Comenius and the Beginnings of Educational Reform

This, so far as I know, is the most comprehensive life of Comenius to be found in any language; but at many points it is unnecessarily tedious and diffuse.

12. Rein's Encyclopädisches Handbuch der Pädagogik. Langensalza: Hermann Beyer und Söhne. 558-569.

An excellent brief article by A. Nebe.

Vol. I. pp.

An article on

the Comenius-Stiftung follows (pp. 569-573).

13. Der Anschauungsunterricht in der deutschen Schule von Amos Comenius bis zur Gegenwart. Von Gottlieb Gustav Deussing. Frankenberg: C. C. Rossberg.

pp. 66.

1884.

A historical and critical dissertation on the growth of object teaching and nature study.

14. Die pädagogischen Grundgedanken des Amos Comenius. Von Hermann Gottsched. Magdeburg: A. und R. Faber. 1879. pp. 64.

A dissertation on Comenius' philosophy of education. 15. Comenius: ein Systematiker in der Pädagogik. Von Walter Müller. Dresden: Bleyl und Kaemmer. 1887. pp. 50.

A dissertation on the contributions of Comenius to systematic pedagogy and school systems.

16. Die Pädagogik des Spaniers Johann Ludwig Vives und sein Einfluss auf Joh. Amos Comenius. Erlangen: Junge und Sohn. 1890. pp. 69.

Indicates traces of the educational theories of Comenius in the writings of Vives.

17. Die Didaktik Basedows im Vergleiche zur Didaktik des Comenius. Von Petru Garbovicianu. Bucharest: Carol Göbl. 1887. pp. 82.

The influence of the Great didactic of Comenius on Basedow and his institution is pointed out.

18. Schmidt's Encyclopädie des gesammten Erziehungs und Gotha: Besser. 1876. Vol. I. pp.

Unterrichtswesen.

941-951.

The article is by G. Baur. It is less comprehensive, although more sympathetic, than the article in Raumer's Geschichte der Pädagogik.

19. Buisson's Dictionnaire de pédagogie et d'instruction primaire. Paris: Hanchette et Cie. 1887. Vol I. Part I. pp. 421-427.

Three brief but discriminating articles. The first, on the life of Comenius, by C. Progler (pp. 421-423); the second, on the pedagogical writings of Comenius, by Ferdinand Buisson (pp. 423-426); the third, on the permanent influences of Comenius, by A. Daguet (pp. 426-427).

INDEX

Alsted, John H., 43.

Andreæ, John Valentine, 85.
Aquaviva, 3.

Aquinas, Thomas, 7.

of Comenius, 15; meaning of infancy,
86; permanent influence of Come-
nius, 165, 177.

Aristotle, Politics, 2; philosophy of, 7. Cæsar, Commentaries, 2.

Arithmetic, 116.

Arts, 99.

Campanella, Thomas, on study of
nature, 35.

Ascham, Roger, on humanism, 12; the Comenius, John Amos, forerunners,

Scholemaster, 13.

Atrium, 65, 129.

Bacon, Francis, dangers of science, 22;
views on education, 23-28; criticisms
on English education, 56; education
according to nature, 148.
Bardeen, C. W., editor of Orbis pictus,

175; text-book of Comenius, 177.
Barnard, Henry, contributions to the
literature of Comenius, 178.
Barnes, Earl, on the reforms of Come-
nius, 167.

Basedow, Johann Bernhard, educa-
tional theories and labors, 149-153.
Bateus, William, the Janua, 36, 125.
Baur, G., sketch of Comenius, 179.
Beeger, Julius, relation to the Come-
nius-Stiftung, 169; translation of the
writings of Comenius, 176.
Benham, Daniel, translation of School
of infancy, 110.

Bibliography of Comenius, 177-180.
Blodgett, James H., call of Comenius
to Harvard, 81.

Bowen, H. Courthope, relation of
Fröbel to Comenius, 159.
Browning, Oscar, on humanism, 1; on
the study of Latin, 4.

Bruni, Leonardo, an early humanist, 8.
Buisson, Ferdinand, Vives on pauper-
ism, 18; the pedagogical writings of
Comenius, 180.

Butler, Nicholas Murray, forerunners

15; relation to Vives, 16; agree-
ment with Bacon, 23; influenced by
Ratke, 28; obligations to Bateus, 36;
birth at Nivnitz, 38; ancestry, 39
classical training at Prerau, 40;
studies at Herborn, 42; matricula-
tion at Heidelberg, 44; teacher in an
elementary school, 44; ordination as
a minister, 45; exile in the Bohe-
mian mountains, 46; flight from Bo-
hemia, 47; literary connections, 48;
first call to Sweden, 49; call to Eng-
land, 53; English friends, 54; failure
of English schemes, 55; second call
to Sweden, 56; relations with Lewis
de Geer, 57; location at Elbing,
60; ordination as senior bishop of
the Moravian Brethren, 61; eccle-
siastical ministrations, 62; call to
Hungary, 63; organization of the
schools at Saros-Patak, 64; return to
Poland, 69; flight to Amsterdam, 71;
complete edition of his works, 72;
death at Amsterdam, 76; burial at
Naärden, 76; marriage and children,
77; alleged call to presidency of
Harvard College, 78; portraits, 81;
the Great didactic, 88-108; the
School of infancy, 109-122; the
Janua, 123-129; the Atrium and
the Vestibulum, 129–139; the Orbis
pictus, 180-138; Methodus novis-
sima, 188-141; influence on modern
educators, 142; on Francke, 143-

146; on Rousseau, 146-149; on Base- | Gotha, Ratke's experiment at, 31.
dow, 149-153; on Pestalozzi, 153-158; | Great didactic, 36, 83–108.
Groos, Karl, on play, 118.

on Fröbel, 158-162; on Herbart, 162-
164; permanent influence, 165-171;
bibliography, 177-180.
Comenius-Blätter, 172.
Comenius-Gesellschaft, 170.
Comenius-Stiftung, 169.
Compayré, Gabriel, the Orbis pictus,
137; sketch of Comenius, 177.
Cordier, Maturin, condition of educa-
tion in France in the 16th century,
4.

