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[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. RONGE, Johann and Bertha. A Practical Guide to the English Kindergarten, (Children's Garden,) for the Use of Mothers, Governesses, and Infant Teachers: Being an Exposition of Froebel's System of Infant Training… London: A. N. Myers & Co., 1883. 4to. Illustrated throughout. xii, [1] – 68 pp. Publisher's full purple cloth, boards decoratively stamped in blind, front board and spine stamped in gilt, printed endleaves with publisher's ads (binding worn, soiled, sunned, endleaves toned, foxed, text leaves and plates all loose but present (text shaken)). Fair. FOURTEENTH ENGLISH EDITION OF THIS RARE EARLY INSTRUCTIONAL BOOK ON EARLY CHILDHOOD INSTRUCTION. Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) created the first kindergartens, changing the existing method of lecturing young children to engaging them through play and activity – a model that is still in use throughout the world today.