CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION[xi]
THE BABEES’ BOOK[1]
THE A B C OF ARISTOTLE[9]
URBANITATIS[11]
THE LITTLE CHILDREN’S LITTLE BOOK[16]
THE YOUNG CHILDREN’S BOOK[21]
STANS PUER AD MENSAM[26]
HOW THE GOOD WIFE TAUGHT HER DAUGHTER[31]
HOW THE WISE MAN TAUGHT HIS SON[43]
JOHN RUSSELL’S BOOK OF NURTURE[47]
THE BOOK OF COURTESY[79]
SYMON’S LESSON OF WISDOM FOR ALL MANNER CHILDREN[122]
HUGH RHODES’S BOOK OF NURTURE[126]
FRANCIS SEAGER’S SCHOOL OF VIRTUE[141]
RICHARD WESTE’S SCHOOL OF VIRTUE, THE SECOND PART, OR THE YOUNG SCHOLAR’S PARADISE[157]
NOTES[179]
FOOTNOTES[204]