"Dorothy Q." "Thirteen Summers," 1720 circa. Owned by Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, Mass. _facing_ 108 Elizabeth Quincy Wendell, 1720 circa. Owned by Dr. Josiah L. Hale, Brookline, Mass. _facing_ 112 Hornbook. Owned by Mrs. Anne Robinson Minturn, Shoreham, Vt. _facing_ 118 Hornbook. Owned by Miss Grace L. Gordon, Flushing, L.I. 120 Back of Hornbook. Owned by Miss Grace L. Gordon 123 "The Royal Battledore" _facing_ 124 "My New Battledore" _facing_ 126 Reading-board, Erasmus Hall, Flatbush, L.I. 127 Page of New England Primer 130 "The Grammarian's Funeral" _facing_ 134 "Readingmadeasy" _facing_ 136 Page from Abraham Lincoln's Sum Book _facing_ 138 Battledore, "Lessons in Numbers" _facing_ 140 Title-page of "Cocker's Arithmetic" 140 "American Selection," by Noah Webster, Jr. _facing_ 142 "The Little Reader's Assistant," by Noah Webster, Jr. _facing_ 144 Exhibition "Piece" of Anne Reynolds _facing_ 152 Ornamental Letter 154 Writing of Abiah Holbrook _facing_ 154 David Waite, Seven Years Old. Owned by Professor Langley, Washington, D.C. _facing_ 158 Page of "White" Bible _facing_ 162 Anna Green Winslow. Owned by Miss Elizabeth Trott, Niagara Falls, N.Y. _facing_ 164 Pages from Diary of Mary Osgood Sumner. Owned by Dr. P. H. Mell, Auburn, Ala. _facing_ 166 Joshua Carter, Four Years Old. Painted by Charles Wilson Peale. Owned by Miss Anna Thaxter Reynolds, Boston, Mass. _facing_ 170 Page from Diary of Anna Green Winslow 174 Samuel Torrey, Twelve Years Old, 1770. Owned by Miss Frances R. Morse, Boston, Mass. _facing_ 176 The Copley Family _facing_ 180 Facsimile from Sir Hugh Plat's "Jewel House of Art and Nature," 1653 183 Polly Flagg, One Year Old, 1751. Painted by Smibert. Owned by Mrs. Albert Thorndike, Boston, Mass. _facing_ 184 James Flagg, Five Years Old, 1744. Painted by Smibert. Owned by Mrs. Albert Thorndike, Boston, Mass. _facing_ 188 Katherine Ten Broeck, Four Years Old, 1719. Owned by Miss Louise Livingstone Smith, Argyle, N.Y. _facing_ 192 Illustration from "Plain Things for Little Folks" 195