Comenius and the Beginnings of Educational Reform

by W. S. Monroe

[50] Translated and annotated by W. N. Hailmann. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1887. pp. 332.

[51] Fröbel’s educational laws for all teachers. By James L. Hughes. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1897. pp. 296.

[52] Herbart and the Herbartians. By Charles De Garmo. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1895. pp. 268.

[53] See Herbart’s Science of education. Translated from the German, with a biographical introduction by Henry M. and Emmie Felkin. Boston: D.C. Heath & Co., 1895. pp. 268.

[54] The place of Comenius in the history of education. Proceedings of the National Education Association for 1892. pp. 723–728.

[55] An excellent account of the national Comenius pedagogical library will be found in: Die pädagogischen Bibliotheken, Schulmuseen und ständigen Lehrmittelausstellungen der Welt. Von Julius Beeger. Leipzig: Zangenberg & Himly, 1892. pp. 84.

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INDEX

• Alsted, John H., [43].
• Andreæ, John Valentine, [35].
• Aquaviva, [3].
• Aquinas, Thomas, [7].
• Aristotle, Politics, [2];
  • philosophy of, [7].
• Arithmetic, [116].
• Arts, [99].
• Ascham, Roger, on humanism, [12];
  • the Scholemaster, [13].
• Atrium, [65], [129].
  
• Bacon, Francis, dangers of science, [22];
  • views on education, [23]–$2;
  • criticisms on English education, [56];
  • education according to nature, [148].
• Bardeen, C. W., editor of Orbis pictus, [175];
  • text-book of Comenius, [177].
• Barnard, Henry, contributions to the literature of Comenius, [178].
• Barnes, Earl, on the reforms of Comenius, [167].
• Basedow, Johann Bernhard, educational theories and labors, [149]–$2.
• Bateus, William, the Janua, [36], [125].
• Baur, G., sketch of Comenius, [179].
• Beeger, Julius, relation to the Comenius-Stiftung, [169];
  • translation of the writings of Comenius, [176].
• Benham, Daniel, translation of School of infancy, [110].
• Bibliography of Comenius, [177]–$2.
• Blodgett, James H., call of Comenius to Harvard, [81].
• Bowen, H. Courthope, relation of Fröbel to Comenius, [159].
• Browning, Oscar, on humanism, [1];
  • on the study of Latin, [4].
• Bruni, Leonardo, an early humanist, [8].
• Buisson, Ferdinand, Vives on pauperism, [18];
  • the pedagogical writings of Comenius, [180].
• Butler, Nicholas Murray, forerunners of Comenius, [15];
• meaning of infancy, [86];
• permanent influence of Comenius, [165], [177].
  
• Cæsar, Commentaries, [2].
• Campanella, Thomas, on study of nature, [35].
• Comenius, John Amos, forerunners, [15];
  • relation to Vives, [16];
  • agreement with Bacon, [23];
  • influenced by Ratke, [28];
  • obligations to Bateus, [36];
  • birth at Nivnitz, [38];
  • ancestry, [39];
  • classical training at Prerau, [40];
  • studies at Herborn, [42];
  • matriculation at Heidelberg, [44];
  • teacher in an elementary school, [44];
  • ordination as a minister, [45];
  • exile in the Bohemian mountains, [46];
  • flight from Bohemia, [47];
  • literary connections, [48];
  • first call to Sweden, [49];
  • call to England, [53];
  • English friends, [54];
  • failure of English schemes, [55];
  • second call to Sweden, [56];
  • relations with Lewis de Geer, [57];
  • location at Elbing, [60];
  • ordination as senior bishop of the Moravian Brethren, [61];
  • ecclesiastical ministrations, [62];
  • call to Hungary, [63];
  • organization of the schools at Saros-Patak, [64];
  • return to Poland, [69];
  • flight to Amsterdam, [71];
  • complete edition of his works, [72];
  • death at Amsterdam, [76];
  • burial at Naärden, [76];
  • marriage and children, [77];
  • alleged call to presidency of Harvard College, [78];
  • portraits, [81];
  • the Great didactic, [83]–$2;
  • the School of infancy, [109]–$2;
  • the Janua, [123]–$2;
  • the Atrium and the Vestibulum, [129]–$2;
  • the Orbis pictus, [130]–$2;
  • Methodus novissima, [138]–$2;
  • influence on modern educators, [142];
  • on Francke, [143]–$2;
  • on Rousseau, [146]–$2;
  • on Basedow, [149]–$2;
  • on Pestalozzi, [153]–$2;
  • on Fröbel, [158]–$2;
  • on Herbart, [162]–$2;
  • permanent influence, [165]–171;
  • bibliography, [177]–$2.
• Comenius-Blätter, [172].
• Comenius-Gesellschaft, [170].
• Comenius-Stiftung, [169].
• Compayré, Gabriel, the Orbis pictus, [137];
  • sketch of Comenius, [177].
• Cordier, Maturin, condition of education in France in the 16th century, [4].
  
