Dress, laws about, 45; in book-cuts, 293. Drift of the forest, 315. Drunkenness, of school-teachers, 72. Dudley, Governor, 179; quoted, 2, 185. Dudley, Paul, 185. Dulany, Major, on school plays, 116; on letter writing, 159-160. Dulany, Mary Grafton. See Mary Grafton. Dumps, 352. Dunton, John, quoted, 358. Dwight, Timothy, precocity of, 184-185. Dyves Pragmaticus, title of, 30; on sweetmeats, 30; on books, 127 _et seq._; on birch, 196. Earle, Abigail, handwriting of, 151. Earle, John, quoted, 112; cited, 164. Earle, Professor, cited, 136-137. Earrings, 47. Earwigs, notions about, 399. Edwards, Jonathan, education of, 92-93; precocity of, 180; letter of, 180-181; on spiders, 181; his book, 251. Edwards, Timothy, letter of, 92. Elderberries, squirt guns of, 390; ink from, 398. Elyot, Sir Thomas, quoted, 357. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quoted, 215. Endicott, Governor, quoted, 188 _et seq._ Epidemics, 4. Equality, sign of, 139. Erasmus, 91. Erasmus Hall, 126. Eringo-root, candied, 31. Ernst, C. W., quoted, 31. Essex, Earl of, child marriage of, 187. _Essays to do Good_, 255. Etiquette, regard for, 222 _et seq._ Eton, games at, 358. Evelyn, John, quoted, 177, 231-232; on child marriage, 187; cited, 283. Evelyn, Richard, character of, 177 _et seq._ _Evenings at Home_, 295. _Every Young Man's Companion in Drawing_, 54. Exhibitions, school, 115 _et seq._ Exposure, at baptism, 4. _Fairchild Family_, 295 _et seq._ Falkland, Elizabeth, discipline of, 193. Falkland, Letice, quoted, 232. Family, size of, 11 _et seq._ Farm life, change of duties in, 308. Fathergone, the name, 15. _Father's Gift_, story from, 279-280. Fear of the Lord, 227, 237. Feather-work, 322. Feet, wetting of, 25. Ferule, in Dutch schools, 194; derivation of, 195. Fescue, 122. Fiddle, corn-stalk, 390. Finger-sticking, 213. Fiske, Reverend Moses, family of, 12; thrift of, 12. Flagg, James, portrait, 48-49. Flagg, Polly, portrait, 48. Flannel sheet, 21. Flapper, 197. Flatbush, L. I., school at, 74, 202; curious discipline of scholars, 199-200. Flax, children's work on, 306. Fleetwood-Quincy sampler, 329 _et seq._ Fleetwood, Anne, 330. Fleetwood, Miles, 330. Floor, of earth, 75; puncheon, 75. Flower de luce, playthings of, 382-383. Food. See Diet. _Food for the Mind_, 275. Foot-ball, 354 _et seq._ Ford, P. L., cited, 128. Four-o'clock, wreaths of, 394. Foxes, hunting of, 316. Foxgloves, as playthings, 389, 397. Franklin, Benjamin, family of, 11-12; proverbs of, 136; early reading of, 255; practical jest of, 290-291. Franklin, Conn., teachers' pay in, 98. Fredericksburg, Va., school in, 66. Froissart, Jean, quoted, 342-343. Fruit, eating of, 26; native, 30.