Bible. Vol I. Old Testament. Vol II. New Testament. Macmillan,
1899. $.50 each. Bible stories told in the language of the Bible,
edited especially for children, printed in small volumes, without
illustrations. Invaluable for telling the Bible stories.
Smith, Elva S. and Hazeltine, Alice I. Christmas in Legend and
Story. Lothrop. 1915. 283 p. $1.50. Excellent collection of stories
and poems, illustrated from famous paintings.
_B._ Moral and social.
Burgess, Gelett. The Goops and How to be Them. Stokes. 190 p.
Illus. $1.50. Funny rhymes and pictures to teach very little
children manners and morals.
†Cabot, Ella L. and others. A Course in Citizenship. Houghton.
1914. 386 p. Bibl. $1.25. Authorized by Mass. Branch of Amer.
School Peace League. Training for citizenship in home, playground,
neighborhood, nation, the world family. Compilation of illustrative
stories and quotations.
Cabot, Ella L. Ethics for Children. Houghton. 1910. 254 p. Bibl.
$1.25. Stories, poems and quotations, classified under specific
ethical traits, arranged also by school years. Valuable for home
use, with relatively slight following of yearly classification.
Dewey, John. Moral Principles in Education. Houghton. 1909. 60 p.
$.35. Moral principles as a part of the method of education.
Field, Jessie and Nearing, Scott. Community Civics. Macmillan.
1915. 270 p. Illus. $.60. Practical ways of teaching civic
responsibility and action to children; especially prepared for
rural life.
Gulliver, Lucile. The Friendship of Nations. Ginn. 1912. 293 p.
Illus. $.60. Story of the Peace Movement, told in stories, for
children.
†James, Wm. Psychology (Briefer Course.) Holt. 1910. 477 p. Illus.
$1.50. Chapter on Habits and Will; application of psychology to
their training.
King, Henry C. Rational Living. Macmillan. 1905. 271 p. $1.25.
Standards of conduct; working with nature; application of
psychological principles to moral training.
Mumford, Edith E. R. The Dawn of Character. (Chap. XI.)
O’Shea, M. V. Social Development and Education. Macmillan. 1909.
575 p. Bibl. $2.00. Training in social development from infancy, in
daily life and by special methods.
Payot, Jules. The Education of the Will. Funk. 1909. 448 p. $1.50.
Education in early childhood; training in inhibition, self-control
of appetites and emotions; will power.
Sneath, E. Hershey and Hodges, Geo. Moral Training in Home and
School. Macmillan. 1914. 221 p. $.80.
Pritchard, Myron T. and Tarkington, Grace. Stories of thrift for
Young Americans. Scribner. 1915. 221 p. $.60. Story-discussions for
children on phases of thrift, saving time and resources, spending
money; ownership.
_C._ Eugenics and sex education.
Bigelow, Maurice A. Methods in Sex Education. Macmillan. 1916. 150
p. $1.00. A thorough review of the history and pedagogy of sex
education. A most valuable handbook for the educator and parent.
Annotated bibliography.
Chapman, Mrs. Rose W. How Shall I Tell my Child? Revell. 1912. 62
p. $.25. Simple, giving biological facts with beauty and poetry, as
a little child appreciates them.
Lyttleton, Rev. E. Training of the Young in Laws of Sex. Longman.
1912. 117 p. $1.00. Written for parents and teachers. Points out
methods of instruction and training, and the relating of this
subject to other phases of life. Does not include biological data.
Morley, Margaret W. The Spark of Life. Revell. 1913. 62 p. $.25.
Simple stories of nature, as told to a little child.
(See also Chap. IV, especially Cabot, Foerster, Jewett, March,
Smith; and Chap. XVII, Bigelow, Morley.)
II. Kindergarten and First Grade. Bradley. $1.25. Suggestions for
handwork, stories, educational play, for mothers and kindergartners.
Kindergarten-Primary Magazine. Kindergarten Magazine Co., Manistee,
Mich. $1.00. Also popular magazine for mothers and kindergartners.
Religious Education. Rel. Ed. Assn. (See below.) $3.00. Valuable
articles on religious education in childhood and adolescence, both
in home, school and church. Non-sectarian.
Teachers College Record. Teachers College. $1.50. Valuable reports
and articles on progressive and practical educational work, by
members of Teachers College faculty.
Pedagogical Seminary. (See Chap. V.)
(For popular magazines on child training see list Chap. I.)
III. International Kindergarten Union. Bradley.
Professional organization of kindergartners. Annual meeting.
The Montessori Educational Association, Washington, D. C.
Membership organization.
Moral Education League. Washington, D. C. Membership organization
for the promotion of moral education in home and school. Issues
leaflets and books.
National Education Association. Professional organization of
educators in all fields. Annual meeting. Reports of proceedings
contain many valuable papers on all phases of education.
National Kindergarten Association. New York City. Encourages
development of kindergartens in new centers.
Religious Education Association. 330 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago.
Membership organization of educators, clergy, parents and laymen of
all sects, interested in the furtherance of religious education and
religious pedagogy. Annual meeting. Reports of proceedings contain
valuable papers.
U.S. Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C. Dr. Philander P.
Claxton, Commissioner of Education. Through its various divisions
gathers data and statistics, makes surveys, disseminates
information. Issues monthly bibliography and pamphlets, and annual
report.
CHAPTER XI. STUDY OF INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN
Davis, Jesse B. Vocational and Moral Guidance. Ginn. 1914. 303 p.
Bibl. $1.25. Contains suggestions for study of personality and
abilities.
Dearborn, George. Motor-Sensory Development. Warwick. 1910. 215 p.
Illus. $1.50. A psychologist’s observations of his daughter during
the first three years.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Golden Age. Lane. 1905. 225 p. $1.00. Stories
revealing the mind and feelings of four young children who were not
understood by their elders.
Hoag, E. B. Health Index of Children. Whitaker & Ray-Wiggin Co. San
Francisco. 1910. 188 p. $.80. Points for observation in physical
examination; methods of physical inspection.
Major, David R. First Steps in Mental Growth. Macmillan. 1906. 355
p. Illus. $1.25. Observations made by the author during the first
three years of his son’s development; includes sensory development,
motor activities, drawing, language, feelings, fears.
Montessori, Maria. Pedagogical Anthropology. (_c_) Stokes. 1913.
508 p. Illus. $3.50. Studies in physical growth and condition of
children, with special reference to education; methods.
Mumford, Edith E. R. The Dawn of Character. Longman. 1911. 225 p.
$1.20. A study of child life; includes studies of different types
of children.
Parsons, Frank. Choosing a Vocation. Houghton. 1909. 165 p. $1.00.
Detailed outlines for study of personality, tastes, abilities.
Partridge, George E. Outlines of Individual Study. Sturgis.
1910. 240 p. Bibl. $1.25. Popular survey of methods of physical
inspection, psychological tests, study of personality.
Perez, Bernard. First Three Years of Childhood. Barnes. 294 p.
$1.50. Trans. from French. A father’s observations on physical and
psychological development of his son.
Shinn, Milicent W. The Biography of a Baby. Houghton. 1900. 247
p. $1.50. Story of the physical and mental development during the
first year; the author’s observations of her niece.
Terman, Lewis M. Measurements of Intelligence. Houghton. 1916.
Illus. Bibl. 362 p. $1.50. Methods of making mental tests; the
Stanford University revision of the Binet-Simon tests.
Whipple, Guy M. Manual of Physical and Mental Tests. (_c_)
Warwick. 1910. 533 p. Illus. Bibl. $2.50. Anthropometrical tables;
psychological tests as conducted in the laboratory.
Read, Mary L. Score Sheets for Study of the Individual Child.
School of Mothercraft. 1916. Loose-leaf pages, similar to outline
in Chapter XI of the Mothercraft Manual, but arranged with space
for records and with items pertinent to each chronological year,
one set for each year. Per set $.50.
Yerkes, Robert M. and La Rue, D. W. Materials for a Study of the
Self. Harvard. 1914. 24 pp. $1.00. Outlines and points for study of
personality, in loose-leaf form.
CHAPTERS XIII AND XIV. PLAY AND GAMES
I. †Johnson, George E. Education by Plays and Games. Ginn. 1907.
234 p. Illus. $.90. Educational values of play; genetic development
of children, and plays adapted to each stage of development.
Finlay-Johnson, Harriet. The Dramatic Method of Teaching. Ginn.
1912. 199p. Illus. $1.00. Use of dramatic play in teaching
history, geography, literature.
†Froebel, F. Mother Play, with Music. Appleton. Illus. 300 p.
$1.50. The classic on education through play, with the youngest
children.
Poulsson, Emilie. Finger Plays. Lothrop. 1893. 80 p. Illus.
$1.25. Songs, music and poems, chiefly about nature, with
illustrated directions for playing, especially for children under
six.
Poulsson, Emilie. Father and Baby Plays. Century. 1907. Illus.
$1.25. p. 98. Songs and rhymes for the rollicking games father
likes to play with the toddlers.
Brown, Florence, W. Old English and American Games. Saul,
Chicago. 1913. 55 p. Paper, $.75. Authoritative versions of fifty
of the singing games, with music and directions for playing.
Hofer, Marie R. Children’s Singing Games. Flanagan. 1901. 42 p.
Paper, $.50. Music and directions for forty of the traditional
games; very slight duplication with the Brown collection.
Newton, Marion B. Graded Games and Rhythmic Exercises. Barnes.
1908. 110 p. Illus. $1.25. Games of imitation, sense perception,
and other psychological value; some traditional and singing
games; for children five to ten.
Talbot, Mary White. The Book of Games. Scribner. 1913. 191
p. $1.00. Over a hundred games, many cultivating alertness,
imagination, invention, initiative.
Chubb, Percival. Festivals and Plays. Harper. 1912. 403 p.
Illus. Bibl. $2.00. Directions for pageants and children’s
plays, including costuming, stage properties; the educational
possibilities of pageants.
I_b_. Leaflets issued by the Playground and Recreation Association
of America.
II. The Playground. Playground and Recreation Assn. of America.
New York. Devoted to play interests, especially in playgrounds and
social centers. $2.00
III. Playground and Recreation Association of America. 1 Madison
Ave., N. Y. C. Membership organization, devoted to playground
extension.
CHAPTER XV. TOYS
I. Hall, G. Stanley. Aspects of Child Life (Chap. X.) Chapters on
dolls and collections.
Starr, Laura B. The Doll Book. 1908. 238 p. Illus. $2.00.
Descriptions and pictures of dolls from many countries and
historic times; national customs and curiosities; manufacture;
homemade.
Wade, Mary H. Dolls of Many Lands. 1913. 153 p. Illus. $1.00.
Imaginary stories told by dolls from seven different countries.
(For making of toys see Chap. XVIII.)
CHAPTER XVI. STORY-TELLING AND STORIES
1. On Story-telling.
I. Bryant, Sara Cone. How to Tell Stories to Children. Houghton.
1905. 260 p. Bibl. $1.00. Simple directions for the mother and
teacher; some stories.
†St. John, Edw. P. Stories and Story-Telling. Pilgrim. 1910. 99
p. Bibl. $.60. With special reference to story-telling in moral
and religious education. How to tell, how to use, where to find
stories.
Wyche, Richard T. Some Great Stories and How to Tell Them.
Newson. 1910. 181 p. Bibl. $1.00. How to tell stories
effectively; with special reference to the classic Greek and
Norse myths.
Excellent books also by Julia D. Cowles, Louise S. Houghton,
Angela M. Keyes, Edna Lyman, Mrs. E. N. Partridge.
2. Collections. The following collections are carefully selected
for the educational values; there is necessarily some duplication
in the stories in these collections.
Bailey, Caroline S. and Lewis, Clara M. For the Children’s
Hour. Bradley. 1906. 333 p. $1.50. More than a hundred fairy
tales, fables, myths, stories of home life, nature, industries,
festivals, as told to kindergarten children.
°Scudder, Horace E. The Children’s Book. Houghton. 1909. 300 p.
$2.50. A large volume with nearly two hundred fables, fairy tales
from Abbott, Anderson, Grimm, Perrault; stories from Arabian
Nights, Munchausen, Lilliput, and from Greek Myths. Illustrations
from Doré, Cruickshank and others.
Cabot, Ella L. Ethics for Children. (Chapter X. 4.)
Wiggin, Kate D. and Smith, Nora A. The Fairy Ring. Doubleday.
