Vice in its proper shape, 302. _Village School_, 226. Vinegar, as disinfectant, 4. Violets, fighting, 382. Vipers, in medicine, 7. Virginals, 112. Virginia, schools in, 64, 65, 66; plantations scattered, 66; girls' education in, 95; religious observance in, 232-233; processioning in, 314. Virtues, as names, 16. Vogelweide, W. von der, quoted, 381. Wadsworth, portrait, 53. Washington, George, purchase order of, 56; schooling of, 65-66; manuscript books of, 66; designs relating to, 325-326. Water, cold, bathing in, 26-28; ancient aversion to, 28, 102. Watts, Dr., hymns of, 260. Waxwork, 336. Weaving, by children, 306. Webster, Noah, Jr., quoted, 80; books of, 136, 144. Weld, Reverend Abijah, family of, 12; thrift of, 12. Welsh, Charles, book of, 266; quoted, 273. Wendell, Elizabeth. See Elizabeth Quincy. Wentworth, John, 103. Wentworth, William, 104. Wesley, Samuel, quoted, 258. West Hartford, Conn., schools in, 70. Whispering sticks, 198. Whistles, of willow, 390; of grass, 390. White Bible, 162. White, Peregrine, cradle of, 20. White, Thomas, quoted, 248-249; book of, 254. White House Doll, 367. White-weed. See Daisy. _Who Killed Cock Robin_, quoted, 291-292. Wicker cradle, 20-21. Wig-wearing of children, 51. Wigglesworth, Michael, 252. Willard, Samuel, family of, 12. _William and Amelia_, 293. Williams, Ephraim, quoted on writing, 158-159. Windows, of greased paper, 76. Windsor, Conn., schools in, 69; boys' pews in, 247. Wine-drinking, of children, 102. Wingate's Arithmetic, 145. Winslow, Edward, portraits of, 38 _et seq._ Winslow, Anna Green, handwriting of, quoted, 17, 19, 58, 59, 307; dress of, 58-59; letter to, 99; diary of, 164, 165; books of, 301. Winslow family, arithmetic of, 145. Winthrop, John, history of, 2, 164; medicine of, 7; quoted, 90; handwriting of, 150; early marriage of, 190. Winthrop, Waitstill, 122. Witchcraft, 241 _et seq._ Woburn, school in, 97. Wolcott, J., letter of, 84-85. Wolves, hunting of, 315. Wood, for school fires, 69-70; farm-work on, 308. Woodbridge, Wm., 96. Worde, Wynkyn de, 193. Wordsworth, quoted, 163. _Worthy Tenant_, 294. Writing. See Penmanship. Writing-masters, esteem for, 150, 152; in Boston, 153; funeral notice of, 152. Writing-paper, 156. Wynter, John, quoted, 206. Yoking as punishment, 198, 203. _Young Lady's Accidence_, 96, 135. _Youth's Behaviour_, 27-28, 219. _Youth's Instructor in English Tongue_, 159. Zurishaddai, the name, 16. Home Life in Colonial Days By ALICE MORSE EARLE Cloth. 12mo. $2.50 =Boston Herald=: