Author:
Pray, Lewis G. (Lewis Glover), 1793-1882.
Imprint:[Whitefish, MT] : Kessinger Publishing, 2009.
Descriptionviii, 262 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:Facsimile reprint of 1847 edition published in Boston by Crosby and Nichols.
Note:Introductory -- Patriarchal education -- Jewish education -- The schools of the prophets -- Heathen education -- Christian education-first century -- Christian education-second century-Catechumenical schools -- Christian educaiton-third century-Catechetical school at Alexandria -- Christian education-from the fourth to the twelfth century-the dark ages -- Schools in the dark ages-Cathedral, Episcopal, and Conventual schools -- Christian education-from the twelfth to the sixteenth century-Chivalry and the universities -- Christian education-sixteenth century-the Reformation and its effects -- Christian education-from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century-Benedictine, Conventual, and other Catholic schools -- Christian education-sixteenth to the eighteenth century-Protestant schools -- History of Sunday schools-Christian education in England from the first to the eighteenth century -- Origin of Sunday school-in England -- Progress of Sunday schools-In England -- Progress of Sunday schools-in England, continued-Hannah More and her schools -- Progress of Sunday schools-in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, etc. -- Progress of Sunday schools-on the continent -- Religious education in America-introductory -- Origin and progress of Sunday schools.-in America -- Principles and results -- Organization and classification of Sunday schools, general exercises, course of instruction, and principles of teaching.
