| John Quincy, One Year and a Half Old, 1690. Owned by Hon. Charles Francis Adams, Boston, Mass. | [Frontispiece] |
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| Miniature, Governor Edward Winslow, Six Years Old, 1602. Owned by Rev. Dr. William Copley Winslow, Boston, Mass. | facing [4] |
| Mayflower Cradle, 1620. In Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Mass. | [10] |
| Townes Cradle. In Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. | [14] |
| Old Pincushion. Owned by Mrs. Sophia C. Bedlow, Portland, Maine | [19] |
| Indian Cradle. In Memorial Hall, Deerfield, Mass. | [20] |
| Governor Bradford's Christening Blanket, 1590. Owned by John Taylor Terry, Esq., Tarry town, N.Y. | [22] |
| Standing Stool, Eighteenth Century | [24] |
| Go-cart | [27] |
| De Peyster Twins, Four Years Old, 1729. Owned by Mrs. Azoy and Miss Velasquez | facing [26] |
| Baptismal Shirt and Mittens of Governor Bradford, 1590. In Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. | [35] |
| Robert Gibbs, Four and a Half Years Old, 1670. Owned by Miss Sarah Bigelow Hagar, Kendal Green, Mass. | facing [36] |
| Infant's Mitts, Sixteenth Century. In Essex Institute | [39] |
| Jane Bonner, Eight Years Old, 1700. Owned by Connecticut Historical Society | facing [42] |
| Infant's Robe, Cap, and Christening Blanket. In Memorial Hall, Deerfield, Mass. | [46] |
| Ellinor Cordes, Two Years Old, 1740. Owned by Mrs. St. Julian Ravenel, Charleston, S.C. | facing [48] |
| Daniel Ravenel, Five Years Old, 1765. Owned by Mrs. St. Julian Ravenel, Charleston, S.C. | facing [50] |
| Children's Shoes. In Bedford Historical Society, Bedford, Mass. | [51] |
| Gore Children, 1754. Painted by Copley. Owned by the Misses Robins, Boston, Mass. | facing [54] |
| Jonathan Mountfort, Seven Years Old, 1753. Painted by Copley. Owned by Mrs. Farlin, Detroit, Mich. | facing [58] |
| Boy's Suit of Clothing, 1784. In Memorial Hall, Deerfield, Mass. | facing [60] |
| Mary Lord, 1710 circa. Owned by Connecticut Historical Society. | facing [66] |
| "Erudition" Schoolhouse, Bath, Maine, 1797 | [70] |
| Oldtime School Certificate of Landlord of Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Mass. | [73] |
| "Old Harmony" Schoolhouse, Raritan Township, Hunterdon County, N.J. | [76] |
| Samuel Pemberton, Twelve Years Old, 1736. Owned by Miss Ellen M. Ward, Boston, Mass. | facing [78] |
| Nathan Hale Schoolhouse, East Haddam, Conn. | [82] |
| Old Brick Schoolhouse, Norwich, Conn. From "Old Houses of Norwich," by Miss Mary E. Perkins | [85] |
| Elizabeth Storer, Twelve Years Old, 1738. Painted by Smibert. Owned by Dr. Townsend, Boston, Mass. facing | [98] |
| Carved Busks. Owned by Essex Institute | [106] |
| "Dorothy Q." "Thirteen Summers," 1720 circa. Owned by Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, Mass. | facing [108] |
| Elizabeth Quincy Wendell, 1720 circa. Owned by Dr. Josiah L. Hale, Brookline, Mass. | facing [112] |
| Hornbook. Owned by Mrs. Anne Robinson Minturn, Shoreham, Vt. | facing[118] |
| Hornbook. Owned by Miss Grace L. Gordon, Flushing, L.I. | [120] |
| Back of Hornbook. Owned by Miss Grace L. Gordon | [123] |
| "The Royal Battledore" | facing [124] |
| "My New Battledore" | facing [126] |
| Reading-board, Erasmus Hall, Flatbush, L.I. | [127] |
| Page of New England Primer | [130] |
| "The Grammarian's Funeral" | facing [134] |
| "Readingmadeasy" | facing [136] |
| Page from Abraham Lincoln's Sum Book | facing [138] |
| Battledore, "Lessons in Numbers" | facing [140] |
| Title-page of "Cocker's Arithmetic" | [140] |
| "American Selection," by Noah Webster, Jr. | facing [142] |
| "The Little Reader's Assistant," by Noah Webster, Jr. | facing [144] |
| Exhibition "Piece" of Anne Reynolds | facing [152] |
| Ornamental Letter | [154] |
| Writing of Abiah Holbrook | facing [154] |
| David Waite, Seven Years Old. Owned by Professor Langley, Washington, D.C. | facing [158] |
| Page of "White" Bible | facing [162] |
| Anna Green Winslow. Owned by Miss Elizabeth Trott, Niagara Falls, N.Y. | facing [164] |
| Pages from Diary of Mary Osgood Sumner. Owned by Dr. P. H. Mell, Auburn, Ala. | facing [166] |
| Joshua Carter, Four Years Old. Painted by Charles Wilson Peale. Owned by Miss Anna Thaxter Reynolds, Boston, Mass. | facing [170] |
| Page from Diary of Anna Green Winslow | [174] |
| Samuel Torrey, Twelve Years Old, 1770. Owned by Miss Frances R. Morse, Boston, Mass. | facing [176] |
| The Copley Family | facing [180] |
| Facsimile from Sir Hugh Plat's "Jewel House of Art and Nature," 1653 | [183] |
| Polly Flagg, One Year Old, 1751. Painted by Smibert. Owned by Mrs. Albert Thorndike, Boston, Mass. | facing [184] |
| James Flagg, Five Years Old, 1744. Painted by Smibert. Owned by Mrs. Albert Thorndike, Boston, Mass. | facing [188] |