Daguet, A., sketch of Comenius, 180.
Davidson, Thomas, relation of Rous-
seau to Comenius, 146.

De Garmo, Charles, Fröbel and Come-
nius, 162.

Hall, G. Stanley, value of the Orbis pic-
tus, 187; influence of Pestalozzi, 156.
Hanus, Paul H., call of Comenius to
Harvard College, 79; correlation, 97;
permanent influence of Comenius,
177.

Hark, John Max, personal character-
istics of Comenius, 177.
Harris, William T., 126.

Hartlib, Samuel, account of, 51–54.
Harvard College, alleged call of Come-
nius to the presidency of, 78-83.
Heidelberg, matriculation of Comenius
at the university, 44.

Henry VIII, relations with Vives, 19.

De Geer, Lawrence, aid to Comenius, Herbart, Johann Friedrich, obligations

71.

De Geer, Lewis, patron of Comenius,
57.

to Comenius, 162; effect of instruc-
tion on character, 163; doctrine of
interest, 164.

History, 116.

De Schweinitz, Edmund, account of Herborn, studies of Comenius at, 42.
the Unitas fratrum, 178.
Discipline of schools, 89, 106-108.
Dunster, Henry, president of Harvard
College, 78.

Durie, John, connection with Come-
nius, 54.

Hoole, Charles, editor of the Orbis
pictus, 133, 177.

Hughes, James L., Fröbel and the
education of women, 161.

Hughes, Thomas, account of Loyola,
5.

Elbing, the Prussian home of Comenius, Humanism, 1-14.
60.

Émile, 146.

Erasmus, on classical learning, 8, 24.

Fables, 117.

Fiske, John, meaning of infancy, 86.
Food of children, 116.

Francke, August Hermann, studies at
Kiel and Leipzig, 143; organization
of the Pædagogium at Halle, 144;
attitude toward classical learning,
145.

Fröbel, Friedrich, obligations to Come-

nius, 158; studies with Pestalozzi,
159; views on the education of
women, 161.

Galileo, opposed by the humanists, 9.
Geography, 116, 138.

Gindely, Anton, life of Comenius, 178.
Girls, education of, 88.

Hus, John, first bishop of the Moravian
Brethren, 38.

Infancy, meaning of, 86; Comenius'
School of infancy, 103, 109-122.
Interest, doctrine of, 163.

Janua, of Bateus, 37; of Comenius,
65, 125-129.

Jena, relations to Ratke, 29; pedagogi-
cal seminary, 145.

Jesuits, the Ratio studiorum of, 5;
devotion to Latin eloquence, 7.
Justinus, Laurentius, bishop of the
Moravian Brethren, 61.

Kant, Immanuel, on the labors of Base-
dow, 152.
Keatinge, M. W., quoted, 39, 57; edi-
tion of the Great didactic, 84,
175.

Keller, Ludwig, editor of Monatshefte | Nivnitz, birthplace of Comenius,
Comenius Gesellschaft, 170,

der

178.

Kindergarten, 158.

Komensky, Martin, father of John
Amos Comenius, 38.

38.

Nursing of children, 114.

Orbis pictus, 69, 130-138.
Oxenstiern, Axel, 33, 58, 62.

Kvacsala, Johann, sketch of Comenius, Oxford, university of, 63.

178.

Language, 100, 123-141.

Latin, schools, 105; study of, 2.
Laurie, S. S., quoted, 187; edition of
the Great didactic, 176; place of
Comenius in the history of educa-
tion, 177.

Leipzig, study of pedagogy at the uni-
versity, 145; national pedagogical
library, 169.

Pædagogium at Halle, 144.
Pansophia, 51, 53, 64.

Paulsen, Friedrich, on European uni-
versities, 3.

Pestalozzi, anticipated by Comenius,
116; influenced by the Émile, 153;
domestic education, 154; study of
nature, 156; geography, 157.
Philanthropinum of Basedow, 152.
Physical training, 113-115.

Lindner, G. A., edition of the Great Pictures, use of, 98.

didactic, 176.

Luther, Martin, 89.

Magnalia of Cotton Mather, 78.

Masson, David, quoted, 52.

Play, 160.

Portraits of Comenius, 81.

Private education, 87.

Purpose of education, 85-89.

Mather, Cotton, call of Comenius to Quick, Robert Hebert, quoted, 9, 169;
Harvard, 78.

estimate of Comenius, 177.

Maxwell, William H., text-books of Quintilian, 99.

Comenius, 134, 177.

Melanchthon, Philip, on classical learn- Rabelais, on humanism, 10.

Saros-Patak, 64.

Schiller, Hermann, 145.

School of infancy, 103, 109-122,
175.
Science, 98.

Sense-training, 115, 147.

Munroe, James P., on Rabelais, 10; Skyte, John, 58.

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