...that children's books have made since Comeuius planned with such loving care his Wvrlit in Picttires, that is, "The Pictures and Names of all the Principal...World, and of all the Principal Occupations of Man." No wonder it attained to so enormous a circulation; no wonder that for a long time it was the most...

...a popular text-book of the schools of Europe. The title-page of the work stated that it contained " the pictures and names of all the principal things...world, and of all the principal occupations of man." Each lesson was carefully and clearly explained, and a picture illustrated the subject of the lesson....