Tower of Knowledge (from the "Margarita Philosophica" of Gregory
de Reisch, 1504), showing stages in medieval education. From the
Library of G. A. Plimpton .
Lecture room in the University of Tübingen, Germany, about 1580.
From a print in the collection of G. A. Plimpton .
Buildings of the University of Tübingen, in the sixteenth century.
From a print in the collection of G. A. Plimpton
A Medieval Latin Grammar School, Nuremberg, 1500
Two quaint pictures of old-time schools of uncertain date. From the collection of C. H. Thurber .
Earliest known picture of a Hornbook. From a manuscript of Scara-
basco written about 1400. From the Library of G. A. Plimpton
A Hornbook. From the time of Charles II. From the Library of G. A.
Plimpton
Battledoor Book. From the collection of G. A. Plimpton .
Specimen page from "The New England Primer"
Specimen page from "The New England Primer "
Specimen page from "The New England Primer "
Specimen page from "The Royal Primer." Authorized by King
George II. From the Library of G. A. Plimpton
Title-page of Coote's English School-master," London, 1692.
From the Library of G. A. Plimpton
An Improved Method of teaching Reading from John Brinsley's "The Grammar Schoole," published in England, 1612. From the Library of G. A. Plimpton .
Specimen page from Dilworth's "New Guide to the English Tongue,"
London, about 1750. From the Library of G. A. Plimpton
Frontispiece of the author, from Dilworth's "New Guide to the
English Tongue." From the Library of G. A. Plimpton
Specimen pages of Fenning's "Universal Spelling Book" (London,
1787). From the Library of G. A. Plimpton
Specimen pages from Hodder's "Arithmetic," Boston, 1719. The first arithmetic printed in America. From the Library of G. A. Plimpton