Names, curious, 14-17; biblical, 15; double, 17. Nankeen, 60. _Narratives of Conversion_, 251. Necklace, anodyne, 9; of berries, 10; of fawn's teeth, 10; of wolf fangs, 11. Necromancy, 5-6. Negro servant, funeral of, 205. Nero, medicine of, 7. _New Academy of Compliments_, 221. New Amsterdam, first teacher in, 74; schools in, 74-75; discipline in, 201-202. Newbery, John, life of, 266; publications of, 267, 287; advertising of, 268-269. New England, schools in, 64; traits of children, 67; controlled by ministers, 67; perambulating the bounds in, 314. _New England Primer_, vast number of, 128; nickname of, 128; description of, 128 _et seq._ New Hampshire, school-feast in, 77. New Jersey, school in, 77. _New Lottery Book_, 274-275. News, lack of, 213-214. Newspapers, in school, 97. New York, schools of, 74 _et seq._; education of girls in, 94-95. Nicknames, 199. "Nigger heads," 382. North, Francis, Baron Guildford, letter about, 41-42; on commonplacing, 172-173. Northfield, Mass., school in, 98. Norton, J. W., hornbook of, 119. Note-taking, of Puritan women, 164. Nott, Eliphalet, cited, 197. _Nurse Truelove's Christmas Box_, 277-278. _Nurse Truelove's New Years Gift_, advertisement of, 268; title-page of, 276. Nut-gathering, 309. Oglethorpe, ship-stores of, 28. Old-field school, 65. Onion-tying, 309. Oracles, flower, 380-381. Oranges, 32. Ordination balls, 110. Orne, R. T., petticoat of, 335. Orpine. See Live-forever. Osprey bone, 10. Ox-eye daisy, 380, 382. _Pages and Pictures from Forgotten Children's Books_, 386. Pall bearers, boys, 242; girls, 243. Pansies, children's notions about, 383. Paper, oiled, for windows, 76; scarcity of, 79; flowered, 301. Parables, books of, 258; definition of, 230. _Parable against Persecution_, 291. _Parent's Assistant_, 295. Parkman, Dr., diary of, 164. Parley, Peter, books of, 303-304. _Passing of the Stall-Fed Ox and the Farmer's Boy_, 308. Paston, Agnes, quoted, 192. Paston Letters, cited, 83. Patillo, Henry, 148. Patriotism, teaching of, 171; juvenile marks of, 172. Payne, Dolly, dress of, 57. Peaked block, 197. Pedlers, of birch rods, 196. Peleg, the name, 15. Pemberton, Samuel, portrait of, 51. Pencils, use of, 78. Penmanship, how taught, 150; of adult colonists, 150, 151; of school children, 151; of Abigail Earle, 151; of Anna Green Winslow, 151; of Governor Bradford, 151; of John Winthrop, 150; of Anna Reynolds, 152. Pennoyer, Frances, quoted, 207. Pennsylvania, schools in, 71-72; schoolhouses in, 75; barring out, 77; teachers in, 204. _Pennsylvania Farmer_, 72. Pens, of olden times, 154. Penwiper, not used, 153-154. Peonies, playthings of, 398. Pepperell children, portrait, 52.