• Daguet, A., sketch of Comenius, [180].
• Davidson, Thomas, relation of Rousseau to Comenius, [146].
• De Garmo, Charles, Fröbel and Comenius, [162].
• De Geer, Lawrence, aid to Comenius, [71].
• De Geer, Lewis, patron of Comenius, [57].
• De Schweinitz, Edmund, account of the Unitas fratrum, [178].
• Discipline of schools, [89], [106]–$2.
• Dunster, Henry, president of Harvard College, [78].
• Durie, John, connection with Comenius, [54].
  
• Elbing, the Prussian home of Comenius, [60].
• Émile, [146].
• Erasmus, on classical learning, [8], [24].
  
• Fables, [117].
• Fiske, John, meaning of infancy, [86].
• Food of children, [116].
• Francke, August Hermann, studies at Kiel and Leipzig, [143];
  • organization of the Pædagogium at Halle, [144];
  • attitude toward classical learning, [145].
• Fröbel, Friedrich, obligations to Comenius, [159];
  • studies with Pestalozzi, [159];
  • views on the education of women, [161].
    
• Galileo, opposed by the humanists, [9].
• Geography, [116], [138].
• Gindely, Anton, life of Comenius, [178].
• Girls, education of, [88].
• Gotha, Ratke’s experiment at, [31].
• Great didactic, [36], [63]–$2.
• Groos, Karl, on play, [118].
  
• Hall, G. Stanley, value of the Orbis pictus, [137];
  • influence of Pestalozzi, [156].
• Hanus, Paul H., call of Comenius to Harvard College, [79];
  • correlation, [97];
  • permanent influence of Comenius, [177].
• Hark, John Max, personal characteristics of Comenius, [177].
• Harris, William T., [126].
• Hartlib, Samuel, account of, [51]–$2.
• Harvard College, alleged call of Comenius to the presidency of, [78]–$2.
• Heidelberg, matriculation of Comenius at the university, [44].
• Henry VIII, relations with Vives, [19].
• Herbert, Johann Friedrich, obligations to Comenius, [162];
  • effect of instruction on character, [163];
  • doctrine of interest, [164].
• Herborn, studies of Comenius at, [42].
• History, [116].
• Hoole, Charles, editor of the Orbis pictus, [133], [177].
• Hughes, James L., Fröbel and the education of women, [161].
• Hughes, Thomas, account of Loyola, [5].
• Humanism, [1-]14.
• Hus, John, first bishop of the Moravian Brethren, [38].
  
• Infancy, meaning of, [86];
  • Comenius’ School of infancy, [103], [109]–$2.
• Interest, doctrine of, [163].
  
• Janua, of Bateus, [87];
  • of Comenius, [65], [125]–$2.
• Jena, relations to Ratke, [29];
  • pedagogical seminary, [145].
• Jesuits, the Ratio studiorum of, [5];
  • devotion to Latin eloquence, [7].
• Justinus, Laurentius, bishop of the Moravian Brethren, [61].
  
