The Life and Works of Christopher Dock

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THE

Life and Works

of

CHRISTOPHER DOCK

America's Pioneer Writer on Education

WITH

A TRANSLATION OF HIS WORKS
INTO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

BY

MARTIN G. BRUMBAUGH, Ph.D., LL.D.
Superintendent of Schools, Philadelphia

WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY

Hon. SAMUEL W. PENNYPACKER, LL.D.
Ex-Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1908

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Copyright, 1908
By J. B. Lippincott Company

Published May, 1908

Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company
The Washington Square Press, Philadelphia, U. S. A.

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CONTENTS

			PAGE
I.		Introduction	3
II.		Life of Christopher Dock	11
III.		The Schul-Ordnung	27
IV.		Translation of the Schul-Ordnung	89
V.		Geistliches Magazien — Four Numbers	159
VI.		Translation of the Geistliches Magazien	191
VII.		Schriften with Translation	239
VIII.		Hymns with Translation	255

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

	PAGE
Bench and Table used by Dock in his School in Germantown	14
Table used by Dock in his School in Germantown	14
Title Page of Second Edition of the Schul-Ordnung	16
Two of Dock's Manuscript Hymns	18
The Alphabet Schriften	240, 248
The Peace Schriften	249
The Penitential Schriften	250
The Prayer Schriften	251
Specimen of Pupil's Schriften, by Jacob Harley	252

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

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