall, Elizabeth, letter of, 100-101. Sampler, derivation of, 327; description, 328; verses of, 328 et seq.; age of, 329. Sanford and Merton, 295, 297. Sanitation, unknown, 4-5. Sarah, the name, 16. Sargent, L. M., quoted, 242. Satten, 397. Schole of Vertue, 215, 222, 352. Schools, grammar, old-field, 65; attended by Washington, 65-66; free, 65; fires in, 69-70; furniture of, 78 et seq.; for boarders, 113 et seq.; treats in, 77; fare in, 83; mode of study in, 134. School feasts, 77. School fields, 68. Schoolhouse, building of, 75; descriptions of, 75, 76; furnishings of, 75-76; discomforts of, 76; windows of, 76; in Raritan, 77. School-meadows, 68. School-teachers, character of, 72; Scotch, 73; contract with, 74-75; Dutch, 73-74; women, 97; pay of, 68, 96-97, 103; English, 192; cruelty of, 204. School-treats, 77. School wood, 69-70. School of Manners, 219, 222. Scotch-hoppers. See Hop-scotch. Scottow, Joshua, quoted, 2; his daughter, 86. Scribbling in books, 161 et seq. Seaborn, the name, 15. Seating the meeting, 223, 247. Seats in school, 75. Seeth, the name, 15. Servants, discipline of, 204 et seq. Sewall, Elizabeth, 237, 238. Sewall, Joseph, hornbook of, 122; original sin of, 208. Sewall, Rebeka, 223. Sewall, Samuel, quoted, 4, 15, 16, 32, 44, 122, 208, 237, 238, 351; diary of, 164, 205; tenderness of, 208; servant of, 205; at funerals, 242. Shakespeare, first sold in Boston, 180; songs from, 287. Shepherd, Thomas, funeral of, 242. Sheriff, standing of, 283. Sherman, John, family of, 12. Shippack, Pa., school at, 202 et seq. Shirts, of infants, 34-35. Shoes, 57-58. Shoe-pegs, 359. Shorter Catechism, 130-131. Shovel board, 351. Silk culture, 310-311. Silsbee, Mrs., cited, 225. Sir Charles Grandison, 300. Skating, 371 et seq. Slander, law-suits for, 213. Slates, use of, 80, 81. Sleeves, virago, 43; hanging, 43-44. Slide-groat, 351. Small-pox, 4. Smibert, portraits by, 37, 48, 107. Smith, John, quoted, 319. Smith, William, cited, 94-95. Snails, rhyme to, 399. Snail-water, 6. Snake-grass, 396. Snuff-taking, by children, 77. Spelling, variety of, 136; of Paradise Lost, 137; teaching of, 137. Spelling-books, 136 et seq. Spending-money, 308 et seq. Spinets, 112. Spiderwort, ink from, 398. Spinning, for children, 305 et seq. Spiritual Milk for Babes, 130. Sports of the Innyards, 351. Squawks, 390. Squirrels, bounties on, 316. Stalking head, 316. Standing-stool, 23. Standish, Lora, sampler of, 328. Stays, 56-57, 58; of tin, 58; for boys, 58. Stitches, old time, 337-338. Stool-ball, 354. Storer, Elizabeth, 107. Stuart, Gilbert, 37. Stubbes, Phillip, quoted, 356. Suckets, 31. Sum-books, 138 et seq. Sumner, Mary Osgood, 166 et seq.; monitor of, 167 et seq. Sumptuary laws, 45. Sunday, observance of, 243 et seq. Sunday-school books, 304. Sunflower seeds, 386. Superstition, 240-241. Sweetmeats, 30. Swimming, prohibited, 244. Syllabarium, 128. Tag, various games of, 344 et seq. Tambour-work, 341. Tape-weaving, 305. Tattling stick, 197. Taws, 204. Taylor, Ann, 298. Taylor, Bayard, quoted, 72. Taylor, John, quoted, 337-338. Teachers. See School-teachers. Teething, death by, 10. Ten Broeck, John, letter of, 80-81. Ten Broeck, Katherine, portrait of, 47. Thayer, Mrs. Sarah, family of, 13. Thimble, first, 338. Thimell-pie, 198. "Thirty days hath September," etc., 143. Thistles, playthings of, 392. Thomas, Gabriel, quoted, 11. Thomas, Isaiah, books printed by, 219, 220, 221, 269, 273, 275, 287, 300; character of, 269. Thornton, Alice, her bathing, 28. Thoughts Concerning Education, 117. Thumb Bible, 