See also:

• AMOS
• AMOS, SHELDON (1835–1886)

AMOS BRONSON See also:

• AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT (1799-1888)
• ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY (1832-1888)

ALCOTT (1799-1888)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American educationalist and writer, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on Spindle See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill, in the See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• WOLCOTT, ROGER (1679-1767)

Wolcott, New Haven See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, 'on the 29th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1 799 . His See also:

• FATHER

father; See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Chatfield Alcox, was a See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer and mechanic whose ancestors, then bearing the name of Alcocke, had settled in eastern 'See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts in colonial days., The son adopted the spelling "See also:

• ALCOTT, AMOS BRONSON (1799-1888)
• ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY (1832-1888)

Alcott" in his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early youth . ,Self-educated and early thrown upon his own resources, he began in 1814 to See also:

• EARN

earn his living by working in a See also:

• CLOCK

clock factory in See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth, See also:

• CONN
• CONN, LOUGH

Conn., and for many years after 1815 he peddled books and merchandise, chiefly in the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern states . He began teaching in See also:

• BRISTOL
• BRISTOL, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• BRISTOL, GEORGE DIGBY, 2ND EARL OF1 (1612-1677)
• BRISTOL, JOHN DIGBY, 1ST EARL OF 6 (1580-1653)

Bristol, Conn., in 1823, and subsequently conducted See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools,in See also:

• CHESHIRE

Cheshire, Conn., in 1825-1827, again in Bristol in 1827-1828, in See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston in 1828-1830, in See also:

• GERMANTOWN

Germantown, now See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, in 1831-1833, and in Philadelphia in 1833 . In 183o he had married Abby May, the See also:

• SISTER

sister of See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel+ J . May (1797-1871), the reformer and abolitionist . In 1834 he opened in Boston a school which became famous because of his See also:

• ORIGINAL

original methods; his See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan being to develop self-instruction on the basis of self-See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

analysis, with an ever-See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DESIRE

desire on his own part to stimulate the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child's See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality . The feature of his school which attracted most See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention, perhaps, was his See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme for the teacher's receiving See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment, in certain circumstances, at the hands of an offending See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil, whereby the sense of shame might be,quickened in the' mind of the errant child . The school w ,deaouncedinthepress, was not pecuniarily successful, and in 1839 was given up, although Alcott had won the See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection of his pupils, and his educational experiments had challenged the attention of students of pedagogy . The school is perhaps best described in See also:

• MISS

Miss E . P . See also:

• PEABODY
• PEABODY, ANDREW PRESTON (1811–1893)
• PEABODY, ELIZABETH PALMER (1804-1894)
• PEABODY, GEORGE (1795-1869)

Peabody's ARecord of Mr Alcott's School (1835) .

In 184o Alcott removed to See also:

• CONCORD
• CONCORD, BOOK OF (Liber Concordiae)

Concord, Massachusetts . After a visit to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, in 1842, he started with two See also:

• ENGLISH

English associates, See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane and See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry C . See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

Wright, at "Fruitlands," in the town of Harvard, Massachusetts, a communistic experiment at See also:

• FARM

farm-living and nature-meditation as tending to develop the best See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of See also:

• BODY

body and soul . This speedily' came to naught, and Alcott returned (1844) to his See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home near that of See also:

• EMERSON, RALPH WALDO (1803-1882)
• EMERSON, WILLIAM (1701-1782)

Emerson in Concord, removing to Boston four years later, and again living in Concord after 1857 . He spoke, as opportunity offered, before the " lyceums " then See also:

• COMMON

common in various parts of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, or addressed See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups of hearers as they invited him . These conversations," as he called them, were more or less informal talks on a See also:

• GREAT

great range of topics, spiritual, aesthetic and See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical, in which he emphasized the ideas of the school of American Transcendentalists led by Emerson, who was always his supporter and discreet admirer . He dwelt upon the See also:

• ILLUMINATION

illumination of the mind and soul by See also:

• DIRECT

direct communion with the Creative Spirit; upon the: spiritual and poetic monitions of See also:

• EXTERNAL

external nature; and upon the benefit to See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of a serene See also:

• MOOD

mood and a See also:

• SIMPLE

simple way of See also:

• LIFE

life . As regards the trend and results of Alcott's philosophic teaching, it must be said that,' like Emerson, he was sometimes inconsistent, hazy or abrupt . But though he formulated no See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, and seemed to show the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence now of See also:

• PLATO

Plato, now of See also:

• KANT, IMMANUEL (1724-1804)

Kant, or of See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German thought as filtered through the See also:

• BRAIN (A.S. braegen)

brain of See also:

• COLERIDGE, HARTLEY (1796-1849)
• COLERIDGE, JOHN DUKE COLERIDGE, 1ST BARON
• COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772-1834)
• COLERIDGE, SARA (1802–1852)
• COLERIDGE, SIR JOHN TAYLOR (1790-1876)

Coleridge, he was, like his American See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate and friend, steadily optimistic, idealistic, individualistic . The teachings of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• ELLERY, WILLIAM (1727 — 1820)

Ellery Charming a little before, as to the sacred inviolability of the human See also:

• CONSCIENCE (Lat. con-scientia, literally " knowledge of a thing shared with another person " or " complete knowledge," and derivatively " consciousness in general)
• CONSCIENCE, HENDRIK (1812-1883)

conscience—anticipating the later conclusions of See also:

• MARTINEAU, HARRIET (1802-1876)
• MARTINEAU, JAMES (1805-1900)

Martineau—really See also:

• LAY

lay at the basis of the See also:

• WORK

work of most of the Concord transcendentalists and' contributors to The See also:

• DIAL

Dial, of whom Alcott was one . ' In his last years, living in a serene and Peepers:. See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

don . beautiful old See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age in his Coneord home, the See also:

• ORCHARD (O. Eng. ort-geard, later orceard; a combination apparently of Lat. hortus, garden, and " yard " or " Barth ")

Orchard See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House,where every comfort was provided by'his daughter Louisa (q.v.), Alcott was gratified at being able to become the nominal, and at times the actual, See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a Concord " Summer School of Philosophy and Literature," which had its first session in 1879, and 'in which —in a rudely fashioned See also:

• BUILDING

building next his house—thoughtful listeners were addressed during a part of several successive summer seasons on many themes in philosophy, See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion and letters .

Of Alcott's published See also:

• WORKS

works the most important is Tablets (1868); next in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of merit is Concord Days (1872) . His Sonnets and Canzonets (1882) are chiefly interesting as an old man's experiments in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse . He See also:

• LEFT

left a large collection of See also:

• PERSONAL

personal jottings and memorabilia, most of which remain unpublished . He died in Boston on the 4th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1888 . Alcott was a Garrisonian Abolitionist . See A . Bronson Alcott, His Life and Philosophy (2 vols.,Boston, 1893), by F . B . Sanborn and William T . See also:

• HARRIS, GEORGE, 1ST BARON (1746–1829)
• HARRIS, JAMES (1709-1780)
• HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER (1848-1908)
• HARRIS, JOHN (c. 1666-1719)
• HARRIS, SIR WILLIAM SNOW
• HARRIS, THOMAS LAKE (1823-1906)
• HARRIS, WILLIAM TORREY (1835-1909)

Harris; New Connecticut: an Autobiographical Poem (Boston, 1887), edited by F . B .. Sanborn; and See also:

• LOWELL
• LOWELL, ABBOTT LAWRENCE (1856— )
• LOWELL, CHARLES RUSSELL (1835-1864)
• LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL (1819-1891)
• LOWELL, JOHN (1743-1802)

Lowell's See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism in his See also:

• FABLE (Fr. fable, Lat. fabula)

Fable for Critics .

(C . F .