5. The elementary course. English 97 6. Girls as well as Boys 98 7. Training of Teachers 99 Training college at the Universities 100 Mulcaster’s reasons for training teachers 101 Mulcaster’s Life and Writings 102 =Chapter IX.—Ratichius. (1571-1635.)= 103-118 Principles of the Innovators 104 Ratke’s Address to the Diet 105 At Augsburg. At Koethen 106 Failure at Koethen 107 German in the school. Ratichius’s services 108 1. Follow Nature. 2. One thing at a time 109 3. Over and over again 110 4. Everything through the mother-tongue 111 5. Nothing on compulsion 112 6. Nothing to be learnt by heart 113 7. Uniformity. 8. Ne modus rei ante rem 114 9. Per inductionem omnia 115 Ratke’s method for language 116 Ratke’s method and Ascham’s 117 Slow progress in methods 118 =Chapter X.—Comenius. (1592-1671.)= 119-171 Early years. His first book 120 Troubles. Exile 121 Pedagogic studies at Leszna 122 Didactic written. _Janua_ published. Pansophy 123 Samuel Hartlib 124 The _Prodromus_ and _Dilucidatio_ 125 Comenius in London. Parliamentary schemes 126 Comenius driven away by Civil War 127 In Sweden. Interviews with Oxenstiern 128 Oxenstiern criticises 129 Comenius at Elbing 130 At Leszna again 131 Saros-Patak. Flight from Leszna 132 Last years at Amsterdam 133 Comenius sought true foundation 134 Threefold life. Seeds of learning, virtue, piety 135