1906. 445 p. Illus. $1.50. An excellent collection from many
sources, by a kindergartner. Three other volumes in same series.
3. Myths, Legends, Classic Stories.
Bulfinch, Thomas. Age of Fable and Chivalry. Various editions.
Age of Fable includes Greek myths, Odyssey, Iliad, Norse myths;
Age of Chivalry, stories of Boewulf, Arthur, Roland. Some
editions bound in one volume. Source book.
Clarke, Helen A. Child’s Guide to Mythology. Baker. 1908. 399 p.
Illus. $1.25. An unusual arrangement, grouping together myths
relating to animals; plants and trees; sun, moon and stars; sky
and air; mother and child. From Greek, Norse, Indian and Hindu.
Illustrations from famous art.
°Holbrook, Florence. Round the Year in Myth and Song. A. B. Co.
200 p. Illus. $.60. A few myths simply told as to young children,
apropos to each season.
Judd, Mary C. Classic Myths. Rand. 1901. 195 p. Illus. Bibl.
$.35. About forty myths from Greek, Roman, Norse, German,
Russian, as told to young children.
Jordan, David Starr. The Book of Knight and Barbara. Appleton.
1904. Illus. $1.50. Myths and nature stories told to children by
the great scientist, illustrated by children.
Marvin, F. S., Mayor, R. J. C., Starwell, F. M. Adventures of
Odysseus. Dutton. 1900. 227 p. Illus. $1.50. A translation from
the Greek that preserves remarkably the spirit and atmosphere of
the original. A source book for stories.
†Kupfer, Grace H. Stories of Long Ago. Heath. 1909. 177 p. Illus.
$.75. Thirty Greek myths, as told to little children; with
nineteen illustrations from famous statuary and paintings.
Brown, Abbie Farwell. Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts.
Houghton. 1900. Illus. 225 p. $1.25. About twenty legends of
mediæval saints and friendly beasts.
°Clay, Beatrice. Stories of King Arthur and the Round Table.
Dutton. 1905. 322 p. Illus. $2.50. As told to young children;
preserves the quaint atmosphere.
°Kelman, Janet H. Stories from Chaucer. Dutton. 1905. 114 p.
Illus. $.50. Four tales simply told for young children in a
little book.
°Lang, Jean. Stories from Shakespeare. Dutton. 1909. 114 p.
Illus. $.50. Seven stories briefly told in a little book for
children.
°Pilgrim’s Progress. An abridged edition for children, with large
illustrations in black and white by Rhead. 1898. Century. $1.50.
°Housman, Laurence, compiler. Stories from Arabian Nights.
Dutton. 1911. $1.50. Six stories with 25 illustrations in color
by Edmund Dulac, that express the spirit of wonder and mystery.
4. Humor.
°Burgess, G. Goops, and How to be Them. (Chap. X. 4 B.)
°Lear, Edward. Nonsense Book. Little. 250 p. Illus. $1.60.
Complete edition of this classic humor in picture and verse.
Olcott, Frances J. and Pendleton, A. The Jolly Book for Boys
and Girls. Houghton. 1915. 409 p. Illus. $2.00. Humorous tales
from folklore, Arabian Nights, Thackeray, Dickens, Shakespeare,
Aldrich, Lamb and other standard writers.
Wiggin, Kate D. Tales of Laughter. Doubleday. 1908. $1.50.
5. Heroic.
Coe, Fanny E. Heroes of Everyday Life. Ginn. 169 p. Illus. $.40.
Firemen, engineers, divers, miners, laborers.
Moffett, Cleveland. Careers of Danger and Daring. Century. 1901.
419 p. Illus. $1.50. Stories of the pilot, diver, life-saver,
firemen, engineer, and other modern workers.
Towle, George M. Heroes and Martyrs of Invention. (Chap. XVII.)
(See also stories of Odysseus, Thor, Arthur, Beowulf, Siegfried.)
(For stories of animals and nature, history and travel, see Chap.
XVII.)
6. Poetry.
°Mother Goose. Dodd. 1914. 173 p. Illus. $2.50. Illustrated by
Jessie Willcox Smith with sixteen full-page colored pictures, and
many in black and White.
°Mother Goose. Volland & Co., New York. 1915. 119 p. $2.00. Large
illustrations, by Frederick Richardson, in colors.
Shute, Katherine H. The Land of Song. Book I. Silver. 1912. 190
p. $.36. Contains many of the poems suggested in the Manual, and
others, for little children. No music.
°Stevenson, Burton, E. Home Book of Verse for Young Folks. Holt.
1915. 538 p. $2.00. A very comprehensive collection for children,
from Mother Goose and many English and American poets. Charming
decorations by Pogany.
Wiggin, Kate Douglas and Smith, Nora A. Pinafore Palace.
Doubleday. 1910. 248 p. $1.50. Mother Goose and other rhymes for
the nursery, selected by kindergartners.
7. Reading Lists.
Jordan, Alice M. 1000 good Books for Children. U. S. Bureau Ed.
1914. 40 p. $.05. Annotated list, chiefly story books, some
science and history.
II. The Story-teller’s Magazine. Newson & Co., New York. $1.00
Articles on story-telling; stories for children; book reviews.
John Martin’s Magazine. John Martin’s House. Garden City, Long
Island, N. Y. $3.00. A quaint and jolly magazine for children 3
to 12 years.
CHAPTER XVII. SCIENCE AND HISTORY
_A._ Science.
I. 1. Biology, general.
†Bigelow, Maurice A. and Anna N. Applied Biology. Macmillan.
1911. 583 p. Illus. $1.40. A comprehensive and authoritative
book including general biology, botany, zoölogy, human physiology
and hygiene, embryology. A source book for facts.
†Hodge, Clifton F. Nature Study and Life. Ginn. 1902. 514 p.
Illus. $1.50. Studying nature in the environment, learning how
to tame birds, care for animals, pets, aquarium and vivarium;
how to prevent the spread of insect pests. A guide book with the
children.
†Morley, Margaret W. A Song of Life. McClurg. 1891. 155 p. Illus.
$1.25. A book for little children on the elements of development
of life and a new generation, in plants, fishes, frogs, birds,
mammals; told in story form.
†Verrill, Alpheus H. Boy Collector’s Handbook. McBride. 1915. 290
p. Illus. $1.50. How to collect and preserve minerals, plants,
fresh water animals, shells, stamps, coins, postcards, relics.
Use of camera and microscope in collecting.
II. The Guide to Nature. The Agassiz Assn., Sound Beach, Conn.
$1.00. Interesting articles for children, on nature.
III. The Agassiz Association, Sound Beach, Conn. Edward F. Bigelow,
President. A nature study organization for children.
2. Animals.
°Davidson, Gladys. Helpers without Hands. Stokes. 1914. 117 p.
Illus. $2.25. Animals in all parts of the world, and how they
help man. Illustrated in color by Ed. Noble.
°Dugdale, Florence E. Illus. by E. J. Detmold. Book of Baby
Beasts. Dutton. 1912. 120 p. Illus. $3.00. With 19 large
illustrations in color.
°Eddy, Sarah J. Friends and Helpers. Ginn. 1899. 232 p. Illus.
$.60. Friendly stories and poems about animals and birds.
Illustrated from photographs and famous paintings.
Lang, Andrew. The Animal Story Book. Longmans. 1909. 400 p.
$2.00. Stories of animals from literature and history.
Pierson, Clara D. Among the Meadow People. Dutton. 193 p. Illus.
$1.00. Stories for children of common animals and birds that live
in the meadows.
Schwartz, Julia A. Wilderness Babies. Little. 1905. 226 p. Illus.
$1.50. Stories of how many kinds of animals care for their little
ones.
Seton, Ernest Thompson. Wild Animals at Home. Doubleday. 1913.
226 p. Illus. $1.50. The author’s personal adventures in
studying wild animals in their native habitat. Over 150 sketches
and photographs by the author.
°Book of the Zoo. Dutton. Linen, $.75. Large, beautiful picture
book. (Many others at from $.25 to $2.00.)
°Animal Book. Gabriel & Sons, New York. 25 p. Linen. $.50.
Beautiful animal picture books, illustrations painted from life.
3. Insects, Sea-shore, Birds.
Comstock, John H. Insect life. 1897. 347 pp. Illus. $1.75.
Habits, life histories, appearance, identification.
Kellogg, Vernon. Insect Stories. Holt. 1908. 298 p. Illus.
$1.50. Stories of how the author and a little girl observed and
collected insects.
Mayer, Alfred G. Sea-Shore Life. Barnes. 1906. Illus. Bibl. 181
p. $1.20. Shells and seawood found along the Atlantic coast
of America. Illustrations in color. A source book and aid in
identification.
°Burroughs, John. Bird Stories from Burroughs. 1911. Houghton.
171 p. Illus. $.80. Delightful stories by the great naturalist,
illustrated in color and in black and white by Louis Agassiz
Fuertes.
°Dugdale, Florence E. Illus. by Detmold. Book of Baby Birds.
Dutton. 1911. 120 p. Illus. $3.00. Nineteen large pictures in
exquisite color.
°Miller, Olive Thorne. The Children’s Book of Birds. Houghton.
1915. 212 p. Illus. $2.00. Stories of the common birds,
identification, attracting. Some illustrations in color.
Excellent first book.
Reed, Charles K. Bird Guide. Land birds. $1.00.
Water birds. $1.00 McClurg. Pocket edition, with illustration in
color of each species.
I._b._ °Audubon Bird Charts. Bradley. Large wall charts. Each,
$.50. About twenty-five common birds shown on each chart, in color.
Two charts for land birds, one for water birds.
°Mumford Bird Pictures. A. W. Mumford, Chicago. $1.80 per
hundred. Loose-leaf pictures, natural color and size.
°Audubon Bird Pictures. Appleton. $1.80 per hundred. Pictures
natural size and colorings.
II. Bird Lore. Publication of the Audubon Society. Appleton. $1.00.
Stories of birds and bird life.
III. National Association of Audubon Societies. New York.
Membership organization, with Junior Department for children
interested in birds; issues bird pictures and other bird literature.
4. Flowers, Plants, Gardening.
Levison, J. J. Studies of Trees. Wiley. 1914. 253 p. Illus.
$1.60. Identification, structure and care of trees; woods and
their use.
Mathews, F. Schuyler. Familiar Features of the Roadside.
Appleton. Illus. $1.75. A handbook to aid in identifying flowers
and trees, insects and birds, commonly found.
Mathews, F. Schuyler. Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden.
Appleton. 1915. 306 p. Illus. $1.40. Identification, arranged by
months; illustrated with about 200 drawings.
Stark, F. W. Wild Flowers Every Child Should Know. Doubleday.
$.50. The most common of the wild flowers. Some illustrations in
color.
Dixon, Royal. The Human Side of Plants. Stokes. 1914. 201 p.
Illus. $1.50. Interesting things that plants do, such as going to
sleep, swimming, walking, foretelling the weather; has all the
human interest of purely fanciful tales about flowers, and is
scientifically accurate.
Duncan, Frances. When Mother Lets us Garden. Moffatt. 1910.
111 p. Illus. $.75. Simple directions for outdoor and indoor
gardening. Breathes the spirit of the garden; charming pictures
and quotations.
5. Physics, Chemistry, Physical Geography, Geology, Astronomy.
Clark, Bertha M. General Science. A. B. Co. 1912. 363 p. Illus.
$.80. Physics and chemistry of everyday life. Suggestions for
observations and experiments. Source book.
†Holden, E. S. Real Things in Nature. Macmillan. 1910. 443 p.
Illus. $.65. Comprehensive, including something of each of these
sciences, and some primitive life history.
Blackwelder, Eliot, and Barrows, H. H. Elements of Geology. A.
B. Co. 1911. 475 p. Illus. Bibl. $1.40 Structure of the earth,
work of atmosphere, streams, glaciers; changes in oceans, lakes,
rivers; how mountains and plains are formed; the geological ages
of the past. Source book.
Houston, Ed. J. Wonderbook of the Atmosphere. Stokes. 1907. 326
p. Illus. $1.50. Climate, winds, clouds, storms, rain, snow,
lightning; heat, light and sound waves. Authoritative answering
for the child’s questions. Source book.
St. John, T. M. Fun with Magnetism. St. John. New York City.
Illus. $.35. Book of directions, magnet and apparatus for games.
St. John, T. M. Fun with Electricity. St. John. Illus. $.65.
St. John, T. M. Fun with Chemistry. St. John. Illus. $.65.
Directions for apparatus and games.
