his ideal work 113, 121

Undertakes education of his nephews 121

Moves to Keilhau 122, 127

NOTE BY THE TRANSLATORS 126

CRITICAL MOMENTS IN THE FROEBEL COMMUNITY 127-137

Froebel goes to the Wartensee 131

Then to Willisau 132, 136

Then to the Orphanage at Burgdorf 135, 136

Visits Berlin 137

NOTES BY THE TRANSLATORS 138, 139

Death of Froebel 138

CHRONOLOGICAL ABSTRACT OF FROEBEL'S LIFE AND MOVEMENT 140-144

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FROEBEL 145-152

INDEX 153-167

INTRODUCTORY.

The year 1882 was the centenary of Froebel's birth, and in the present
"plentiful lack" of faithful translations of Froebel's own words we
proposed to the Froebel Society to issue a translation of the "Education
of Man," which we would undertake to make at our own cost, that the
occasion might be marked in a manner worthy of the English branch of the
Kindergarten movement. But various reasons prevented the Society from
accepting our offer, and the lamentable deficiency still continues. We
have therefore endeavoured to make a beginning by the present work,
consisting of Froebel's own words done into English as faithfully as we
know how to render them, and accompanied with any brief explanation of
our own that may be essential to the clear understanding of the passages
given. We have not attempted to rewrite our author, the better to suit
the practical, clear-headed, common-sense English character, but have
preferred simply to present him in an English dress with his national
and personal peculiarities untouched.

In so doing we are quite aware that we have sacrificed interest, for in
many passages, if not in most, a careful paraphrase of Froebel would be
much more intelligible and pithy to English readers than a true
rendering, since he probably possesses every fault of style except
over-conciseness; but we feel that it is better to let Froebel speak for
himself.

For the faithfulness of translation we hope our res