[Footnote 129]: This is the interesting plan of the Public Educational Institution and Orphanage in Helba, with which admirers of Froebel are probably already well acquainted. It is given in full in Lange's "Froebel," vol. i., p. 401.
[Footnote 130]: Say £100.
[Footnote 131]: In 1829.
[Footnote 132]: The Wartensee is a small lake in the canton Luzern, not far from Sempach.
[Footnote 133]: About 30s.
[Footnote 134]: Auf Schuster's Rappen,—i.e., on foot. (This was in 1832.)
[Footnote 135]: A small town not far away, still in the canton Luzern.
[Footnote 136]: This was a familiar name for the devil, till a few years back, in Germany; surprisingly recalling the term "Eumenides" for the Greek Furies, since it originated in a desire to speak of so powerful an enemy in respectful terms, lest he should take offence.
[Footnote 137]: A Swiss educational writer of great power and charm. His school books, "Sur la langue maternelle," are really valuable.
[Footnote 138]: The editors venture to call attention to these little facts as a sample of the extraordinary devotion and sacrifice which Froebel knew how to inspire in his colleagues. This exchange of Barop and Middendorff took place in 1833.