Lee, here Exile who to scrue his God. Hath sharply tasted of proud Pashurs Red. Whofe learning. Piety, & true worth, being knowne To all the world, makes all the world has onine PREFACE THE present version of the Didactica Magna is a close paraphrase from the original Latin in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh. The Introductions are based upon original research and on the best German authorities. They embody a fuller account of Comenius' life and works than has hitherto been accessible to the English reader; while a part of their contents is, I believe, a fresh contribution to the biography and the historical environment of the great School Reformer. The portrait is a reproduction of the frontispiece to Hartlib's A Reformation of Schooles, published in 1642. My best thanks are due to my friend and colleague, Dr. J. S. Mackay, who read over a large portion of the work in manuscript, and gave me valuable assistance on many points. M. W. K. |