258. Tick-tack, 350. Tileston, Johnny, 153-154. school-houses, duties of, 244-245. Title-page lore, 161 et seq. Todd, John, discipline of, 204. Token for Children, etc., 249. Tommy Trip's History of Beasts and Birds, 273. Tom Thumb's Play Book, 270 Tops, 343. Torrey Papers, 156. Toss-about, 284, 290. Town, S., on slates, 80. Townes cradle, 21. Toys, home-made, 367, 371; of tin, 367; Chinese, 368; ancient, 371. Tree of life, embroidered, 326. Trock, 350. Trombones, of leaf-stalks, 390. Trouncing, 197. True Relation of the Flourishing State of Philadelphia, 71. Trumbull, portraits by, 37, 53. Tryon, Governor, child of, 57. Tuer, Andrew W., 125, 385. Tunkers' aversion to education, 72. Turell, Jane. See Jane Colemen. Turkeys, trapping of, 317. Tutor's Guide, 143. Twitch-up, 318. Tylor, cited, 385. Unipod, 199. Vails, 18. Valentines, of flowers, 393. Van Cortlandt family names, 46. Van Cortlandt, Mrs., quoted, 338-339. Venice treacle, 7. Vermin-hunting, 316. Vermont, ink made in, 154. Verney, Sir Ralph, on girls' education, 91. Verney, memoirs, cited, 28, 83. Verstile, Wm., portrait of, 53; letter about, 53-54; instruction of, 54-55. Vice in its proper shape, 302. Village School, 226. Vinegar, as disinfectant, 4. Violets, fighting, 382. Vipers, in medicine, 7. Virginals, 112. Virginia, schools in, 64, 65, 66; plantations scattered, 66; girls' education in, 95; religious observance in, 232-233; processioning in, 314. Virtues, as names, 16. Vogelweide, W. von der, quoted, 381. Wadsworth, portrait, 53. Washington, George, purchase order of, 56; schooling of, 65-66; manuscript books of, 66; designs relating to, 325-326. Water, cold, bathing in, 26-28; ancient aversion to, 28, 102. Watts, Dr., hymns of, 260. Waxwork, 336. Weaving, by children, 306. Webster, Noah, Jr., quoted, 80; books of, 136, 144. Weld, Reverend Abijah, family of, 12; thrift of, 12. Welsh, Charles, book of, 266; quoted, 273. Wendell, Elizabeth. See Elizabeth Quincy. Wentworth, John, 103. Wentworth, William, 104. Wesley, Samuel, quoted, 258. West Hartford, Conn., schools in, 70. Whispering sticks, 198. Whistles, of willow, 390; of grass, 390. White Bible, 162. White, Peregrine, cradle of, 20. White, Thomas, quoted, 248-249; book of, 254. White House Doll, 367. White-weed. See Daisy. Who Killed Cock Robin, quoted, 291-292. Wicker cradle, 20-21. Wig-wearing of children, 51. Wigglesworth, Michael, 252. Willard, Samuel, family of, 12. William and Amelia, 293. Williams, Ephraim, quoted on writing, 158-159. Windows, of greased paper, 76. Windsor, Conn., schools in, 69; boys' pews in, 247. Wine-drinking, of children, 102. Wingate's Arithmetic, 145. Winslow, Edward, portraits of, 38 et seq. Winslow, Anna Green, handwriting of, quoted, 17, 19, 58, 59, 307; dress of, 58-59; letter to, 99; diary of, 164, 165; books of, 301. Winslow family, arithmetic of, 145. Winthrop, John, history of, 2, 164; medicine of, 7; quoted, 90; handwriting of, 150; early marriage of, 190. Winthrop, Waitstill, 122. Witchcraft, 241 et seq. Woburn, school in, 97. Wolcott, J., letter of, 84-85. Wolves, hunting of, 315. Wood, for school fires, 69-70; farm-work on, 308. Woodbridge, Wm., 96. Worde, Wynkyn de, 193. Wordsworth, quoted, 163. Worthy Tenant, 294. Writing. See Penmanship. Writing-masters, esteem for, 150, 152; in Boston, 153; funeral notice of, 152. Writing-paper, 156. Wynter, John, quoted, 206. Yoking as punishment, 198, 203. Young Lady's Accidence, 96, 135. Youth's Behaviour, 27-28, 219. Youth's Instructor in English Tongue, 159. Zurishaddai, the name, 16.