Ball, Sir Robert S. Starland. Ginn. 1907. 402 p. illus. $1.00.
Authoritative and interesting accounts of the sun, moon, planets,
comets, constellations.
†°Porter, Jermain G. The Stars in Song and Legend. Ginn. 1901.
129 p. Illus. $.60. Myths of the stars; sky maps showing
constellations. Illustrations by A. Dürer.
Forman, S. E. Stories of Useful Inventions. Century. 1911. Illus.
248 p. $1.00. Tracing development from ancient to modern times
of lighting, heating, vehicles, and modern use of steam and
electricity.
Towle, George M. Heroes and Martyrs of Invention. Lothrop. 1890.
Illus. 202 p. $.75. Inventors in ancient history, Gutenberg,
Palissy, Watt, Fulton, Howe, and others.
Wright, Henrietta C. Children’s Stories of Great Scientists.
Scribner. 1909. 350 p. Illus. $1.25. Interesting stories of
Galileo, Newton, Franklin, Linnæus, Faraday, Agassiz, Darwin,
Huxley and others. Source book.
6. Geography and Travel.
Andrews, Jane. Seven Little Sisters. Ginn. 127 p. Illus. $.75.
Stories of children of other countries, as told to children.
°Barnard, H. Clive. Pictures of Famous Travel. Macmillan. 1914.
64 p. Illus. $.75. Ships and explorers from historic to modern
times told chiefly by the 60 pictures, 31 of these in color.
Carpenter. How the World is Fed. 1907. 340 p.
Carpenter. How the World is Clothed. 1908. 340 p.
Carpenter. How the World is Housed. A. B. Co. 1911. 352 p. Illus.
$.60 each. Geographical readers, showing the raising, procuring,
manufacture and transportation of the necessities of life, in all
parts of the world. Source book.
°Dunham, Edith. Jogging Round the World. Stokes. 1905. 80 p.
Illus. $1.50. Steeds and vehicles in strange lands and at home,
with 36 large illustrations from photographs, in color.
Hall, Katherine S. Children at Play in Many Lands. Revell. 1912.
92 p. Illus. $.75. Games played by children in many countries,
with directions.
Morris, Charles. Home Life in Many Lands. Vol. I. Lippincott.
1906. 250 p. Illus. $1.00. A geographical reader describing ways
of living in other countries. A source book.
°Synge, M. B. A Book of Discovery. Putnam. 1912. 554 p. Illus.
$2.50. The world’s explorations from the earliest historical
times to the finding of the South Pole. About 150 illustrations.
Little People Everywhere Series. Little. 14 vol. Illus. $.50
each. Stories of child life, play, home life, centering about
imaginary individual children in some foreign land.
(See also Laura B. Starr, Mary H. Wade. Chap. XV.)
II. Everyland. A magazine for children. Stories and pictures of
children and ways of living in all parts of the world. 156 Fifth
Ave., New York. $1.00.
National Geographical Magazine. National Geographical Society.
Washington, D.C. $2.00. Many interesting articles on countries
and peoples, illustrated with numerous photographs.
Home Progress Magazine. (Chapter I.)
St. Nicholas Magazine. The Century Co. New York. $3.00. Includes
interesting articles on science for children.
Stereographs and lantern slides illustrating geography, travel,
sciences, issued by Underwood & Underwood, New York City, and by
Keystone View Co., Meadville, Pa.
Lanterns and balopticons (for throwing any picture on a screen),
furnished by Bausch & Lomb, New York City.
_B._ History.
1. Anthropology, Primitive and Indian Life.
Clodd, Edw. The Childhood of the World. Macmillan. 1914. 240 p.
Illus. Bibl. (New ed. Revised and enlarged.) $1.20. Prehistoric
man, early migrations; beginnings of inventions, language, arts;
early myths and religion. Source book.
Hall, H. R. Days Before History. Crowell. 1907. 129 p. Illus.
$.50. Especially the early Cave people and Lake people; life of
early Aryans.
Waterloo, Stanley. Story of Ab. Doubleday. 1897. 351 p. Illus.
$1.50. Story of a boy in the time of the Cavemen.
Eastman, Charles A. Indian Scout Tales. Little. 1915. 199 p.
Illus. $.80. Indian methods of making fires, wigwams, cooking,
taming animals, Indian signs and language.
Schultz, J. W. Sinopah, the Indian Boy. Houghton. 1913. 155 p.
Illus. $1.10. True story of an American Indian boy. Illustrations
by E. Boyd Smith.
†Seton, Ernest Thompson. Woodcraft. Doubleday. 1912. 567 p.
Illus. $1.75. Indian traits and ways; Indian names and their
meaning; Indian songs, dances, ceremonies; stories of Indian
characters; scout craft, camping and camp craft. Over 500
illustrations.
2. Ancient and Classic History.
Arnold, Emma J. Stories of Ancient Peoples. A. B. Co. 1901. 232
p. Illus. $.50. Stories and legends of Egypt, Babylon, Assyria,
Phœnicia, Palestine, Persia, India, China.
Gould, F. J. Tales of the Greeks. Harper. 1910. 162 p. Illus.
$.75. Twenty-two tales from Plutarch’s Lives. Illustrations by
Walter Crane.
Gould, F. J. Tales of the Romans. Harper. 1910. 167 p. Illus.
$.75. Stories from Plutarch’s Lives. Illus. by Walter Crane.
°Gulick, Charles B. Life of the Ancient Greeks. Appleton. 1907.
350 p. Illus. Bibl. $1.50. Daily life among the Athenians; their
houses, clothing, occupations, education, social life, customs,
child life. Nearly 300 illustrations. Source book.
†Shaw, Charles D. Stories of the Ancient Greeks. Ginn. 1903. 300
p. Illus. $.60. Part I contains many of the myths; Part II, Greek
history in story form. Source book.
3. Mediæval to Modern.
Andrews, Jane. Ten Boys on the Road from Long Ago to Now. Ginn.
243 p. $.50. Stories of the boy life of ten famous men of ancient
and mediæval times.
°O’Neill, Elizabeth. A Nursery History of England. Stokes. 1904.
186 p. Illus. $2.25. Story of England for children; many large
colored illustrations.
Steedman, Amy. When They Were Children. Stokes. 1914. 387 p.
Illus. $1.60. Stories from childhood of forty-five famous men
and women in mediæval and modern history, including writers,
scientists, artists, inventors.
(See also Forman, Towle and Wright, Chapter XVII, A 5.)
4. American.
Barber, Lucy L. A Nursery History of the United States. Stokes.
1916. 180 p. Illus. $2.00. Simple story of great events. Ninety
illustrations, many of them in color.
Bass, Florence M. Stories of Pioneer Life. Heath. (_a_) 1900. 136
p. Illus. $.40. Settling of Middle West; perils of pioneer life;
stories of Marquette, Boone, Lincoln.
Brooks, Eldridge S. The Century Book for Young Americans.
Century. 1896. 250 p. Illus. $1.50. Story of a children’s
pilgrimage to historic homes and buildings in Boston, Plymouth,
New York, Washington, the South, the Middle West.
Earle, Alice Morse. Child Life in Colonial Days. 1909. 418 p.
Illus. $2.50. Home life, clothing, food, play, discipline. Many
illustrations.
†Eggleston, E. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans.
A. B. Co. 1895. 159 p. Illus. $.40. Stories of explorers,
soldiers, statesmen, scientists, inventors, writers, artists.
Eggleston, E. Stories of American Life and Adventure A. B. Co.
1895. 214 p. Illus. $.50. Historical stories, home life and
customs; from all periods and regions.
Gordy, Wilbur F. Stories of American Explorers. Scribner. 1906.
206 p. Illus. $.50. Explorers on sea and land, from Columbus to
La Salle. Source book.
Stone, Gertrude, and Fickett, M. Grace. Everyday Life in the
Colonies. Heath. 1905. 109 p. Illus. $.35. Tells graphically of
homes, apparel, occupations, travel, play.
Stimpson, Mary S. Child’s Book of American Biography. Little.
1915. 251 p. Illus. $1.00. Thirty men and women, statesmen,
writers, inventors, artists, scientists.
5. Anniversary Days.
Olcott, Frances J., compiler. Good Stories for Great Holidays.
Houghton. 1914. 461 p. Bibl. $2.00. Includes all civic and
religious holidays observed in America. Stories from various
writers appropriate to each holiday.
Schauffler, Robert H., editor. Series on Our American Holidays.
Moffatt. 1908-14. about 300 p. per volume. $1.00 each. One volume
devoted to each holiday, giving origin, significance, appropriate
quotations, suggestions for celebration.
6. Bibliography.
Cleveland Public Library. Reading Lists for Special Days. H. W.
Wilson Co. Minneapolis. 1911. 148 p. Paper, $.25. Lists of books
and magazine articles with references, for understanding and
celebration of special days.
Andrews, Chas. M.; Gambrill, J. Montgomery; Tall, Lida Lee.
Bibliography of History. Longmans. 1911. 224 p. $.60. With
descriptive and critical annotations on each reference. Includes
history in all ages and countries, technical and popular,
historical fiction, children’s stories preparatory to history.
III. American School Peace League. Boston. Membership organization,
with Junior Department for children; issues literature.
CHAPTER XVIII. HANDWORK
I. 1. Teaching.
Ledyard, Mary F., and Breckenfeld, Bertha H. Primary Manual
Book. Bradley. 1911. 121 p. Illus. Bibl. $1.20. A large-size
volume containing suggestions for handwork correlated with art
education, child’s interest in nature, primitive life, toys;
directions, quantity of material and equipment needed. Children 5
to 9 years.
Snow, Bonnie E. and Froehlich, Hugo B. Industrial Art Text Books.
Books I and II. Prang. 1915. 72 p. each. $.25 each. Suggestions
for drawing, cutting, water color, weaving, paper dolls, stick
printing, toy theatres. 5 to 8 years.
The Graphic Drawing Books. Prang. 1914. Book I and II. Each,
$.15. The newest ideas in drawing teaching; each book contains
true color chart. 5 to 7 years.
2. Various processes.
Adams, Morley. Toy Making at Home. Stokes. 1916. Illus. $.50.
Simple directions for simple toys from home materials. 4 to 7
years.
Johnston, Bertha. Home Occupations for Boys and Girls. Jacobs.
1908. 191 p. Illus. Bibl. $.50. Use of common material for making
things; collecting; celebration of festivals. 4 to 6 years.
Rich, G. Ellingwood. When Mother Lets us Make Toys. Moffatt.
1915. 122 p. Illus. $.75. Simple toys from pasteboard, paper,
wood and common materials.
3. Woodwork.
Johnson, B. W. Coping Saw Work. Bradley. Paper, $.20. Directions
for simple work. 3 to 8 years.
Pierce, Frank H. Woodwork for Little Folks. Scribner. 1915.
Illus. $1.00. Coping saw work. Full directions, with drawings
actual size, for toys, jointed birds, animals, men; toy
furniture, wheelbarrows, engine. 4 to 12 years.
Seldon, F. H. Woodwork for Grades. Orr & Locket, Chicago. 1913.
111 p. Illus. $1.25. Illustrations of all tools, equipment,
movements. Simple directions for woodworking. 3 to 12 years.
4. Drawing and Painting.
Soper, Mabel B. Principles and Practice of Elementary Drawing.
Scott. 1915. 147 p. Illus. $1.50. Principles and methods of
teaching elementary design, drawing, color. Written as a textbook
for normal school students.
Drawings to Color. 3 sets, 50 per set. J. Hammett, Boston. $.15
per set. Simple lines. Birds, fruits, animals, children, flowers.
3 to 7 years.
Mother Goose Color Cards. Bradley. 12 in set, $.15 set. To be
colored. 6 to 9 years.
Prang Paint Books. Prang. Size 7 × 10. 32 p. each. $.10 each. 1.
Hiawatha, 2. Robinson Crusoe, 3. Alice in Wonderland, 4. Hansel
and Gretel. Simply drawn, heavy lines. 3 to 7 years.
McMahon, Jo. The Jo McMahon Colorbook. Bradley. 1915. $.30.
Charming pictures, some humorous, each with a brief story and
suggestions for coloring; loose-leaf form. 3 to 10 years.
5. Cutting Out.
Beard, Adelia B. The Beard Animals. Stokes. 1914. 15 p. Illus.
$.75. A dozen small common animals, as rabbit, squirrel, to be
cut out; life size. 5 to 9 years.
