  | 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 | [Pg 13][Pg 14][Pg 15] THE HISTORICAL CHILD
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