| Katherine Ten Broeck, Four Years Old, 1719. Owned by Miss Louise Livingstone Smith, Argyle, N.Y. | facing [192] |
| Illustration from "Plain Things for Little Folks" | [195] |
| Whispering Sticks | [198] |
| Illustration from "Early Seeds to produce Spring Flowers" | [201] |
| Cathalina Post, Fourteen Years Old, 1750. Owned by Dr. Van Santvoord, Kingston, N.Y. | facing [204] |
| Illustration from "Young Wilfrid" | facing [206] |
| William Verstile, 1769. Painted by Copley. Owned by Mrs. Charles Pinney, Derby, Conn. | facing [210] |
| The Pepperell Children. Owned by Miss Alice Longfellow, Cambridge, Mass. | facing [214] |
| Title-page of the "School of Manners" | [216] |
| Page of the "School of Manners" | [218] |
| Thomas Aston Coffin, Three Years Old. Painted by Copley. Owned by heirs of Miss Anne S. Robbins, Boston, Mass. | facing [222] |
| Mrs. John Hesselius and her Children, John and Caroline. Painted by John Hesselius. Owned by Mrs. Ridgeley, Baltimore, Md. | facing [228] |
| Charlotte and Elizabeth Hesselius. 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. | facing [254] |
| Illustration from "Original Poetry for Young Minds" | [256] |
| Page of "Hieroglyphick Bible." Owned by American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. | [259] |
| Title-page of "Merry Tales of the Wise Men of Gotham" | [266] |
| Page of "Merry Tales of the Wise Men of Gotham" | [267] |
| "The Renowned History of Goody Two Shoes" | facing [270] |
| Title-page of "A New Lottery Book" | [274] |
| Two Pages of "A New Lottery Book" | [276] |
| Frontispiece of "Be Merry and Wise." Owned by American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. | [278] |
| Title-page of "Be Merry and Wise." Owned by American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. | [282] |
| Page of "Cobwebs to catch Flies" | [284] |
| Woodcut by Bewick. "William and Amelia." From "The Looking Glass for the Mind" | [286] |
| Woodcut by Bewick. "Caroline, or A Lesson to cure Vanity." From "The Looking Glass for the Mind" | [289] |
| Woodcut by Bewick. "Sir John Denham and his Worthy Tenant." From "The Looking Glass for the Mind" | [291] |
| Woodcut by Bewick. "Clarissa, or The Grateful Orphan." From "The Looking Glass for the Mind" | [294] |
| Page from "The Juvenile Biographer" | [296] |
| "The Juvenile Biographer" | facing [298] |
| Two Pages of "The Father's Gift" | facing [300] |
| Page of "Vice in its Proper Shape." Owned by American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. | [302] |
| "The Good Girl at her Wheel" | [307] |
| Illustration from "Plain Things for Little Folks" | [309] |
| Anne Lennod's Sampler | [313] |
| Colonel Wadsworth and his Son. Painted by Trumbull. Owned by Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn. | facing [316] |
| Jerusha Pitkin's Embroidery and Frame. 1751. Copyrighted. Owned by Mrs. William Lee, Boston, Mass. | [324] |
| Lora Standish's Sampler. In Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Mass | [327] |
| Fleetwood-Quincy Sampler. Owned by Mrs. Swan, Cambridge, Mass | [330] |
| Polly Coggeshall's Sampler. Owned by Miss Julia Hazard Thomas, Flushing, L. I. | [334] |
| Flowered Apron, 1750 circa. Owned by Mrs. Swan, Cambridge, Mass | [336] |
| Mary Richard's Sampler. Owned by Miss Elizabeth Wendell van Rensselaer | [337] |
| Ancient Lace Pillow, Reels, and Pockets. In Essex Institute, Salem, Mass | [340] |
| "Scotch Hoppers" from "Juvenile Games for the Four Seasons" | [345] |
| Ancient Skates. In Deerfield Memorial Hall | facing [346] |
| "Skating." From Old Picture Book | [349] |
| Cornelius D. Wynkoop, Eight Years Old, 1742. Owned by James D. Wynkoop, Esq., Hurley, N.Y. | facing [352] |
| Page from "Youthful Sports" | [355] |
| Stephen Row Bradley, 1800 circa. Owned by Arthur C. Bradley, Esq., Newport, N. H. | facing [356] |
| Dolls' Furniture. One Hundred Years Old. In Bedford Historical Society | [359] |
| Ancient Doll | [362] |
| Old Rag Doll. In Bedford Historical Society. | [363] |
| "French Doll." In Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. | [364] |
| "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] |
| Old Jackknives. In Deerfield Memorial Hall. | [370] |
| "Bangwell Putt." In Deerfield Memorial Hall | facing [370] |
| White House Doll. Owned by Mrs. Clement, Newburyport, Mass. | [372] |
| Ancient Tin Toy | [373] |
| Doll's Wicker Coach | [374] |
| Stella Bradley Bellows, 1800 circa. Owned by Arthur C. Bradley, Esq., Newport, N. H. | facing [378] |
| Daisy Chain. | [381] |
| Playing Marbles | [385] |
| Spanish Dolls. In Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. | [389] |
| Leaf Boats. Made from Leaves of Flower de Luce | [395] |