Chapman, C. Durand. Self-made Pictures for Children. Stokes.
1916. Illus. $1.00. Pictures in color, to be cut out, pasted and
assembled; all relating to historical places and events.
Paper Cutting Designs. J. Hammett, Boston. 50 in set. $.15 per
set. Flowers, birds, animals, children. Black on white. 5 to 10
years.
Wright, Maud A. Bird Cut-outs. Bradley. 10 in set. $.25 per set.
1. Spring and Summer Birds, 2. Summer, 3. Winter. Natural size,
to color, cut out, paste together and suspend with thread.
Scantlebury, Elizabeth E. Homes of World Babies. Flanagan. 1910.
60 p. $.50. Silhouettes of children, houses, scenes from home
life, from eight nationalities. Brief story, using names in
Andrews’ “Seven Little Sisters.” 5 to 10 years.
6. Electricity and Physics.
St. John, Thomas M. The Author, New York City. 1905. 139 p.
$1.00. Real Electric Toy Making. Simple toys operated by magnets
and electricity. 3 to 12 years.
II. Something to Do. Bennett Publishing Co. Boston. $1. A magazine
for children, with many suggestions for handwork.
School Arts Magazine. Bennett Publishing Co. Boston. $2. Art
teachers’ magazine; many suggestions for designs, technique,
methods. Source book.
(See also St. Nicholas Magazine, Chapter XV; Kindergarten-First
Grade and Kindergarten-Primary, Chapter I.)
CHAPTER XIX. MUSIC AND ART
_A._ Music.
I. 1. Teaching.
Damrosch, Frank. Some Essentials in the Teaching of Music. 1916.
101 p. $1.25. Not on specific method, but some essential general
principles of musical education; what to expect of a music
teacher.
†Lavignac, Albert. Musical Education. Appleton. 1902. 447 p.
$2.00. Translated from the French. Authoritative, comprehensive;
includes both instrumental and vocal music; general principles of
musical education; how to select a teacher; when to begin.
Schauffler, Robert H. The Musical Amateur. Houghton. 1911. 261 p.
$1.25. Chatty discussion of the evolution of a musical amateur;
treats of the human rather than the technical side of music
education; some principles in childhood.
2. Instrumental Rhythms and Dances.
†Crawford, Caroline, and Fogg, Eliz. R. Rhythms of Childhood.
Barnes. 1915. 84 p. $1.50. Rhythms for the little child to
interpret in his own way, the beginnings of folk dancing;
valuable for cultivating sense of rhythm.
Hofer, Mari Ruef. Music for the Child World. Bradley. $1.25.
Characteristic rhythms, many of them simple classic music,
accompaniments simplified for the amateur pianist.
Crampton, C. Ward. Folk Dances. Barnes. 1914. 82 p. $1.50. From
English, French, Scandinavian, Russian; with directions.
3. Songs and Voice.
†Bentley, Alys. The Song Primer. Barnes. 1910. Illustrated.
$.30. A book of first songs, melody only, in large size notes;
illustrations in color. Simple melodies and themes.
Bentley, Alys. Song Sentences. Barnes. 40 cards. $.40. Simple
themes printed on large cards.
Bentley, Alys. Tone Plays for Children. Child Life in Song and
Speech. Barnes. Paper pamphlets. Each $.10. Methods of education
in tone play and singing, for children four to seven years.
Bullard, Carrie and Elliott, J. Mother Goose Songs. Hinds &
Noble, New York. 124 p. Paper, $.50. The Mother Goose songs and
English Folk songs.
Walker, Gertrude, and Jenks, Harriet S. Songs and Games for
Little Ones. Ditson. 1912. 136 p. $2.00. An excellent collection
of kindergarten songs and games.
°Chansons de France. Nursery and folk songs and singing games.
Schirmer. Illus. $3.00. Traditional games, with directions
for playing. French words only. Illustrated in quaint colored
pictures by Boutet de Monvel.
Weld, H. P. Mechanism of the Voice and its Hygiene. Ped. Sem.
1910. pp. 143-59. Illus. Bibl. A thorough brief treatise, and
invaluable reference list.
Quigley, Margery C. and others. Index to Kindergarten Songs.
Amer. Library Assn., Chicago. 1915. 286 p. $1.50. Indices by
subject, title, first line, author, composer; lists for special
occasions. Covers all the sixty standard collections.
Scobey, Katherine L., and Horne, Olive B. Stories of Great
Musicians. A. B. Co. 1905. 182 p. Illus. $.40. Incidents in the
lives of musicians of interest to children.
Phonograph records for children should be light, happy rhythmic
music, such as that of Mendelssohn’s Spring Song, the light music
of Schubert, Haydn, Weber, Gilbert and Sullivan; not heavy,
tragic, complex music of the masters and moderns or the ordinary
light opera or ballad.
_B._ Art.
1. History and Appreciation.
Hurll, Esther M. How to Show Pictures to Children. Houghton. 1914.
138 p. Illus. Bibl. $1.50. The kinds of pictures that interest
children; practical suggestions for education in appreciation;
classified lists of pictures. Many illustrations of famous pictures.
Whitcomb, Ida Prentice. Young People’s Story of Art. Dodd. 1906.
380 p. $2.00. Includes sculpture, architecture and painting;
Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Mediæval, Modern except American. Many
illustrations of famous buildings, statues, pictures.
Barstow, Charles L. Famous Buildings. Century. 1915. 246 p. $.60.
From Egyptian to modern times. List of representative buildings in
over twenty American cities.
2. Picture Books.
Brook, L. Leslie. Picture books. Nursery tales. Each paper cover,
$.25. Strong drawing and coloring, abundant humor.
Caldecott, Randolph. Four volumes, illustrating children’s classics
in verse and fairy tale. Dutton. Each, $1.25; or in separate parts
(16), paper cover, each $.25. Rollicking fun, strong color.
Crane, Walter. Picture books. 24 books. Dutton. Each $.25; also
in combined volumes. Fairy tales, fables, nursery rhymes. Dainty,
delicate coloring.
Greenaway, Kate. Mother Goose. Dutton. $.60. Pied Piper. $1.50.
Other volumes with original stories. Dainty colorings, quaint
drawings, touches of humor.
Nister, Ernst. Picture books. Dutton. Paper covers, $.05 to $.50;
Linen books, $.50 to $1.00; board covers, $.50 to $2.00. Beautiful
books in color, of animals, birds, farm life, fairy tales, nursery
rhymes, Bible stories.
Gabriel books. Picture books. Paper, $.05 to $.50; linen, $.50 to
$1.00. Same type and quality as Nister books.
(See also all books marked ° in previous sections of the
bibliography.)
3. Reproductions of famous pictures and statuary.
Gabriel prints. Series of 12 in package, several sets, 10 × 12.
$.30 package. Animals, farm life; reprints from Gabriel books;
beautifully colored from life by expert artists.
Smith, Jessie Willcox. Mother Goose Pictures, in color; sheets 10 ×
12. 1916. Bradley. $.25 each.
Gems in Art, from English galleries. Colored exactly as originals.
Large size, $.50; small size, sheet 6 × 8, $.15 each, 2 for $.25.
Madison Prints. Series of reproductions of masterpieces,
hand-colored, large size, $1.00 each. Each picture bears
descriptive note.
Masterpieces in Color. Series of 60 booklets, each with 8
reproductions, small size, accurately colored, of one artist.
Stokes. $.75 each. Booklets 6 × 8; descriptive and critical text by
authorities.
Copley Prints. Curtis & Cameron, Boston. Reproductions, some in
color, of modern artists. Prices from $.50 up.
Cosmos Prints. Cosmos Co., New York. Hundreds of subjects,
including famous paintings, statuary, architecture, portraits. 10
for $.25.
University Prints, Boston, Mass. 25 for $.25.
Perry Pictures, Malden, Mass. 25 for $.25.
Each of these series includes hundreds of subjects, in black and
white, famous reproductions, size about 6 × 9, some subjects in
larger series at $.05 each.
Caproni casts. Caproni & Bro. Boston. Plaster casts of famous
statuary.
CHAPTER XX
Aikens, Charlotte A. Home Nurse’s Handbook. (_a_) Saunders. 1912.
276 p. Illus. $1.50. A very practical manual especially for home
nurses and mothers; includes obstetrical nursing, care of infants,
emergencies.
Baruch, S. Principles and Practice of Hydrotherapy. (_c_) Wood.
1908. Illus. 550 p. $4.00. General principles and use in specific
conditions.
Cooke, Joseph B. Nurses’ Handbook of Obstetrics. Lippincott. 1915.
Illus. 475 p. $2.00. Physiology and nursing through pregnancy and
childbirth; care of infants.
Kellogg, John H. Art of Massage. Good Health. 1902. Illus. $2.25.
Explicit, with illustrations showing different movements.
Osler, Wm., and McCrae, Thomas. Modern Medicine. Lea & Febriger,
Philadelphia. 1913. 8 vols. Symptoms, progress and therapy of
diseases.
Pattee, Alida F. Diet in Disease. The author, White Plains, N. Y.
527 p. Illus. $1.50. General principles of feeding in illness;
special diet for specific disorders; caloric value of each recipe.
Pope, Amy E. Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses. Putnam. 1915. 596
p. Illus. $1.75. Especially clear and well illustrated; facts
selected with special reference to intelligent hygiene and care in
illness.
Cohen, Solomon Solis, editor. A System of Physiological
Therapeutics. Illus. 11 vols. Blakiston. Physiological methods of
preventing and treating illnesses, by hydrotherapy, phototherapy,
serum-therapy, massage, diet. Special articles by authorities and
specialists. 1901-05.
I._b._ U. S. Dept. of Agri. Pamphlets on Disinfectants and on
Patent Medicines.
Adams, Samuel Hopkins. The Great American Fraud. Amer. Med.
Assn. Press. 1914. $.15. Reprint of Collier’s articles on patent
medicines.
Pamphlets issued by American Medical Association Press on patent
nostrums and medical quackery.
II. The Nurse. Jamestown, N. Y. $2.00. Practical articles on home
nursing.
CHAPTER XXI. BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Books containing references lists relating to the subject they
treat are so described. Bibliographies pertaining only to the one
subject of the chapter, are listed in each chapter.
Index Medicus. Carnegie Institution, Washington, D. C. $6. yearly.
Hygiene, nutrition, therapeutics. Covers American and foreign books
and periodicals. Can be consulted in medical, technical and public
libraries.
Readers’ Guide to Current Literature. Wilson & Co., White Plains,
N. Y. $12. per year. Monthly index of articles in the principal
monthly and weekly publications, classified by subjects, titles,
authors. Can be found in public libraries.
Cumulative Index. Wilson & Co. $6.00 per year. Can be found in
public libraries and at book publishers and book sellers. Quarterly
announcement of new books, classified by titles and authors.
Olcott, Frances J. The Children’s Reading. Houghton. 1912. 338 p.
Discussions of children’s books; lists of stories; annotated list
of children’s books, and editions of children’s classics, books on
science, history, travel, art; purchase list.
Supplementary bibliographies. School of Mothercraft.
_A._ Family, Home, Marriage, Eugenics. $.25.
_B._ Parenthood, Maternity, Care of Baby. $.25.
_C._ Child Hygiene, Feeding, Nutrition, Therapeutics. $.25.
_D._ Child Study, Education, Play, Stories. $.50.
These are pamphlets uniform in method of annotation with the
preceding list, and are brought up to date annually.
Classics and popular science books in cheap editions:
World’s Classics. Dutton. Per volume, $.25.
The People’s Books. Dodge Publishing Co., N. Y. C. $.25.
Everyman’s Library. Dutton. $.35 and $.70.
Macmillan Pocket Series. Macmillan. $.25.
Oxford Series. Oxford University Press, New York City. $.35 and $.60.
Winston Classics. Winston. $.55.
Boy Scout Series. Doubleday.
Riverside Classics. Houghton.
School editions of classics by Ginn, Heath, American Book Co.
