Table of Contents

Series foreword   Herbert Kohl     vii
Foreword   Herbert Kohl     ix
My First Meeting with Froebel     1
Froebel in Liebenstein     9
Diesterweg and Froebel in Liebenstein     18
Middendorff     29
The Summer of 1850 in Liebenstein     40
Visit of Dr. Gustav Kuhne     50
Visit of Dr. Hiecke     64
Educational Value of Festivals     79
Child-Festival at Altenstein     85
Herr von Wydenbrugk     101
Dr. R. Benfey and Teacher Hermann Posche     121
Dr. Wichard Lange     134
The Last Summer in Liebenstein     141
Second Visit of Diesterweg     144
Visit of Herr Bormann     158
The Prohibition of the Kindergarten in Prussia     161
Visit of Varnhagen von Ense     166
Teachers' Convention     208
The Year 1852     223
Last Days of Froebel     234