Charlotte and Elizabeth Hesselius. Page Painted by John Hesselius. Owned by Mrs. Ridgeley, Baltimore, Md. facing 234 Charles Spooner Cary, Eight Years Old, 1786. Owned by Mrs. Edward Cunningham, East Milton, Mass. facing 240 Margaret Graves Cary, Fourteen Years Old, 1786. Owned by Mrs. Edward Cunningham, East Milton, Mass. facing 246 The Custis Children, 1760 circa. Owned by General Custis Lee, Lexington, Va. facing 250 "The Holy Bible Abridged." Owned by American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. . Illustration from "Original Poetry for Young Minds" Page of Hieroglyphick Bible." Owned by American Anti " quarian Society, Worcester, Mass. . facing 254 256 259 266 267 Title-page of Merry Tales of the Wise Men of Gotham " Two Pages of "A New Lottery Book" American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. Title-page of Be Merry and Wise." Owned by Ameri can Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. Page of "Cobwebs to catch Flies " Woodcut by Bewick. "William and Amelia." "The Looking Glass for the Mind” Woodcut by Bewick. 274 276 278 282 284 From 286 289 291 Caroline, or A Lesson to cure Vanity." From "The Looking Glass for the Mind" Woodcut by Bewick. "Sir John Denham and his Worthy From "The Looking Glass for the Mind Woodcut by Bewick. "Clarissa, or The Grateful Orphan." Tenant." From "The Looking Glass for the Mind" 294 Page of "Vice in its Proper Shape." Owned by American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. "The Good Girl at her Wheel". Illustration from "Plain Things for Little Folks " Page 296 facing 298 facing 300 302 307 309 313 Anne Lennod's Sampler Colonel Wadsworth and his Son. Painted by Trumbull. Owned by Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn. facing 316 Jerusha Pitkin's Embroidery and Frame. 1751. Copy righted. Owned by Mrs. William Lee, Boston, Mass. 324 Lora Standish's Sampler. In Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Seasons Mary Richard's Sampler. Owned by Miss Elizabeth Wen Ancient Lace Pillow, Reels, and Pockets. In Essex In stitute, Salem, Mass. "Scotch Hoppers" from "Juvenile Games for the Four Ancient Skates. In Deerfield Memorial Hall Skating." From Old Picture Book Cornelius D. Wynkoop, Eight Years Old, 1742. by James D. Wynkoop, Esq., Hurley, N. Y. Page from Youthful Sports" Owned 337 facing 352 355 Dolls' Furniture. One Hundred Years Old. In Bedford Page facing 356 "French Doll." In Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. 367 Dolls and Furniture. Owned by Bedford Historical Society 368 Chinese Coach and Horses. In Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. 369 370 Bangwell Putt." In Deerfield Memorial Hall facing 370 Owned by Mrs. Clement, Newbury White House Doll. Child Life in Colonial Days T CHAPTER I BABYHOOD Some things are of that nature as to make The Author's Way of Sending Forth His Second Part of the HERE is something inexpressibly sad in the thought of the children who crossed the ocean with the Pilgrims and the fathers of Jamestown, New Amsterdam, and Boston, and the infancy of those born in the first years of colonial life in this strange new world. It was hard for grown folk to live; conditions and surroundings. offered even to strong men constant and many obstacles to the continuance of existence; how difficult was it then to rear children! In the southern colonies the planters found a climate and enforced modes of life widely varying from home life in England; it took several generations to accustom infants to thrive under those con B I ditions. |