INDEX
Accuracy, 42, 86, 201, 207-9, 253, 259-62
Adenoids, 115, 117, 122, 137, 146, 153, 227, 232, 234, 237, 251, 371
Adolescence, 29, 52, 63, 75, 102, 123, 149, 198, 205, 211
Æsthetic interest, development, 48, 59, 61, 240, 248, 252, 258, 286,
329, 336
training, 151, 195, 247-8, 250, 252, 256, 259, 262, 290, 299, 318,
328-36
Affection, expression of, 214, 256
Age, 47, 159-60, 163-4, 370-5
Air, cold, 108
fresh, 70, 86, 107-10, 122, 126-7, 153, 157, 339, 362
bad, 108, 115, 122, 135, 137
night, 107-8
Airing, child, 87, 90, 108-9
rooms, 99, 108, 124
Alcohol (drinking) 16, 17, 36-7, 68, 75, 80, 102-3, 123, 146, 164,
175, 235, 371
as antiseptic, 139, 343, 357, 362
for skin, 79, 135, 139, 343-58
Altruism, 49, 52, 211-14, 242-3, 249, 257, 262
Anemia, 36, 58, 60, 166, 236-7, 338-41
treatment, 134, 343
Anger, child, 114, 117, 158
mother, 74, 104
Animals, 251, 255, 303, 309, 332, 336
toy, 254, 290-5, 318-23
Antiseptics, 139, 149
Apartment life, for baby, 109, 246
Appetite, 157-8, 338-43, 349
training, 164-5, 174, 193, 214, 217
Artificial feeding, 100-2, 115, 234, 370, 379
Attention, development, 55-61, 211, 239
training, 208-9, 213, 216, 256, 278, 283, 291, 302
Auto-education, 203
Auto-intoxication, 168
causes, 166, 168, 173
effects, 67, 160, 167, 236
Baby, care, 76-118
See BATHING; EDUCATION, BEGINNINGS; FEEDING; INFANCY; MORTALITY
Balanced ration, defined, 159
Balancing, 252-3, 272-3
Barley, 104, 107, 189, 346
Bathing, 233
babies, 94-9
children, 121-5, 131-4, 178
equipment, 78-9, 87, 95, 131, 342, 352
in illness, 132, 337, 343-5, 348, 352, 354, 356
in maternity, 68-9
temperatures, 68, 94, 97, 132-3
times, 87, 133, 343
Baths, air, 98, 121, 123, 133
bran, 131, 356
cold, babies, 94, 97
children, 121, 131-2
maternity, 68
effects, 122-3, 131, 202, 344
in illness, 132, 343, 348, 352, 354
temperature, 94, 97, 132, 348
when avoided, 68, 132, 348
hot, 344-5, 351-3
in illness, 344-5, 347, 353
leg, 344-5, 351, 353
light, 134
mustard, 345, 352
neutral, temperature, 69
salt, 69, 132-3, 356
shower, 132
soda, starch, 356
sun, 121, 123, 133-4, 343, 353
sponge, babies, 94, 97
children, 132-3
in illness, 348, 352, 354
tub, babies, 94, 97
children, 133
in illness, 344-5, 352, 354
warm, babies, 94-98
children, 132-3
temperature, 69, 94, 133, 353
Bed, baby’s, 77, 80, 107-110
child’s, 124, 126, 149
mother’s, 73
in illness, 338, 344, 346, 348, 359
Bedtime, baby, 110, 112, 233
children, 120, 125-8, 133-4, 147, 149, 157, 176, 218, 233, 257, 302
Bed-wetting, 127, 128, 145,
Beef juice, food value, 173, 355
Beer, 103, 164, 175
Bible, stories, 221, 263, 300-8.
teaching, 221, 258
Binders, 65-6, 80-2, 89, 116
Binet tests, 225
Biography, 259, 263, 299, 303, 306, 308, 315
Biology, 1, 5, 34-9, 199
teaching, 215, 255, 260, 309-11
Birds, 215, 254-5, 260, 322
Birth, care at, 358-60, 379
reducing pain, 64-5, 67, 75, 92, 358-60
control, 39
intervals between, 39, 115, 359
marks, 74;
rate, 39;
registration, 377
child’s questions regarding, 147, 150, 257, 310
Bladder, learning control, 87, 91, 127, 129
Blindness, 36, 37, 38, 54, 142
preventing, 97, 359
Blood, 121-2, 172-4, 233, 341-2, 344, 351
maternal, 66, 74
poisoning, preventing, 349-50
pressure, 52, 58, 60, 232
Books, use of, xiii, 247, 309, 315
for children, 141, 205, 260, 335
Boric acid, 79, 96-8, 104, 137, 142, 149, 343-4, 348-9
for eyes, 347, 362
to make, 362
saturated solution, 362
Bowels, regulating, 87, 91, 104, 121
Braces, 135, 144
Brain, 48-50, 54, 56, 58, 86, 107, 201, 211
Breast, care, 65, 102, 104, 358, 360
feeding, 98-106, 360, 370, 378-9
Breathing, 60, 70, 120-2, 134, 143, 147
observation of, 225, 232, 236-7, 339
Bronchial disease, 54, 56, 58, 60, 108, 234
Broths, 159, 163, 173, 190, 193, 355
Building, 211, 249, 254, 258, 270
Burns, 349, 338
Buttermilk, 67, 186, 355
Caloric needs, to compute, 177
children, 159, 160, 175, 179-183
women, 66
Calories, to compute cost of, 26
definition, 159-60
100-calorie portions, 173, 177-83, 365-8
Candy, 156, 164-5, 174, 214, 349
Carbohydrates, 168, 160-9, 365-8
Carpentry, 147, 254, 270, 272, 274, 318-23
Castor oil, 345, 361, 362
Cats and dogs, dangers, 76, 110, 156, 342-3
in play, 148, 293-4, 303
Cellulose, 162, 166, 170-1, 186-7, 355
Cereals, 102, 169-72, 188-9, 192-4
for babies, 106, 163
Chafing, 92, 98, 148, 356
Chapping, 134, 344
Character, 28, 212, 248
Chest, care, 122, 129, 132
girth, 151-2, 226, 229, 336, 372
Child, exceptional, 85, 205
individual, 42, 46, 102, 176-7, 194, 223 ff., 246
Child’s room, 126, 268, 332
Child hygiene, 85-95, 119, 249-71, 290-1, 320, 336, 363, 370-1
knowledge of, 4, 37, 117, 153
Child study, 4, 41-2, 41-61, 223, 245
schedules, 226-245
tables, 48-61
Child welfare, 6, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, 29, 31, 39, 40, 63, 215
Children’s Bureau, 6
Chills, 121, 134, 338-41, 344, 348, 352
Choking, 346, 350
Christ, 11, 12, 263
Church, 201, 220, 223, 258, 263
Circulation, 133, 159, 168, 170, 232-3, 376
increasing, 121, 124, 131-2, 138, 145, 351-3
poor, 120, 135, 153
Circumcision, 54, 99, 111, 117, 128, 147-8
City, 45, 109, 137, 151, 246
Cleaning, 24
nursery, 98-9
toys, 86, 99, 290, 342
Cleanliness, in baby care, 86, 102, 251
child care, 131-49, 251
food, 156-7, 184-5, 187
illness, 342-3, 356, 359, 379
teaching, 251, 253
Climbing, 142-3, 249, 253, 259, 270-3
Clothing, babies, 81-4, 88-94, 111, 113-4
children, 113, 129-31, 134, 148, 206, 253
maternity, 63-6
and food requirements, 159
laundering, 93
play, 130, 133, 267, 271
readymade, 130
for sick nursing, 356
tight, 65, 89, 92, 114, 116, 131, 247
overclothing, 89, 129, 347
Coffee, avoidance, children, 164, 175
maternity, 67
stimulant in shock, 350
Cold applications, effects, 351-2
Cold compress, how to use, 352, 354
uses, 345-50
Colds, causes, 89-90, 108, 122, 129, 160, 166, 236, 344
care, 132, 342, 344
disease symptom, 338-41
effects, 121, 137, 144, 378
prevention, 99, 100, 111, 115, 131-4
treatment, 344, 354-5
Colic, causes, 102, 105, 345
symptoms, 114
treatment, 116, 344-5
Collecting, educational, 255, 260
interests, 255, 258, 262-3, 272, 274, 312
Collections, classifying, trains
reasoning, 211
Color, interest in, 54, 59, 210, 239-40, 248, 251, 272, 286, 335
education, 206, 249-58, 290, 301, 319, 322, 327, 331, 335
Comradeship, in marriage, 10-18
parents and children, 28, 52, 151, 195, 216, 218, 247, 268
Concentration, 239, 245
training, 49, 208, 249, 256, 277, 281, 302-3
See also ATTENTION.
Confidence, self, 51, 55, 217, 257, 259, 321
in marriage, 14-19
between parents and children, 148-9, 213, 218
Congenital factors, 235
debility, 54, 115, 378
infection, 35
influences, 63-75
Congestion, treatment, 69, 127, 344, 347, 351, 353-4, 360
Conscience, development, 50-2, 61, 243
cultivating, 217, 262
Consistency, 216-7, 219, 244
Constipation, 232, 234, 236
causes, 102-3, 166, 359
effects, 114, 120, 128, 146, 167-8
prevention, 67, 121
treatment, 67, 71, 106-7, 113, 116, 145, 170, 338, 345, 355, 357
Construction, 251, 254, 258, 259, 261, 263
See also CARPENTRY; HANDCRAFTS.
Continence, 39, 63, 64, 75, 115
Convulsions, causes, 54, 107, 166, 186, 379
disease symptom, 338-41
treatment, 345, 353
Cooking, 176, 186-93, 256, 261
Co-operation, 25, 27, 212
development, 48-61, 243
in marriage, 10-15, 39
Corsets, 65, 130
Cough, 131, 228, 234, 338-41
treatment, 346, 354
Counter-irritants, 351, 353-4, 363
uses, 346-9
Country, 18, 27, 70, 109, 151-2, 247, 371
Courtesy, 49, 51, 147, 195, 204, 212, 216, 245, 257, 277
Cramps, 338, 346, 351
Creative work, values, 208, 210
in education, 28, 63, 303, 317, 321, 331, 333-4
See CONSTRUCTION; HANDCRAFTS; IMPROVISING.
Crossness, causes, 105, 114, 250
treatment, 110, 143, 145
Croup, 56, 58, 115, 131, 152, 378
treatment, 346
Crying, causes, 114, 346, 350, 251
development, 53, 112
feeding when, 158
treatment, 88, 105-6, 110, 114, 117, 158
Curiosity, 48-61, 146-7, 150, 239, 245, 258, 291
Curvature, 54, 56, 58, 60, 143, 153, 229, 233
treatment, 86, 116, 143
Cuts, 338, 350
Dancing, 59, 142, 147, 149, 150, 205, 252-3, 256, 259, 272-3, 316
Deafness, 36, 38, 143, 235
causes, 122, 137, 341
symptoms, 237
Defects, physical, 17, 54, 56, 58, 60, 120, 153, 235, 241
causes and prevention, 36, 38, 74, 116-7, 153
scoring, 226-33
See MENTAL DEFECTS.
Development, child, 197-200, 202-3, 225, 246
general principles, 43-61
recording, 223-45
Dewey, John, 42, 152, 197, 203, 246, 309
Diapers, 80-1, 87, 91-3, 116
laundering, 93
diapering, 91-93, 116
Diarrhea, 232, 234, 338, 378-9
causes, 115, 120, 167
treatment, 100, 106, 163, 346, 355
Diet, according to age, 163-5
balanced, 160, 175, 60, 100
laxative, 67, 103, 171
toxin-free, 64, 354
wrong, 106, 155-6, 167, 172, 174-6, 194, 371
See FEEDING; FOODS.
Dietaries, 177-83
Digestion, 145, 155, 231, 233, 235
development, 107, 120, 172, 186-7
physiology, 157-173, 186-7, 193-4
Diphtheria, 55, 58, 60, 100, 115, 122, 139, 234, 378
symptoms, 340
Discipline, 16, 217, 244
training in, 51, 87, 114, 147-8, 151, 177, 193, 217, 244, 247
Disease, causes, 115, 120, 137, 165-7
in child’s history, 234
germs. See DISEASES, COMMUNICABLE; INFECTION.
Diseases, communicable, 115, 234, 339-41
heredity, 36-38, 234
mortality, 54, 56, 58, 60, 115
nursing in, 356
See INFECTION.
Dishes, for children’s use, 192, 193
making toy, 318, 327
disinfecting, 362
Dishwashing, 22, 24
Disinfectants, 361-2
Disinfecting, 93, 139, 149, 359, 362
Doctor. See PHYSICIAN.
