CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE |
|---|---|
| PREFACE | [7] |
| I. THE CHILD IN MEXICO | [15]-[38] |
| The people | [15] |
| Women and marriage | [16] |
| Birth | [18] |
| Casting the nativity of the infant | [19] |
| Baptizing and naming child | [19] |
| Care and treatment of children | [19] |
| Dress | [24] |
| Food and drink | [25] |
| Lore | [27] |
| Human sacrifice | [28] |
| Slavery | [30] |
| Industries | [30] |
| Couriers | [33] |
| Amusements | [33] |
| Education | [36] |
| II. THE CHILD IN PERU | [39]-[51] |
| The people | [39] |
| Buildings | [41] |
| Dress | [41] |
| Food, drink, narcotics | [42] |
| Marriage | [43] |
| Care and treatment of children | [44] |
| The Virgins of the Sun | [44] |
| Human sacrifice | [45] |
| Industries | [45] |
| Training of the Inca and the Order of the Huaracu | [49] |
| Education | [50] |
| III. THE CHILD IN EGYPT | [52]-[84] |
| The country | [52] |
| The people | [53] |
| Slavery | [54] |
| The home | [55] |
| Women and marriage | [57] |
| Child and parent | [58] |
| Dress | [59] |
| Food and drink | [62] |
| Food and clothing of children | [64] |
| Industries | [65] |
| Sickness and death | [74] |
| Child and religion | [76] |
| Amusements | [76] |
| Games, plays, and toys | [81] |
| Education | [82] |
| IV. THE CHILD IN INDIA | [85]-[103] |
| Caste | [85] |
| Women and marriage | [85] |
| Boys and girls | [96] |
| Infanticide | [97] |
| Dress | [98] |
| Amusements | [98] |
| Rites | [99] |
| Adoption | [99] |
| Inheritance | [100] |
| Education | [100] |
| V. THE CHILD IN CHINA | [104]-[129] |
| Women and marriage | [104] |
| Infancy | [112] |
| Boys and girls | [115] |
| Child and parent | [116] |
| Deformation of the feet | [117] |
| Amusements | [118] |
| Dress | [121] |
| Religion | [122] |
| Education | [123] |
| VI. THE CHILD IN JAPAN | [130]-[160] |
| Women | [130] |
| Marriage | [134] |
| The mother's memorial | [138] |
| Dress | [140] |
| Regulations | [140] |
| The care of children | [143] |
| Naming children | [145] |
| Carrying children | [145] |
| Adoption and inheritance | [145] |
| Power and duty of father | [146] |
| Amusements | [146] |
| Lore | [152] |
| Religion | [155] |
| Suicide | [155] |
| Work | [156] |
| Education | [157] |
| VII. THE CHILD IN PERSIA | [161]-[166] |
| Characteristics | [161] |
| Women and marriage | [161] |
| Dress | [163] |
| Child and parent | [163] |
| Inheritance | [163] |
| Amusements | [164] |
| Education | [164] |
| VIII. THE CHILD IN JUDEA | [167]-[176] |
| Historical | [167] |
| Women and marriage | [167] |
| Care and treatment of children | [170] |
| Duties of children | [171] |
| Dress | [171] |
| Amusements | [173] |
| Education | [173] |
| IX. THE CHILD IN GREECE | [177]-[211] |
| Physical characteristics | [177] |
| The people | [177] |
| The home | [178] |
| Girls and women | [178] |
| Marriage | [182] |
| Dress | [186] |
| Food | [190] |
| Child and parent | [191] |
| Care of children | [191] |
| Infanticide | [193] |
| Duties of children | [194] |
| Adoption and inheritance | [194] |
| Toys and playthings | [194] |
| Games and plays | [195] |
| Sports and festivals | [197] |
| Other amusements | [199] |
| Sickness and death | [201] |
| Religion | [202] |
| Education | [203] |
| X. THE CHILD IN ROME | [212]-[263] |
| Characteristics | [212] |
| The people | [213] |
| Slavery | [214] |
| The home | [215] |
| Women | [218] |
| Marriage | [224] |
| Dress | [231] |
| Food | [237] |
| Child and parent | [238] |
| Names | [239] |
| Care and treatment of children | [239] |
| Citizenship | [240] |
| Inheritance | [241] |
| Adoption | [242] |
| Sickness and death | [243] |
| Industries | [246] |
| The spectacles | [249] |
| Other amusements | [253] |
| The bath | [254] |
| Games and plays | [254] |
| Religion | [255] |
| Vestal Virgins | [255] |
| Education | [257] |
| XI. THE CHILD IN EARLIER AND MEDIEVAL EUROPE | [264]-[312] |
| Historical and critical | [264] |
| Feudalism | [265] |
| The feudal castle and its life | [267] |
| Chivalry | [268] |
| The peasantry | [271] |
| The town people | [273] |
| The aristocracy | [275] |
| The home | [276] |
| Women | [277] |
| Marriage | [279] |
| Dress | [282] |
| Food | [285] |
| Children of the ancient Britons | [287] |
| Children among the early Christians | [289] |
| Child and parent | [289] |
| Care and treatment of children | [290] |
| Apprenticeship | [290] |
| Military training for the young | [291] |
| Amusements | [292] |
| Education | [296] |
| The children's crusade | [302] |
| Other child-pilgrimages | [310] |
| XII. THE CHILD IN EARLIER UNITED STATES | [313]-[455] |
| Customs relating to land | [313] |
| The people | [314] |
| Slavery | [316] |
| Servants | [318] |
| The home | [322] |
| Women | [334] |
| Marriage | [336] |
| Dress | [348] |
| Infants' clothing | [359] |
| Boys' clothing | [360] |
| Girls' clothing | [361] |
| Food | [364] |
| Drink | [369] |
| Food and drink of children | [374] |
| Infancy | [376] |
| Number and names of children | [379] |
| Child welfare | [380] |
| Manners and courtesy of children | [382] |
| Diary of a Boston school girl of 1771 | [384] |
| Inheritance | [388] |
| Sickness and death | [389] |
| The illness of children | [396] |
| Amusements | [398] |
| Games and sports of children and young people | [407] |
| Children's toys and story books | [412] |
| Holidays and festivals | [413] |
| Public punishments | [416] |
| Manufactures | [421] |
| Boys' work and manufactures | [422] |
| Girls' and women's work | [423] |
| Religion | [428] |
| The child and religion | [438] |
| Education | [442] |
| INDEX | [457] |
THE HISTORICAL CHILD