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• Preface; Table of dates; 1. The new philosophy; 2. The school-room in the early seventeenth century; 3. Bacon and Comenius; 4. The great didactic; 5. The new pedagogy in London and in Germany; 6. The long parliament: Samuel Hartlib and education; 7. Two letters to Hartlib: Milton and Petty; 8. 'The reformed school' of John Dury; 9. A successful schoolmaster: Hoole; 10. The courtly 'academies; 11. Elementary education; 12. St Jean-Baptiste de la Salle; 13. A. H. Francke and the Pietist schools; 14. Conclusion; Publications referred to in the text; Index.

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• Preface; Table of dates; 1. The new philosophy; 2. The school-room in the early seventeenth century; 3. Bacon and Comenius; 4. The great didactic; 5. The new pedagogy in London and in Germany; 6. The long parliament: Samuel Hartlib and education; 7. Two letters to Hartlib: Milton and Petty; 8. 'The reformed school' of John Dury; 9. A successful schoolmaster: Hoole; 10. The courtly 'academies; 11. Elementary education; 12. St Jean-Baptiste de la Salle; 13. A. H. Francke and the Pietist schools; 14. Conclusion; Publications referred to in the text; Index.

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• Preface; Table of dates; 1. The new philosophy; 2. The school-room in the early seventeenth century; 3. Bacon and Comenius; 4. The great didactic; 5. The new pedagogy in London and in Germany; 6. The long parliament: Samuel Hartlib and education; 7. Two letters to Hartlib: Milton and Petty; 8. 'The reformed school' of John Dury; 9. A successful schoolmaster: Hoole; 10. The courtly 'academies; 11. Elementary education; 12. St Jean-Baptiste de la Salle; 13. A. H. Francke and the Pietist schools; 14. Conclusion; Publications referred to in the text; Index.