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.