Doing, feeling and thinking, 204, 317
Doll-house, 256, 294, 296, 323-4
Dolls, at bed time, 149
cultural values, 282, 288, 312
interest in, 263, 270-3, 287-9, 293-7, 322, 336
making, 254, 318, 321-2, 328
selecting, 287-91, 293-7
Domestic efficiency, 15-21, 216
Douching, nasal, 137, 343, 344, 346
vaginal, 69
Dramatization, education through, 253, 266, 278, 282, 302
educational values, 208, 210, 334
interest in, 49, 50, 58, 240, 272, 302
Drawing, interest in, 251, 258, 262, 271, 272
materials for, 262, 319, 332
teaching, 254, 262, 318, 333-4
Dreaming, 145, 157, 200
Dressing self, 124, 206, 231, 253
Drowning, 60, 337
Dust, 24, 80, 99, 109, 111, 115, 137, 156, 184, 338, 342-3
Earache, 122, 137, 234, 338-40
treatment, 346, 353-4
Ears, 228, 233
care, 96, 98, 131, 137
disorders, 56, 58, 153
discharges, 343, 362
Eating, rapidly, 156, 194
when not, 158-9, 194, 214, 354
overeating, (mother) 66-7, 75, 102-3, 359
Economy, 20 ff.
in education, 197, 200-5, 208-9, 215-6, 219
Eczema, 82, 131, 228, 234, 347
Education, defined, 196-7, 222, 246
function, 197
purposes, 196-8, 246
scope, 247-8
for living, 4, 7, 28, 86-7, 130, 195-222, 247
Education, by apparatus, 222
pictures, 212, 322
plays and games, 197, 203, 206-9, 212-4, 264-84
stories, 207-13, 221, 299-311, 314-5
toys, 203, 206, 215, 285-98
Education, (bases) biology, 45-7, 199-203
child study, 197, 223, 246
Education, 45, 86-7, 91, 110, 114, 119, 196-9, 201, 205-8, 211, 214,
219-20, 248-51, 269-70, 278-80, 293-4, 304-5, 309, 330, 332
Education, as development, 96-8, 203
through books, 198, 205, 309
by trial and error, 197
Education, through example, 196, 201, 206, 210-1, 214, 220, 249, 253,
256-8, 330, 332
through experience, 205, 217, 246-7, 249-63
through physical regimen, 85-6, 101, 105, 111, 114, 119, 123, 126,
129, 134, 194-5, 206, 210, 214-5, 249-53
Education, home environment for.
See FAMILY; HOME.
mother’s responsibility in. See MOTHER.
teacher’s part in, 196, 198, 203-5, 207, 222, 265-6
Education, methods, 196-222
natural, 203
race methods, 197
Education, physical conditions for, 119, 122, 139, 141, 146-7, 152,
155, 199, 203, 206
relations of environment to, 28, 196-7, 199, 202-3, 206-8, 219-20,
246-7, 330, 332, 335
See INTERESTS.
Educators, 152, 196, 222
Eggs, cooking, 189-90
in diet, 67, 162-4, 194, 355-6
values, 27, 162, 168-9, 172, 178, 180
Electricity, uses, 23, 188, 256, 261, 263
Elimination, 64, 68, 75, 160-1, 170, 172, 231-2, 344-6, 350-4
See BREATHING; CONSTIPATION.
Embryo, development, 43-4, 74
Embryology defined, 74
Emergencies, 349-50
Emetics, 346-7, 361
Emotions, 242, 244
development, 43-61, 112, 210
physical effects, 75, 104, 145, 155, 158, 160, 174
and religion, 196, 214, 219
expression, 212-4
training, 49, 101, 114, 117, 147-8, 151, 196, 203, 209-15, 249,
256-7, 285-9, 292
Enema, 107, 337, 345, 352
Environment, educative, 247
for meals, 158, 192, 195
influence of, 35, 45, 47, 53, 137, 151, 196, 202-3, 207, 219, 220,
247
natural, 28, 151, 208, 246-7, 312
selecting and supplying, 42, 199, 206, 219, 246, 247-61, 268-74,
309, 312, 330, 332, 335, 370-1
utilizing in education, 197, 247-61, 313-4, 318-9
Eruptions, 226, 228, 236, 338, 340-1, 356-7
Eugenics, 32, 29-40, 150-1, 214-5
Examinations, dental, 139, 154, 233
eyes, 140-1, 147, 154, 233
health, 117, 223-235, 342
school, 152, 197
Excitement, 64, 86, 112, 116, 147, 149, 158, 251
Exercise, 63, 123, 144-5, 162
time for, 46, 120, 143-4, 200
Exercises, for babies, 96-7
breathing, 71
children, 144-5
circulation, 122, 144, 162
constipation, 73, 97, 144
curvature, 144
feet, 135
mothers, 69-73
skin, 133
trunk, 71
Experimenting, interest in, 58, 50, 241, 248, 251, 258, 269-72
utilizing, 63, 198, 211, 249, 256, 259, 261
Exploring, educational use, 255, 312
interest in, 248, 251, 270, 272, 274
Eyes, care, babies, 36-7, 96, 98
children, 134, 139-142, 250
in maternity, 74
complications in disease, 341
defects, 140, 153, 227, 237
development, 50, 54, 56, 48, 60, 121, 139-40
discharges, 97, 338, 343, 362
examination, 140, 141, 147, 154, 227, 233
infection, 36, 37, 142, 338
inflamed, treatment, 338, 344, 347
symptoms in disease, 338-41
strain, 54, 56, 58, 104-1, 143, 146
Facts, learning, 198, 205, 209-10, 246, 315
Fairhope School, 316
Falling, 338, 350
Family, 6, 10-19
environment for education, 197, 247
teaching significance of, 215, 257
Father, 2, 11, 13, 28, 63, 150, 153, 155, 218, 234-5
Fathercraft, 5-6, 9, 117
Fatherhood, 7, 29-40, 150
teaching responsibility for, 150-1, 257, 310
Fatigue, children, 50-1, 58, 146-8, 158, 230, 251, 259, 372
mother, 25, 36-7, 64, 69, 71-2, 102
Fats, 160, 165-9
cooking, 165, 176, 186, 190, 193, 365-8
Fear, 48-51, 145-6, 201, 230, 250
preventing and treatment, 148, 213, 250, 257
mother’s, 74
Feeding, and bath, 87, 120
babies, 86-88, 100-7, 115-6, 118, 370
children, 120, 124, 155-195, 234, 249
in maternity, 66-8, 102-4, 359
in illness, 354-6
over, 89, 105, 116, 123, 151, 160, 166-7, 194, 347
regularity, 86-88, 105, 120, 124, 157
wrong, effects, 105, 115, 155, 165-7
Feet, 230, 338
care, 90, 97, 122, 129, 135
defects, 90, 116, 230
cold, 89, 122, 135, 353
Fever, symptom of illness, 338-41
treatment, 348, 354
Finger nails, 134, 230, 340, 342
Finger plays, 268, 278-80
Fire, what to do, 349-50
Fireless cooker, 24, 188
Firmness, 193-4, 214, 216-18, 337
First Aid, 349-50
Fomentations, hot, effect, 351
how to apply, 353
uses, 343, 345-7, 349-50, 354, 360
Food composition, 168-173, 365-9
values, 159-60, 173, 365-9
Foods, 101, 156, 195
injurious, 164-5
Foreign bodies in ear, eye, nose, throat, 350
Freedom, baby’s, 86, 89, 90, 108, 111, 249
children, physical, 129, 130, 147, 153, 174, 193, 194, 266
children, psychological, 204, 206, 210, 213, 215, 220, 262
See also INTEREST; SELF-ACTIVITY.
Froebel, xii, 4, 41, 42, 196, 197, 203, 222, 223, 285, 286, 309, 330,
333
Fruit juices, 159, 169-70, 348, 355
for babies, 67-8, 87, 106-7
children, 124, 158, 162-3
Furniture, 76-80, 91, 111, 143, 192, 326
Games, 112, 275, 284
education through, 206-7, 209, 212-4, 275-84, 316
educational, 209, 278-84
Genetics, 33-5
Genital organs, 230, 232
care of, 92-3, 98, 148-9
Geography, 212, 255, 258, 260, 263, 310-13
Germ cells, 33-39, 44
Group play, 50, 52, 59, 212, 275-6, 218-4
Growth, 45, 43-61
factors influencing, 100, 151, 168, 370-3
tables, 118, 373-5
Gruel, 159, 189, 355
Habit formation, age, 198-200, 207, 219
method, 219, 253
breaking, 219
Habits, 63, 199, 207
effects, 155, 214
training, 193-5, 198, 200, 219, 337
Hair, 73, 135-6, 343
Hall, G. Stanley, 1, 29, 42, 152, 197, 221, 223, 246, 287, 288, 291,
316, 317, 333
Handcrafts, 251-274, 317-328
hygiene, 140-1, 251, 259, 317, 320
interests, 251-2, 258, 263, 270, 272, 274
materials, 254-5, 261-2, 318-20
Handkerchiefs, 342, 362
Hands, care, 134
disinfecting, 93, 149, 343, 349, 356
method, 362
washing, 93, 95, 99, 104, 124-5, 134, 149, 157, 187, 342
Head, 96-7, 226-7
Headache, 67-8, 157, 166, 172, 237, 338, 340-1, 353
Health, before intellectual education, 196, 205
and food, 155, 157-8, 160-2, 165-8, 172-4
school, 152-3
scoring, 226-37
See CHILD HYGIENE.
Health, good, bases, 120
and discipline, 219
for marriage, 17
for parenthood, 37, 39, 63
Heart, 58, 60, 120, 128, 161, 232, 338
in illness, 340, 348
Heartburn, 348, 357
Heat, applications, effects, 351-2
Height, 60, 101, 151, 159, 177, 226, 236, 370-5
tables, 373-5
Hemorrhage, in maternity, 357
Hemorrhoids, 357
Heredity, 2, 17, 29-47, 34-5, 63, 74, 146, 234-5, 370
History, child’s, scoring, 234-5
History, interest in, 240, 258, 263
teaching, 255, 260, 299, 306, 309, 314-5
Holt, L. Emmett, 372, 376
Home, environment for education, 197, 206, 246-7, 268, 332
location, 18, 27
responsibility, 2, 3, 7, 119, 152-3, 155, 223
See HOME-MAKING; PARENTS, RESPONSIBILITY.
Home-making, 10-32
training for, 4, 7, 28-9, 62-3, 150, 257
Hotwater bag, method, 353
uses, 345, 347-8, 350-3
Housekeeping, 10 ff., 253, 259
Housework, 20 ff., 70, 156-7, 184-192
Humidity, 25, 89, 108, 115, 122, 137
Humor, development, 55, 57, 59, 61, 240
training, 16, 18, 143, 158, 213, 335
Hygiene. See CHILD HYGIENE.
Ideals, of American men, 15
child’s, developing, 196
development, 55-61
early implanting, 196, 211-2, 214-5, 248
(false) of education, 205
of marriage, 11-19, 149-51, 215
See INSPIRATION; MORAL; RELIGION.
Illnesses, care in, 337-63
chief, 54, 56, 58, 60, 115-6
causes, 120, 155, 166-7, 172
history, 234-5, 371
Imagination, development, 55-61, 240, 269, 285, 303, 314
training, 210, 245, 247, 254, 262, 265, 272, 277, 279, 282, 289,
294, 296, 299, 303, 320, 322, 333-4
Imitation, development, 55-61, 240, 271
learning by, 207, 211, 220, 286, 302
through games, 277-8, 282-4
utilizing in education, 249-50, 297
Impudence, 212, 218
Impulse, 151, 200, 204, 212-15, 217
Income, family, 11, 16-20, 32, 37, 156
Indigestion, causes, 103-5, 115, 158-60, 166-7, 174, 186-7, 190
effects, 128, 236, 347, 378
extent, 54, 56, 58, 60
Individuality, 13, 196, 205, 217
See CHILD, INDIVIDUAL; TEMPERAMENT.
Infancy,
characteristics, 48-9, 54-7
meaning of, 11-13, 119
Infant mortality. See MORTALITY.
Infection, how conveyed, 15, 35, 99, 122, 342-3
precautions in, 99, 139, 149, 338, 343, 356, 362
prevention, 100, 122-3, 130, 134, 142, 149, 153, 155, 160, 192,
342, 349-50, 359
Information, not education, 196, 198, 208, 246
Influenza, 120, 139, 339, 378
See COLDS.
