EDITED BY PHILIP MAGNUS. I. An Introduction to the History of Educational Theories. By OSCAR BROWNING, M.A., King's College, Cambridge. II. John Amos Comenius, Bishop of the Moravians. By S. S. LAURIE, A. M., F. R.S.E., Professor of the Institutes and III. Old Greek Education. By the Rev. Prof. MAHAFFY, M.A., University of Dublin. The following volumes are in preparation :— Home Training and School Teaching. By the Rev. Dr. ABBOTT, Head Master, City of London School. Psychology in its Bearings on Education. By JAMES SULLY, M.A., Examiner in Mental and Moral Philosophy, University of London. Art Teaching in Schools. By F. EDWARD HULME, F.L.S., F.S.A., Art Master, The Teaching of Geography and History. By Miss SHIRreff. Science Teaching in Schools. By R. WORMELL, M.A., D.Sc., Head Master, City Corporation Schools; and Prof. TILDEN, Mason's College, Birmingham. School Management. By JOSEPH LANDON, Training College, Saltley. LONDON: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO. JOHN AMOS COMENIUS BISHOP OF THE MORAVIANS HIS LIFE AND EDUCATIONAL WORKS Simon BY S. S. LAURIE, A.M., F.R.S.E. PROFESSOR OF THE INSTITUTES AND HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN THE AUTHOR OF PRIMARY INSTRUCTION IN RELATION TO EDUCATION,' LONDON: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO. I PATERNOSTER SQUARE PREFACE. I THIS book is the most complete-so far as I know the only complete-account of Comenius and his works that exists in any language. have gone carefully through the four volumes of his didactic writings, containing 2271 pages of Latin, good, bad, and indifferent. The German translation of one of the treatises has also been before me. The life is written, like the rest of the book, entirely from original sources; but I do not endeavour to give an account of Comenius's ecclesiastical relations. It is not always easy to determine how much of a voluminous and prolix writer should be given. My object has been to omit nothing essential. There is much in Comenius that is fanciful, and even fantastic, and of this I have endeavoured, in suitable places, to give enough to exhibit the author's manner of thought. There is much, again, that is now universally accepted |