De Garmo, on Herbart as a teacher, 279. Degrees in China, 25, 26. in French Universities, 299. Demia, Charles, 227. Democratic government in Athens, 57. Departements, erect normal schools, 300. in French school system, 297. Dervishes, in Persia, 38. Descartes on Jesuit schools, 186. Deserving of Promotion, Chinese degree, 26. Dessau, institute at. See Philanthropin. Dialectical method, of Socrates, 62. _Dialogues of the Dead_, Fenelon's, 225. _Didactica Magna_, Comenius's, 213. See Great Didactic. Discipline, in Chinese schools, 24. in Indian schools, 32. in Jewish schools, 43. in Roman schools, severe, 78. Discoveries, during Renaissance, 148. District inspector, in German schools, 291. District school board, in Germany, 290, 291. District system of education, in United States, 311. Dittes, quoted, 42, 274. Draper, on St. Augustine, 115. Drieser, on Quintilian, 86 _n_. Dualistic philosophy, of Zoroaster, 39. Duns Scotus, Benedictine leader, 118. leader of scholasticism, 122. Dyeing, in ancient Egypt, 47. Earth, size of, ascertained, 145. Eberhard, Count, Reuchlin's friend, 159. _Education of Girls_, Fenelon's, 224. _Education of Man_, Froebel's, 277. Egypt, 46-52. antiquity of its history, 47. caste system in, 47-49. criticism of education in, 51. dyeing, embalming, etc., in, 47. geography and history of, 46, 47. higher education in, 50. home in, 49. influence of priests in, 47, 48. mechanic arts in, 47. military class in, 48. motive for education in, 52. pilgrimages to, for study, 47. polygamy in, 49. status of woman in, 49. Egyptian education, criticism of, 51. Eighteenth century education, general view of, 237-240. See also Modern educators. _Elementary Book_ (_Elementarbuch_), Basedow's, 251, 255. Elementary education, among Arabians, 145. in Athens, 58. in China, 23. in England, 306. in France, 298, 299. in Germany, 192. in India, 32-34. Elementary education in Rome, 77. in United States, 312. neglected by Jesuits, 184, 187. Elizabeth, Queen, taught by Roger Ascham, 190, 192. Emerson, on the Middle Ages, 147. _Emile_, Rousseau's, 243-249. Emulation, as incentive in Jesuit schools, 186, 188. Engineering, in Ancient Egypt, 47-50. in Milton's scheme of education, 219. England, administration of schools, 305. attendance in schools, 306. educational enterprise in, 308. school system of, 303-308. support of schools in, 307. teachers in, 307, 308. English rule in India, 31. Environment, a factor in education, 16, 17. Erasmus, _Colloquies_, 162. compared with Luther, 162. humanistic leader, 153. life of, 161. literary authority of world, 162. on Agricola, 158. on Melanchthon, 171. pedagogy of, 162, 163. _Praise of Folly_, 162. studies of, 161. translation of Greek testament, 162.