Copley, portraits by, 37, 49, 50, 52, 53, 55. Copley family, 55. Copybooks, home-made, 79. Cordes, Ellinor, portrait, 48. Cornstalk, witches of, 393; fiddles of, 390. Corsets. See Stays. Cotton, dress of, 60. Cotton, John, 130. _Country Rhimes for Children_, 255. Cowper, William, quoted, 375. Cradle, of Peregrine White, 20; swinging, 21; of birch bark, 21; of wicker, 21; of Indians, 21; cost of, 21. _Cradle Hymn_, 262-263. Criss-cross row, 118. Cromwell, Oliver, discipline of, 193. Culverkeys, 398. Curtius, Dr., 201-202. Custis, "Miss," wardrobe of, 56-57; harpsichord of, 113. Custis family, portrait, 57. Cutler, Manasseh, quoted, 393. Cut-tail, 319. Cyphering. See Arithmetic. Daffy's Elixir, 6. Daisies, divination with, 380; chains of, 380. Dame schools, 97. Danbury, Mass., spelling in, 137. "Dance barefoot," 103. Dancing, price of lessons, 103; "gynecandrical," 109; "petulant," 110; sermon against, 109-110; repression of, 110; formality of, 110-111; varied titles of, 111. Dandelion, chains, 409; clocks, 380. _Day of Doom_, 252 _et seq._ _Dealings with the Dead_, 242. _Death and Burial of Cock Robin_, 292. Death-bed scenes, 257, 295. Death rate, 4. Deer, hunting of, 316. Deland, Margaret, quoted, 402. Deming, Mrs., letter of, 99. De Peyster twins, portrait of, 45. Deportment, 105. Desks, primitive, 75. Devil, familiarity with, 175; names of, 239. Devil's play-houses, 247. _Dialogue between Christ, Youth, and the Devil_, 131. Diaries, of adults, 163 _et seq._; of children, 164; penmanship of, 164. _Diary of a Lady of Quality_, 206. Dibstones, 375. Dielytra, 383. Diet, of children, 26, 29-30; Locke's notions on, 26. _Dilworth's Speller_, 136. Discipline, in American schools, 196 _et seq._; in English schools, 192 _et seq._; Dr. Johnson on, 194; in Dutch schools, 194; parental, 192; of servants, 192; of grown children, 192. Diseases of children, 4. Disinfection, 4-5. _District School_, 155. _Divine Blossoms_, 252. _Divine Emblems_, 255. _Divine Songs for Children_, 262. Dock, Samuel, character of, 209 _et seq._; methods of teaching, 210; quoted, 211. Dod, Mr., book of, 249. Dogs, in meeting-house, 245. Dolls, antiquity of, 363; as fashion conveyors, 364-365; Dutch, 365; Bartholomew Fair, 365-366; French, 366-367; of hollyhocks, 384; of poppies, 384; of mertensia, 384; of hickory-nuts, 390. Dorchester, Mass., boys of, 246. Dorchester in America, 165 _et seq._; churches in, 166. Dorothy Q., 107-108. Double names, 17. Downing, Lucy, christening party, 18; on son's marriage, 188. Doyle, Sir Francis, quoted, 225. Dragon flies, notions about, 399. Drainage, 4-5. Dream-books, 265.