Brookline, Mass., land grants in, 13. Broom-making, 308. _Brother's Gift_, 281. Browne, Sir Thomas, quoted, 57; his early maturity, 176. Brownell, advertisement of, 321. Buck, Richard, children's names, 14-15. Buckingham, Joseph T., precocity of, 184; cited, 310. Bumble bees, trapping of, 399. Bunyan, John, writings of, 254-255. Bunyan, Mrs. John, books of, 249. Burr, Aaron, advice to daughter, 160-161. Burs, playthings of, 392. Busks, 106. Bussee, 199. Butcher, Elizabeth, infant query of, 251. Cakes, groaning, 17; nurses', 18; Meers, 32; caraway, 31. Canterbury bells, 389. Caraways, 31. _Careful Father and Pious Child_, 130. Cards, playing, 353. Card-setting, 309. Carter, Robert, wardrobe of, 55-56. Carolinas, schools of, 65. _Caroline, or a Lesson to Cure Vanity_, 293-294. Cary children, 61. Cat and clay chimney, 76. Catechism, in schools, 131; as gifts, 258. _Catechism of Health_, 95. Cat-ladders, 382. Cat's-cradle, 346. Caudle, drinking of, 18. Cereal foods, 29-31. _Charlotte Temple_, 113. Chaucer, cited, 211. Chastellux, Marquis de, cited, 110-111. Cheeses, of hollyhocks, 386; of mallows, 387. Cheever, Ezekiel, discipline of, 200; grammar of, 134. Chester, England, child marriages in, 186 _et seq._ Chesterfield, Lord, education of his son, 178-179; quoted, 178. Child, Tom, 44. _Child's Body of Divinity_, 262. _Child's Companion_, 144. _Child's New Spelling Book_, 136. Chimney, cat and clay, 76. Chokecherry-gathering, 309. Christening, in winter, 34. Christening dress, 34 _et seq._ Christening party, 18. _Christian's Metamorphosis Unfolded_, 255. _Christian Pilgrim_, 255. Chuck farthing, 347. Chuckstones, 375. Clap, Roger, names of children, 16. Clare, quoted, 387. _Clarissa, or The Grateful Orphan_, 295. Clinches, 375. Clocks, dandelion, 380. Coarseness of children's books, 291. Coasting, 350. Coats, worn by boys, 41. Coat-of-arms, 323 _et seq._ Cobnuts, 391. _Cobwebs to Catch Flies_, 284, 290. Cocker's Arithmetic, 140, 142. Cock-fighting, 352. Cock-throwing, 351. Codrington, Richard, quoted, 264, 265. Coffin, Thomas A., portrait of, 52. Coleman, Jane, education of, 91 _et seq._ Coleman, Lydia, letters of, 87-88, 102; guardianship of, 87 _et seq._, 101 _et seq._ Coleman, President, letter of, 92. Colet, 91. College, old use of word, 277. _Columbian Orator_, 144. Columbine, wreaths of, 394; playthings of, 398. Comets, notions about, 148, 240. Comfits, 87. Commonplace books, 172 _et seq._; of children, 173. Concord, N. H., funeral at, 242-243. Connecticut, schools of, 68; early laws of, 68. Conservatism of children, 378. Contagious diseases, 5. Cookies, 32. Cookey-moulds, 124. Cooper, Rebecca, wooing of, 188 _et seq._