Inhibitions, 47-52, 200, 203-4, 213, 215
Initiative, development, 19, 50, 238-9
cultivating, 204-5, 208, 245, 277-8, 289, 302, 316
Inspiration, in home, 10, 17, 18
in childhood, 148, 196, 220-2
Instruction, 198
Intensive development, 47, 205
Interest, abnormal, treatment, 147
and education, 203; 46, 147, 197-201, 205, 208-9, 246-7, 256, 260,
265-6, 276, 289, 300, 311, 330-1, 333, 335
clues to child’s, 200-1, 203-4, 303
diverting, 147, 203, 205, 208
early intellectual, 205
forcing, effect of, 205
race vs. individual, 11, 29-40, 149-51
Interests, according to age period, babyhood, 48, 54-7, 248, 269-70,
278, 285, 291, 293-4, 302, 304-5, 329
childhood, (2-6 yrs.) 48-9, 56-9, 251, 270-3, 280-3, 294-7, 303,
305-7
(6-9 yrs.) 50, 58-9, 258, 273-4, 283-4, 297-8, 307-8
youth, (9-12 yrs.) 51, 60, 61, 263
adolescence, (12-18 yrs.) 52, 60, 61
Invention, 59, 241
cultivating, 247, 277, 282-4, 289, 316-7
Investigation, interest in, 48-9, 241, 248, 269-70, 272
cultivating, 249, 289, 292
Irregularity, effects, 102, 105, 114-6, 146, 157, 166-7, 210, 219
Irritability, 67, 105, 110, 139, 145, 147, 202, 230, 237
Irritation, 92, 98, 122, 147-8, 151, 160, 164, 172-4, 251, 345, 349
treatment, 353
Itching, treatment, 340, 358
Johnson, Mrs. Marietta, 316
Judgment, 63, 210-1, 240
Jumping, interest, 253, 270-2
Kidneys, 120-1, 231, 233, 235
Kidney disease, causes, 160, 164, 167, 172, 340-1
extent, 58, 60, 123
Kiss, conveys disease germs, 342
Labor saving, 22 ff.
Language, development, 44-61, 207, 241, 257, 263, 299
training, 53, 195, 207, 250, 252-4, 257, 259, 260, 288, 299
Laundering, 25, 93-4, 362
Law, respect for, 196, 204, 211-12, 216-7, 251
sense of, 43-61
cultivating, 211, 276, 309
Laxative, foods, 162, 171
diet, 67, 121, 147, 175, 177
drugs, 362
when to give, 344-6, 354
Lefthandedness, 201, 230
Lies, 49, 210, 240, 243, 257
Life, beginning of, 74
increasing length, 119, 123, 154
quality, 197, 205
Life Extension Institute, 119, 372
Light, uses, 134, 348-54
Lighting, hygiene, 140-1
Malnutrition, 116, 153, 236-7, 338-9, 340, 341
treatment, 343, 356
Manners, 194-5, 243, 247, 253, 266
Marriage, 2-3, 11-19, 31-38, 215
Massage, 74, 95, 98, 127, 132, 345, 347, 349, 359, 360
Masturbation causes, 92, 98, 146-7
effects, 145
preventing, 148-150
treatment, 117, 145
Maternity, care, 62-84
Mathematics, teaching, 261, 263, 315-6
Maturity, 43-4
of sex, 151, 371
Meal time,
children, 124-7, 177-84
for mothers, 68
Meals, 157, 192-5, 214, 218, 343
Measles, 100, 115, 122, 234, 378
effects, 54, 56, 58, 153, 240
Measuring, education in, 253, 254, 261, 266-7
interest in, 252, 272, 274, 316
Meat, 149, 168-9, 173
in child’s diet, 149, 161, 164, 172-4
in illness, 349, 355
in mother’s diet, 67
Medicine, 80, 347, 361-3
Memory, development of, 43-61, 145, 147, 240, 275
training, 112, 209-10, 249, 253
Meningitis, 54, 56, 341
Mental activity, 239
overemphasis, 152, 246, 248
rate, 213, 263
defects, 36, 38, 145-6, 239-44, 371
Militarism, 32, 212, 255, 286, 314
Military toys, 286, 290
Milk, boiled, 187, 355
bottled, 184
certified, 184-5
clean, 152, 157, 185
condensed, 101, 161, 185
grades, 185
loose, 185
pasteurized, 184-6
skimmed, 186
sour, 185
sterilized, 185
raw, 355
whey, 186, 355
Milk, care, 157, 184-5
cooking, 185, 187, 190
pasteurizing, 187
serving, 166, 175, 192
Milk, composition and values, 27, 162, 168-73, 178
factors in, 184
Milk in diet,
child’s, 159, 163, 166, 168-73, 185-6
mother’s, 67-8, 102
in illness, 355-6
digestion of, 159, 168, 185
Milk, mother’s, 101-104, 168
Minerals (food), 161, 167-170, 172-3, 178-84
importance, 27, 64-7, 103, 158, 166-7, 355
daily requirement, 161
tables, food composition, 365-8
Miscarriage, causes, 36, 68, 69, 378
Mischief, 49, 219, 239
Modeling, educational values, 208, 210
interest in, 251, 271-2, 274
materials for, 320
education, 254, 256, 261, 318
Modesty, training, 50, 129, 150, 214, 257
Montessori, apparatus, 142, 222, 330
auto-education, 203-4
statement of liberty, 204, 222
Moral development, 48-61, 202, 242-244, 252
training and education, 39, 49-52, 202, 211-19, 245, 248, 251-2,
256-7, 262, 267, 292, 299, 300, 329, 335
Moral influences, 196, 202, 246-7, 291
Mortality, children,
causes, 54, 56, 58, 60, 85, 115, 154, 155, 343, 378
prevention, 33, 40, 117, 343, 379
statistics, 377-8
in maternity, 379
Mother, heredity from, 234-5
teaching respect for, 218
Mothers, consequences of ignorance in, 115, 117, 155
Mother’s, assistant, 4, 5, 86, 250, 337, 342
responsibility for children’s education, 4, 194-6, 218, 309
Mothers’, International Congress, 7
Mothercraft, defined, xii
School of, xii
Motherhood, hygiene, 62-84
age for, 39
preparation for, vii, ix, xii, 1-9, 18, 62-3, 215, 257
teaching respect for, 29, 145, 150, 196, 215, 218
unwelcome, 39, 40
Mothering, 63
Motor development, 43-61, 112, 145, 204, 231, 248-9, 251-2, 258,
233-4, 269-72, 288, 291, 294, 329
defects, 145-6, 231
See MUSCLES, FUNDAMENTAL.
Motor education and training, 28, 133, 142, 195, 198, 205-6, 249-50,
252-6, 285-98, 269-74, 277-83, 317, 321
Mouth hygiene, babies, 98, 99, 104
child, 124, 137-9, 297, 342-3
in illness, 356-7
in maternity, 74, 358
Moving pictures, 140, 146, 151, 371
Muscles, 199, 229
fundamental and accessory,
development, 46, 56, 58, 60
in education, 147, 206, 208, 251, 286, 318, 320
Music, interest in, 239-40, 329-331, 248, 252
education, 247, 249-50, 252, 256, 259, 266, 316, 329-331, 335-6
in home, 15, 19, 330
therapeutic use, 147, 329
See RHYTHM; SINGING.
Musical toys, 250, 252, 256, 293-7
Mustard, bath, 352, 345
plaster, 363
for earache, 363
in diet, 164, 175
Nail-biting, 145, 231, 233, 237
Nap, 73, 88, 90, 124, 128, 213, 232
Nature, environment, 247
Nature study, 240, 251, 255, 258, 260, 263, 309-10
Nausea, causes, 157, 338, 340-1
treatment, 347
in maternity, 67, 68, 357
Navel, 54, 82, 89, 94, 230
Nerves, afferent, 199
centers, 201-2
development, 54, 56, 58, 60, 86, 146, 200
efferent, 199, 200, 202
food for, 155, 160, 161
hygiene, 114, 120
scoring, 230-1
sensory and motor, 199, 200, 202
Nervous, child, 126, 134, 173, 205, 213, 260
energy, storing (mother), 18, 63, 102;
(child), 123, 155, 161
system, development, 199-203, 219
Nervousness, causes, 67, 112, 116, 122, 139, 146, 160, 164, 167, 172,
173, 174, 341, 320
development, 54, 56, 60
effects (mother’s), 102, 104
(child’s), 123, 128
extent, 54, 56, 58, 60, 152
prevention, 25, 86, 145-8
symptoms, 145, 230-1, 237
treatment, 25, 69, 70, 127, 143, 147-8, 353
Night regimen, 89-90, 105, 109, 118, 127, 129
Nose, 227, 232, 237
care (baby), 96;
(child), 122, 136-7
how to blow, 136
discharges, 338-42, 362
Nursery, 76, 98-9, 108
furnishing, 75-80
Nursing, home, 337-63
in maternity, 357-60
of baby, 100-6, 115, 234, 358-60, 379
Nutrition, 120, 146, 219, 231, 236-7, 219
Obedience, development, 48-61
cultivating, 196, 216-18, 251, 256, 337
Observation, development, 48-61
training, 208-9, 255, 262, 277-8, 281, 283
utilizing, 198, 217, 255, 261
Oil rub, 87, 94, 131-4, 356, 358
Orange juice, 106, 163, 169, 171, 175, 179
Orderliness, 28, 99, 211
training in, 130, 194, 215, 245, 253
sense of, development, 48, 61, 243
Overwork, 70, 115, 206
Pacifiers, 80, 227, 234, 342
Painting, intellectual values, 208, 210
hygiene 254, 318, 320
interest in, 240, 262, 271, 272, 274, 302
materials, 254, 319-20
teaching, 254, 262, 318
Paralysis, 341
Paregoric, 80
Parental love, (not compensate for ignorance), 123
Parenthood, 29-40
age for, 37, 39
See EUGENICS; FATHER; HEREDITY; HOME; MOTHER
Parents, 29-40, 41
responsibilities, 16, 29-40, 45, 117, 153, 155, 246
Parties, 146, 149, 267
Pasteurizing, 342
method, 187
Patent baby foods, 80, 101, 161, 234
Patent medicines, 68, 80, 103, 346, 363
Peace, international, 287, 312
Pedagogy, 198, 208
Pediatrics, 3, 6, 62
Personality, 5, 7, 247
study of, 237-44
Physical education, 87, 119, 247, 251, 255
Physical measurements, 151, 118, 226, 373-5
Physician, 14, 38, 63-5, 71-2, 85, 93, 97-8, 102-3, 106-7, 117, 128,
135, 142, 144-5, 147-9, 154, 165-6, 174, 232-3, 339, 344, 346,
350, 359, 363
when to summon, 337-8, 343, 349
Physiology, 43-75, 86-116, 120-150, 157-195, 199-203
Pictures, 210, 247, 249, 256, 268
children’s interest in, 240, 248, 262, 272
for children, 250, 262, 332, 335
making, 254, 304, 333-4
Play, for baby, 111-2, 248-9
with baby, 86, 110, 112
defined, 203, 264-5
education through, 264-74
equipment, 130, 133
interests, 142, 248-9, 251, 258, 268
See GAMES; TOYS.
Pneumonia, 339; 89, 101, 108, 115, 120, 131, 134
extent, 54, 56, 58, 60, 153, 378
Poisoning, prevention, 347, 379
Posture, 73, 143, 226, 236
sitting, 111, 143
standing, 25, 143-5
Poultices, 339, 343
Powder, use of, 92, 98, 138, 358
formulas, 79, 358
Prayers,
child, 214, 220, 258
parents, 39, 258
Precocity, 47, 205, 239
Prenatal, development, 43-4
hygiene, 62-84, 357-60, 379
influences, 33-36, 63, 74-5, 138, 235
Prickly heat, 347-8, 356
Primitive life, 255, 258, 260, 262, 312
Prohibitions, 216, 251
Promptness, 213, 215, 216, 218, 253, 256
Protein, 168; 160, 166-8, 172-5, 179-84, 365-8
Prunes, 169, 171, 175, 188, 355
juice, 88, 106, 163
pulp, 163, 188
Psychology, child, 128, 147, 151, 199-222, 251, 258, 263, 264-67,
275-77
of development, 43-61, 225, 237-44
genetic, 42
of infancy, 85, 101, 105, 110, 112, 114, 117, 248-9
Pulse, 232, 376
Punishment, baby, 117, 212
child, 127-8, 146, 218, 257
consistency, 216
natural forms, 216-7
Purins, 160, 166-7, 172, 175
free diet, 160, 171, 348, 354-5
Quarreling, 212, 218, 243, 257
Questions, child’s, index of interests, 224, 241
regarding biology of life, 150, 215, 258, 210
regarding theology, 221, 257
Reaction time, 202, 213, 216, 239
Reading, age for, 51, 53, 141, 152, 207, 260, 263, 316
hygiene in, 140-3, 260
physical strain, 140, 207, 254
Reasoning, development, 48-61, 240
training, 210-11, 214, 250, 309
utilizing in education, 198, 213
Recapitulation, 44, 200
Reflex arc, 199, 213
Reflexes, 132, 143, 351
Regularity, babies, 86-8, 102, 105, 249-50
children, 123-4, 126-7, 147, 157, 176, 211, 214, 233
training in, 49, 55, 107, 214, 251
Relaxation, 128, 147
means to, 127-8, 143, 147, 213, 338
Religion, development, 49, 52, 59, 61, 220, 244, 258
education in, 49, 52, 149, 151, 195-6, 202, 214, 219-23, 257, 258,
262-3
Repression, 146-7, 152-3, 200, 202, 204
Resistance, developing, 120 ff., 344
to disease germs, 123, 131, 134
low, 160, 172, 343
Respect, development, 243
for authority, 49, 114, 211, 216-7, 220, 251, 258, 276
father, 218, 220
mother, 218, 220
parenthood and marriage, 149-50, 215, 310
property, 211, 218
workers, 216, 313
See SELF-RESPECT.
