In the reminiscences of Nicholas Comenius, the aim has been to present a faithful picture of conditions in school life, have come within the observation and experience of the writer but which now exist only in memory. The book has been written not to glorify the old, not to reflect unjustly on the new, but rather with the hope that it may deepen a love and inspire a more lassting veneration for the old schoolmasters of other days, around whose memory still linger, in the hearts of the older generation, so many endering recollections of their boyhood days. If, upon the whole, the work shall be found to learn too strongly toward the old, at the expense of the new, fifty years of service in various relations to the school work, as pupil under one of the old masters, teacher, director, and for a quarter of a century a member of the class of public benefactors whose services are not all times recognized and appreciated, may plead the writer's excuse. The few whose memory goes back with the writer's personal relations with the old masters, will unite in blessing their memory..... Keywords: Nicholas Comenius, William Riddle, Glorify, Schoolmaster, Generations, Fifty Years, Master, Teacher, Director, Public Benefactors,

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