| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| PREFACE | 7 |
| I. THE CHILD IN MEXICO | 15-38 |
| The people | 15 |
| Women and marriage | 16 |
| Birth | 18 |
| Casting the nativity of the infant | 19 |
| Baptizing and naming child | 19 |
| Care and treatment of children | 19 |
| Dress | 24 |
| Food and drink | 25 |
| Lore | 27 |
| Human sacrifice | 28 |
| Slavery | 30 |
| Industries | 30 |
| Couriers | 33 |
| Amusements | 33 |
| Education | 36 |
| II. THE CHILD IN PERU | 39-51 |
| The people | 39 |
| Buildings | 41 |
| Dress | 41 |
| Food, drink, narcotics | 42 |
| Marriage | 43 |
| Care and treatment of children | 44 |
| The Virgins of the Sun | 44 |
| Human sacrifice | 45 |
| Industries | 45 |
| Training of the Inca and the Order of the Huaracu | 49 |
| Education | 50 |
| III. THE CHILD IN EGYPT | 52-84 |
| The country | 52 |
| The people | 53 |
| Slavery | 54 |
| The home | 55 |
| Women and marriage | 57 |
| Child and parent | 58 |
| Dress | 59 |
| Food and drink | 62 |
| Food and clothing of children | 64 |
| Industries | 65 |
| Sickness and death | 74 |
| Child and religion | 76 |
| Amusements | 76 |
| Games, plays, and toys | 81 |
| Education | 82 |
| IV. THE CHILD IN INDIA | 313-455 |
| Customs relating to land | 313 |
| The people | 314 |
| Slavery | 316 |
| Servants | 318 |
| The home | 322 |
| Women | 334 |
| Marriage | 336 |
| Dress | 348 |
| Infants' clothing | 359 |
| Boys' clothing | 360 |
| Girls' clothing | 361 |
| Food | 364 |
| Drink | 369 |
| Food and drink of children | 374 |
| Infancy | 376 |
| Number and names of children | 379 |
| Child welfare | 380 |
| Manners and courtesy of children | 382 |
| Diary of a Boston school girl of 1771 | 384 |
| Inheritance | 388 |
| Sickness and death | 389 |
| The illness of children | 396 |
| Amusements | 398 |
| Games and sports of children and young people | 407 |
| Children's toys and story books | 412 |
| Holidays and festivals | 413 |
| Public punishments | 416 |
| Manufactures | 421 |
| Boys' work and manufactures | 422 |
| Girls' and women's work | 423 |
| Religion | 428 |
| The child and religion | 438 |
| Education | 442 |
| INDEX | 457 |