• Kant, Immanuel, on the labors of Basedow, [152].
• Keatinge, M. W., quoted, [39], [57];
  • edition of the Great didactic, [84], [175].
• Keller, Ludwig, editor of Monatshefte der Comenius Gesellschaft, [170], [178].
• Kindergarten, [158].
• Komensky, Martin, father of John Amos Comenius, [38].
• Kvacsala, Johann, sketch of Comenius, [178].
  
• Language, [100], [123]–$2.
• Latin, schools, [105];
  • study of, [2].
• Laurie, S. S., quoted, [137];
  • edition of the Great didactic, [176];
  • place of Comenius in the history of education, [177].
• Leipzig, study of pedagogy at the university, [145];
  • national pedagogical library, [169].
• Lindner, G. A., edition of the Great didactic, [176].
• Luther, Martin, [69].
  
• Magnalia of Cotton Mather, [78].
• Masson, David, quoted, [52].
• Mather, Cotton, call of Comenius to Harvard, [78].
• Maxwell, William II., text-books of Comenius, [134], [177].
• Melanchthon, Philip, on classical learning, [9], [24].
• Mental training, [115]–$2.
• Methods of instruction, [97]–$2.
• Methodus novissima, [138]–$2.
• Monatshefte der Comenius-Gesellschaft, [171], [178].
• Monroe, Will S., call of Comenius to Harvard College, [81];
  • edition of the School of infancy, [110], [175].
• Montaigne, on humanism, [11].
• Moral training, [101], [120].
• Moravian Brethren, [38].
• Mulcaster, Richard, on humanism, [13].
• Müller, Joseph, bibliography of Comenius, [110].
• Munroe, James P., on Rabelais, [10];
  • sketch of Comenius, [177].
• Music, [119].
  
• Naärden, burial place of Comenius, [76].
• Naturalism, [1].
• Nature, education according to, [90]–$2.
• Nivnitz, birthplace of Comenius, [38].
• Nursing of children, [114].
  
• Orbis pictus, [69], [130]–$2.
• Oxenstiern, Axel, [33], [58], [62].
• Oxford, university of, [63].
  
• Pædagogium at Halle, [144].
• Pansophia, [51], [53], [64].
• Paulsen, Friedrich, on European universities, [3].
• Pestalozzi, anticipated by Comenius, [116];
  • influenced by the Émile, [153];
  • domestic education, [154];
  • study of nature, [156];
  • geography, [157].
• Philanthropinum of Basedow, [152].
• Physical training, [113]–$2.
• Pictures, use of, [98].
• Play, [160].
• Portraits of Comenius, [81].
• Private education, [87].
• Purpose of education, [85]–$2.
  
• Quick, Robert Hebert, quoted, [9], [169];
  • estimate of Comenius, [177].
• Quintilian, [99].
  
• Rabelais, on humanism, [10].
• Ratio studiorum of the Jesuits, [5].
• Ratke, Wolfgang, [28]–$2, [59].
• Raumer, Karl von, [5], [6], [16], [17], [128].
• Realism, [1].
• Rein, Wilhelm, [145], [179].
• Religious training, [102], [120]–$2.
• Ritter, Karl, [157].
• Rousseau, Jean Jacques, [146]–$2.
  
• Saros-Patak, [64].
• Schiller, Hermann, [145].
• School of infancy, [103], [109]–$2, [175].
• Science, [98].
• Sense-training, [115], [147].
• Skyte, John, [58].
• Spencer, Herbert, [148].
• Sturm, John, [3], [5], [7], [14].
• Symbolism of Fröbel, [162].
  
• Trotzendorf, Valentine Friedland, [3].
  
• University, [105].
  
• Vergarius, Petrus Paulus, [8].
• Vernier, A. C., edition of the Janua, [129].
• Vestibulum, [129].
• Vittorino da Feltre, [8].
• Vives, John Lewis, account of educational views, [16]–$2.
• Volkelt, Johannes, [145].
• Volksschule of Germany, [158].
• Vostrovsky, Clara, [40].
• Vrbka, Anton, life of Comenius, [178].
  
• Westphalia, treaty of, [62].
• Women, education of, [18], [88].
  
• Zerotin, Karl von, patron of Comenius, [46].
• Zoubek, Franz, edition of Comenius’ writings, [176].