Respiration, rate, 376
See BREATHING.
Responsibility, training in, 28-9, 51-2, 130, 150, 211-2, 214, 218,
259, 292, 313
Retardation, 202, 205, 239-44, 271
Rewards, 217
Rheumatism, 58, 60, 160, 167, 172, 234, 348
Rhyme, 209, 239
Rhythm, sense of development, 59, 239-40, 248, 252, 269, 303, 329
cultivating, 55, 112, 128, 206, 249-50, 253, 256, 259, 278, 302
uses, 127, 147, 209, 329
Rhythmic exercises, 202, 213, 250, 269
Rickets, 54, 101, 116, 167, 234, 236
Ridicule, 256, 260
Rocking, 78, 110, 111, 116, 127
Rote learning, 51, 209, 261, 263
Rupture, 89, 98, 116, 232, 230
Salt, normal solution, 362
uses, 343-5, 347-8, 362
Sanitation, 86, 87, 93, 98-100, 108-110, 127, 137, 139, 142, 152,
156-7, 184-7, 192, 251, 342-3, 362-3
Scarlet fever, 122, 153, 234, 340
mortality, 56, 58, 100, 378
School, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 28, 124, 223
age for entering, 141, 152, 208
and health, 146, 152-3, 194
dances, 149
Science, teaching, 248, 255-6, 260-1, 309-13
Scolding, 127, 142, 217
Scurf on head, 96, 97, 135, 226
Scurvy, 56, 101, 116, 162, 167, 234, 237
Self-activity, 199, 203-4, 208, 220, 241, 245, 264-7
clue to interests, 203-4, 224, 240
See FREEDOM; INTEREST.
Self-consciousness, 129, 224, 256, 260
Self-control, developing sense of, 43-61, 231
lack of, 12, 16, 145, 146, 151, 195
need of, 17, 39, 37, 86, 123, 151
training in, 29, 31, 63, 86, 114, 143, 148, 212, 213, 245, 251, 256
Self-indulgence, 114-5, 117, 123, 146, 151
Selfishness, 16, 20, 218, 242, 243
Self-reliance, development of, 20, 43-61, 231, 239
training in, 20, 63, 114, 128, 130, 142, 143, 148, 195, 211, 245,
249, 253, 320
Sense organs, development, 43-61, 200-1, 227-8, 239-40
hygiene, 137, 153, 139-42, 146-7
Sense training, 201, 205-6, 249-51, 252-3, 258-9, 269-70, 272-3, 277,
281, 284
See COLOR; RHYTHM.
Sewing, 83-4, 140-1, 262, 271, 274
Sex determination, 74
Sex, development, 43-61, 150-1
influence on growth, 370-75
influences on maturity, 371
education, 29, 149-51, 214-5, 310
hygiene, 39, 92-4, 148-151
instinct, sublimation, 13-4, 19, 33, 39, 151
perversion, 17, 31, 37-8, 150
Shock, avoiding in cold bath, 131
treatment, 346, 349, 350
Shoes, baby, 82, 90, 116
child, 128-30, 135
in maternity, 65
Sight, 54-61, 11, 206
Simplicity, 21-8
for children, 129, 131, 158, 165, 174, 244, 256, 267
Singing, 18, 127, 147
education in, 249-50, 252, 277, 329-30
games, 272, 282-3
Sitting, babies, 55, 111-2, 116, 231
children, 143, 152, 226, 320
Skin, 148
care, babies, 92, 97-8
children, 129, 131-4
maternity, 64, 68, 358
training, 121, 131, 133
Sleep, 73, 86, 88, 107-11, 123-6, 130, 149, 157, 232, 237
disturbed, 69, 111, 127-8, 145, 157, 237, 349
Sleeping out-of-doors, 70, 107, 109-110, 126, 129, 147
bag, 90, 109, 129
porch, 70, 126
Slivers, 351
Smallpox, 378
Soap, for babies, 79, 97, 98
children, 131, 133
diapers, 93
disinfection, 343, 362
woolens, 93
Social, development, 54-61, 242-3
training, 195, 212-17, 220, 248, 253, 257, 266, 275-6
Songs, 207, 240, 249, 256, 272, 335
Soothing syrups, 80, 114, 363
Speech, 241
development, 43-61
defects, 56, 58, 201, 205, 241
See LANGUAGE.
Sponge, 80, 94
Starch, 166-9, 186, 193
Statistics, 153-5, 387-9
Sterilized foods, 101, 161, 185
Sterilizing, method, 363
baby clothes, 79, 93
dried fruits, 192
milk bottles, 184
toothbrushes, 139
wash cloths, 131
Stimulants, to be avoided, 123, 149, 151, 217, 371
desire for, 155
foods, 164, 173-4, 371
in illness, 350-1, 355
Stimulation, mental, 45, 47, 86, 110, 205-6
physical, of heat, 351
Stomach, ache, 349
gas, 345
digestion, 167-8, 174
scoring, 230-1
sour, 348, 357
Stools, abnormal, 107, 232, 338
regularity, 86-88, 107
in disease, 342, 362
Stories and story-telling, 252-308, 314-5, 127, 146-8, 203, 210-11,
224
Stubbornness, 214, 216, 217
Subconscious mind, 128, 202
Sucking, 117, 227
Sugar, 101, 114, 149, 188, 165-75, 193
Suggestion, to the subconscious mind, 128
use of, 128, 208, 216, 302
Suggestibility, 48, 128, 200, 247
Summer, baby’s regimen, 82, 90, 94, 98, 108
children, 129, 132-3, 177
Sunburn, 134, 348
Sunshine, 86, 93, 109-10, 134, 153, 362
Suppository, 91, 107, 345
Sympathy, 10, 16, 28, 212, 218, 220, 244, 247, 268
with child nature, 222
Syphilis, 35-8, 54, 115, 233, 341
Tantrums, 117, 145, 147-8, 213, 237
Taste, 158, 174, 193, 206
Teasing children, 112, 116, 146, 251
child’s, 51, 216, 218, 257
Teeth, 120, 228
care, 128
decay, 139, 146, 162, 174
defects, 54, 56, 58, 60, 139, 153
development, 54, 56, 58, 60, 138
examination, 139, 154
food for sound, 161-2, 174
in maternity, 73, 358
Temper, 55, 143, 145, 147, 213, 218, 237, 251
Temperature, body, normal, 376
learning to take, 337
response to changes, 121
Temperature, food, 192
water, 106
Temperature, outdoors, for play, 133-4
for sleeping, 127
for taking outdoors, 89, 108
Temperature, room, 232
bathroom, 131
nursery, 98, 108
room, 25, 70, 89, 121, 127, 137, 192
sickroom, 338-9, 341
to reduce, 350
Theater, 146, 151, 247, 371
Thinking, feeling and doing, 197, 204, 248
Thrift, 16, 25, 49, 243
teaching, 215, 292
Throat, care, 122, 343, 356
sore, 122, 137, 348, 354-5
Thrush, 104
Tickling, effects, 112, 116, 146
Time, sense of, 239
teaching, 260, 314
Tonsillitis, 122, 137, 146, 153, 340
Tonsils, 115, 122, 137, 146, 153, 234
Toothache, 349
Toothbrush, 138-9, 357
how to brush, 138, 342
Tossing babies, effect, 112, 116, 146
Toys, 285-298, 317-328
at bedtime, 127
care of, 86, 218, 234, 253, 342
education through, 249-50, 252, 256, 261-2, 285-98
making, 254, 261, 317-28
See DOLL.
Tuberculosis, hereditary, bar to marriage, 37-8
congenital infection, 35, 37, 233
diet, 356
extent, 56, 58, 60, 123, 153, 378
causes, 123
history, 234, 235
prevention, 131, 134
precautions in, 139, 339
symptoms, 339
Unity of child’s life, 85, 197, 204
Uric acid, 167, 171-2
Urinating, teaching control, 87-8, 91, 127, 231
Urine, 91-2, 148, 170, 231, 338, 358, 362, 379
Varicose veins, 65, 73, 357
Vegetables, 161-2, 168-72
cooking, 170, 187, 190
in diet, 162-4, 193, 355
Venereal diseases, 35-8, 115, 233, 341, 343
Ventilation, 152, 233
nursery, 98-9, 108, 123, 127
room, 25, 70, 122, 192
sickroom, 339, 344, 348, 356
Vitality, 63, 151, 226-237
increasing, 119-154
low, 153, 165, 172, 236-7
Vitamines, 27, 100-1, 161, 175, 177, 179, 185
Voice, 52, 241, 250, 254, 259, 335-6
Vomiting, 105, 338-42, 362
Waking, 111, 118, 128, 250
Walking, 99, 112, 205, 213, 252-3, 270-3
in maternity, 69-70
Water, 162, 166, 343-4, 348, 354
sterilizing, 363
Water drinking, 68, 88, 104, 121, 124-5, 162, 170, 360
Weaning, 103, 106, 234
Weather, adaptation to, 129, 159, 175, 184
cool, 87, 90, 94, 99, 108, 110, 127, 129, 131-4, 137
warm, 90, 94, 98, 108, 177
Weighing, 78, 87-8, 104, 224
Weight, 44, 60, 104, 151, 159, 177, 226, 236-7, 338-9, 343, 370-375
taking, 87
Tables, 118, 373-5
Whims, 114, 193-4, 203, 213, 217
Whooping cough, 54, 100, 115, 120, 234, 340, 378
Will, 55-61, 155, 200, 244
breaking child’s, 214, 217
training, 151, 211, 213, 215, 222, 245
Winter, regimen, baby’s, 82, 94, 108
children, 122, 127, 129, 131-3, 177
Wood, Thomas D., 126, 152
Woolen garments, 82, 90, 93, 129-30, 148, 347
Workmanship, 251, 254, 259, 261-2, 289, 317, 321, 330, 333-4
Worms, 147-8, 233, 349, 363
Wounds, 337-8, 342, 349-50
Writing, 53
age for teaching, 141, 207-8, 260, 263
hygiene, 140, 152, 260
Youth, stage of development, 51, 60, 61
education in, 198, 263
Transcriber’s Notes
pg 160 Changed: inducing irritability, nervousness, langour
to: inducing irritability, nervousness, languor
pg 214 Changed: expressed in his good will, expecially
to: expressed in his good will, especially
pg 216 Changed: discipline, prohibitions, dont’s
to: discipline, prohibitions, don’ts
pg 218 Changed: discipline is reduced to a minumum
to: discipline is reduced to a minimum
pg 357 Changed: and clean teeth with antispetic gauze
to: and clean teeth with antiseptic gauze
pg 361 Changed: anagelsic balm
to: analgesic balm
pg 363 Changed: anagelsic balm, mentholated vaseline
to: analgesic balm, mentholated vaseline
pg 396 Changed: Form similiar to pp. 180-3
to: Form similar to pp. 180-3
pg 396 Changed: specfic foods, cooking, cover a wide range
to: specific foods, cooking, cover a wide range
pg 396 Changed: and are authoratative.
to: and are authoritative.
pg 421 Changed: Nurses’ Handbook of Obstretrics
to: Nurses’ Handbook of Obstetrics