Child Life in Colonial Days

Careful Father and Pious Child, 130.

Cards, playing, 353.

Card-setting, 309.

Carter, Robert, wardrobe of, 55-56.

Carolinas, schools of, 65.

Coasting, 350.

Coats, worn by boys, 41.
Coat-of-arms, 323 et seq.
Cobnuts, 391.

Cobwebs to Catch Flies, 284, 290.

Caroline, or a Lesson to Cure Vanity, Cocker's Arithmetic, 140, 142.

293-294.

Cock-fighting, 352.

Cary children, 61.

Cat and clay chimney, 76.

407

Cock-throwing, 351.

Codrington, Richard, quoted, 264, 265.

Catechism, in schools, 131; as gifts, 258. Coffin, Thomas A., portrait of, 52.

Catechism of Health, 95.

Cat-ladders, 382.

Coleman, Jane, education of, 91 et seq.
Coleman, Lydia, letters of, 87-88, 102;

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 mal-
lows, 387.

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.

Cheever, Ezekiel, discipline of, 200; Comfits, 87.
grammar of, 134.

Chester, England, child marriages in,

186 et seq.

Commonplace books, 172 et seq.; of
children, 173.

Concord, N. H., funeral at, 242–243.

Chesterfield, Lord, education of his 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.

Christian's Metamorphosis Unfolded, Cornstalk, witches of, 393; fiddles of,

Christening dress, 34 et seq.

Christening party, 18.

Chuckstones, 375.

Clap, Roger, names of children, 16.

Clare, quoted, 387.

Cotton, John, 130.

Country Rhimes for Children, 255.
Cowper, William, quoted, 375.

Clarissa, or The Grateful Orphan, 295. Cradle, of Peregrine White, 20; swing-

Clinches, 375.

Clocks, dandelion, 380.

Coarseness of children's books, 291.

Daisies, divination with, 380; chains Dock, Samuel, character of, 209 et seq.;

of, 380.

Dame schools, 97.

Danbury, Mass., spelling in, 137.
"Dance barefoot," 103.

Dancing, price of lessons, 103; "gyne-
candrical," 109; "petulant," 110; ser-
mon against, 109-110; repression of
110; formality of, 110-111; varied
titles of, III.

Dandelion, chains, 409; clocks, 380.
Day of Doom, 252 et seq.
Dealings with the Dead, 242.

Death and Burial of Cock Robin, 292.

Deathbed 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.

methods of teaching, 210; quoted,

211.

Dod, Mr., book of, 249.
Dogs, in meeting-house, 245.
Dolls, antiquity of, 363; as fashion con-
veyors, 364-365; Dutch, 365; Bar-
tholomew Fair, 365-366; French,
366-367; of hollyhocks, 384; of pop-
pies, 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.

Devil, familiarity with, 175; names of, Dress, laws about, 45; in book-cuts,

239.

Devil's playhouses, 247.

293.

Drift of the forest. 315.

Dialogue between Christ, Youth, and Drunkenness, of school-teachers, 72.

the Devil, 131.

Diaries, of adults, 163 et seq.; of chil-

dren, 164; penmanship of, 164.
Diary of a Lady of Quality, 206.
Dibstones, 375.

Dielytra, 383.

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.

Diet, of children, 26, 29-30; Locke's Dumps, 352.

notions on, 26.

Dunton, John, quoted, 358.

Dwight,

Fear of the Lord, 227, 237.

Dwight, Timothy, precocity of, 184-| Father's Gift, story from, 279-280.
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.

Feather-work, 322.
Feet, wetting of, 25.

Ferule, in Dutch schools, 194; deriva-
tion of, 195.

Fescue, 122.

Fiddle, cornstalk, 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.

Elderberries, squirt guns of, 390; ink Flatbush, L. I., school at, 74, 202; curi-

Evelyn, John, quoted, 177, 231-232; on Franklin, Benjamin, family of, 11-12;

child marriage, 187; cited, 283.

Evelyn, Richard, character of,

177

proverbs of, 136; early reading of,
255; practical jest of, 290–291.
Franklin, Conn., teachers' pay in, 98.
Fredericksburg, Va., school in, 66.

Every Young Man's Companion in Froissart, Jean, quoted, 342-343.

et seq.

Evenings at Home, 295.

Drawing, 54.

Fruit, eating of, 26; native, 30.

Funeral, of servant, 205-206; children

Geography, study of, 147 et seq.

Hair, dressing of, 59.

Germans, indifference to education, 71. Hall, Richard, his schooling, 86 et seq.;

Gershom, the name, 14.

Gibbs, Robert, portrait of, 43-44.
Gibraltars, Salem, 32.

Gingerbread, hornbooks of, 124.
Girls, schools for, go et seq.; in Eng-
land, 91; school-hours for, 95; price
of schooling for, 96; education in
New York, 94,95; education in Provi-
dence, 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; chil-
dren'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, III, 115.

Grafton, Seeth, 15.

Grammar, study of, 133 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; hand-
writing 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; cur-
riculum 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; pro-
nunciation of, 67.

Heraldry, domination of, 212.

Grammar of the English Tongue, 135. Herbs, in medicine, 6-8.

Grammarian's Funeral, 134.

Grammar School, 221-222.

Grant, Anne, quoted, 94.

Grasshoppers, rhyme to, 399.
Green, family of, II.
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.

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,

Homespun, infant's dress of, 37.

Honey, 387.

Johnson, Governor, infant's dress of, 35.

Joseph, the name, 15.

Honey flowers of New Testament," Josselyn, John, quoted, 397.

Illustration, of children's books, 285 Latin, study of, 133 et seq.; 184 et seq.

et seq.

Indians, cradles of, 21; names of foods,
29-30; hunting methods of, 316 et
seq.; foot-ball of, 357-358.

Laurens, Henry, letter of, 78.
Laurens, Martha, precocity of, 183.
Leather, worn by children, 77.
Lester, Master, 202.

Ink, home-made, 154-155; from Letter, defined in rhyme, 136.

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.

Letter dice, 182.

Letters, sentiment of, 155 et seq.; of

Puritan women, 156; mode of ad-
dressing, 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,

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