Child Life in Colonial Days

by Alice Morse Earle

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].

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