Engravings, their value in First-books for children, the preferable kind, 184, 186,
Enunciation, a method of pru
ducing it clear and distinct, Food, what kind is most prop-
Exercise, should be propor-Foreign Language, of learn- tioned to age, &c. 25; the ing to speak, 257. importance of exercise, 66; Frankness, 429.
a propensity to activity French Language, 226. should never be checked, Friendships of private and 66; the habits of the an- public life, 148. cients referred to, 66; ath-Fruit-pies, or ripe Fruit, ser- letic exercises necessary for viceable to the constitutions boys, 67; of the exercise of children, 25. of the chace, 69; of frivo-
lous amusements, 70; ex-Genius, indications of, 275. ercises might be rendered Geography, how it may be ac- beneficial to the mind, 70; quired in learning the the best times for taking Classics, 240; geographic exercise, 71; young chil- studies, 328.
dren should be kept from Geometry, 262.
places of public worship, Glossaries, the usefulness of
and all situations of con-
finement, 191.
Grammar, of learning it by
Experience or Nature, of fol- rote, 218; the proper time
Fables objected to, 184, 199.
Falsehoods, 421.
for learning, 219; of the improper formation
Fame, it's dangers, from Plu-Grace of action, 389.
tarch, 147. Fathers, their general inatten-
Greatness, how prostituted, 385
tion to the nursery censur-Greek Language, when it
ed, 56. Fear,of it's dominion, 302;
of preserving children from it's influence 435. Fine Arts, 355. Firmness of Mind, 149; in
danger, 439; in pain, 440; in losses by death, 440; in old age, 441; in death it- self, 441.
may be begun to be acquir- ed 247; it's superiority over other languages, 247; the most proper books in teach- ing, 248; of teaching the rudiments, 249; of teach- ing it through the medium of Latin, 250.
Habits, of the importance of Labour, the habit of, necessa- fixing those which are ry in every sphere of life, proper, 51; the tempers of children frequently ruined Language, to learn one, an at an early age, 54; tri- easy attainment, 222; the fling vanity instituted, 55; method, 223.
foreign, difficulty of teach- ing them to children, 196;
and cruelty, 55; the gen-Languages which are dead or eral neglect of fathers, 56; a summary of parental du- 'ties, 56. Hebrew language, to whom necessary, 372. Henry iv, of France compared with Dionysius, as a pre- ceptor, 302. History, 153; 339. Honour, it's dubious import, 385. Hunting, 405. Hydrostatics. 312.
the age when a child may be taught an addition- al language 221; a method of teaching proposed, 223; on the application of a child to a dead language before he knows his own, 219; 226; of making the study of language agreeable and pleasant, 220; requisites in learning a language, 221; disadvantages of being ac- quainted with one lan- guage only, 230; of learn- ing to speak a foreign lan- guage, 257. Latin language, it's excel- lence, 229; a method of learning, 235; books re- commended for teaching Latin, 237; pupils ought
read prose- before poetry, 241; of writing Latin exercises, 243; of Latin yerses, or themes, 243; a list of valuable Lat- in initiatory books, 246; the reason why boys make so wretched a proficiency in this language, 290. Law, 350.
Learning, classical, should be
of their dressing fantastical- ly, 28. Oratory, see Rhetoric. Optics, $12.
Parental affection, 82. Parents, on their conduct to preceptors, 113. Pastor, description of a true one, 370.
Pedantry, in what it consists, 326.
Perseverance in studies urged, 153. Perspective, 394.
Philosophy, natural, 311. Plain-dealing, 417. Plays, the superiority of those written by Madame de Gen lis, 200; of reciting speech es out of, 201. Playthings, see Toys. Pleasing in conversation, 400. Plutarch's excellence, as a biographer, 253. Pneumatics, 312. Poetic compositions, 207, Politics, 349. Politeness, 398. Poor, on their education, 462; boarding schools for them, 465,
Portuguese, the habits of their children, as to learning to read, 286.
Praise, as an excitement to procure attention, 301.
ing the quarrels of chil dren, 98; of marking out a district for play-hours, 98; school vacations, 993 leading objects and quali ties of a tutor, 100; the sit- uations of mankind prevent the best mode of education from being adopted, 107; au account of the literary exertions of the Countess de Genlis for her pupils, 109. Prejudice, 450. Premature Induction, it's per- nicious effects, 73 it's in- humanity, 74; what pa- ture requires, 76; the su- perior success of initiation at a more advanced age, 77; yet habits of application should be acquired early, in studies adapted to the pu pil's age, 78; with respect to manners, 79; opinions on this subject by Quintil ian, 80; Mr. Gregory, 81. Prints, of the Defects of those
intended for children, 62. Profession, on the choice of
one, 363; clerical, 370, Public worship, of taking young children to such places, 191.
Puffing, on the modern art of, 205.0
Punishments, 166, 178. 1
Preceptress of a village, a re-Pupil, Rousseau's interesting
spectable character, 82. Preceptor, his duty, 83; his qualities, 89; of method in teaching, 94; respect-
picture of one, 134.
Pupils, of varying incitements to their different characters, 303.
Quakers, the mildness of their Rich (the), their occupations,
Salt and Spice, unwholesome, 24. School-boys, of limiting them to a district, 98; of intro- ducing them into company, 99; of their sports and pas- times, 99.
Schools, parochial, highly necessary, 464; also schools for girls, 465.
Quarrels of children, of the Rocking, 35, 41, 44. difficulty of deciding them, 98.4:04. .7 0.1 og de Ri Reading Lessons, of what kind they should consist at first, 186.0 Reading, on the Art of, 182; of teaching the letters as play or amusement, 185; of first books, 184, 195; the holy scriptures improp- erly used, 186; of improp-Science, in general, 324. er books, 188; a method Scotland, the love of learning -"of teaching a clear and dis- prevalent there, 157. tinct'; enunciation, 190; Sensual affections, 455. what are particularly to be avoided in teaching the art of reading, 192; the art of -reading important, 192; definition of a good read- er, 193; by whom only reading can be taught, 194; Betterton's admonition,
Servants, impropriety of chil- dren passing time with them, 48; neatness in ser- vants necessary, 48; vari- ous considerations respect- ing, 49; effects resulting from keeping trains of un- necessary servants, 50,
9/194;9 children should be Shape of the body, 458. examined whether they Shooting, as an amusement, understand what they read, 405.
197; on a taste for reading, Short-hand, 216.
210; of mechanic assist-Slave-Trade adverted to, 164,
ances in reading, 213.
Reasoning faculty, 272. Reformation, public, in what manner it can only be tempted, 53.
tioned to the age of chil- dren, 31; of awakening at-children, 32; of playing with children when asleep, 32; a regulation with re- spect to sleep, 33.
Refractory children, how to govern, 179.
Religion, 451; true religion described, 453.
Sounds, the attention which children pay to them, 181,
Repetition, it's utility, 299. Speaking well, 408,
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