Gradations of pupils.

Labor bureaus for deaf, 71, 81n.

Ladies' societies, 88n, 161n, 173n.

Land given for schools, 137, 141, 162, 299-302.
_See_ States, provision in.

Language, difficulty of for deaf, 198, 201, 287.

Law, general attitude of toward deaf, 63-74;
trend of, 73;
need of changed regard, 314.
_See_ Legal exceptions; Legislation.

Le Couteulx St. Mary's Institution, 306.
_See_ New York.

Legal exceptions, views of deaf respecting, 74n.

Legislation in aid of deaf, 68-71;
discriminatory, 66;
in protection, 67, 68.

Legislatures, appeals to, 159, 160.
_See_ Appropriations; Law, attitude of; States, provision in.

Lip-reading, 10, 284.
_See_ Speech.

Location of schools, 163, 301.

Louisiana, education in, 172n, 183, 184, 191, 193, 202, 218.

Lutheran Church, work of, _see_ Church work; Denominational schools.

McIntyre, Thomas, 156n.

Maine, education in, 138, 183, 218.

Mann, Horace, 281.

Manual alphabet, 11, 12, 277, 278.
_See_ Sign language.

Manual alphabet method, 285-287.

Manual method, 285-287.

Maryland, education in, 141, 172, 173, 176n, 183, 202-205, 219.

Marriages of deaf, advisability of, 46, 54-56;
laws to prohibit, 56n;
partners in, 55;
possibilities of deaf offspring, 46-52.
_See_ Congenital deafness.

Massachusetts, education in, 130, 138, 171, 173, 184, 191, 193n, 219, 305.
_See_ Clarke School; Horace Mann School; New England Industrial
School; Sarah Fuller Home.

Medical bodies and prevention of deafness, 25, 26.
_See_ Adventitious deafness.

Mendicancy, _see_ Alms-seekers.

Methodist Church, work of, _see_ Church work.

Methods of instruction, 193, 205, 277-287.

Michigan, education in, 183, 191, 192, 202, 221, 301.

Middle ages, education in, 120.

Minnesota, education in, 183, 184, 191, 193, 222.

Mississippi, education in, 182, 223.

Missions, _see_ Church work for deaf; Legislation in aid of deaf.

Missouri, education in, 142n, 144, 183, 191, 193, 202, 223.

Montana, education in, 176, 182, 183, 184, 224, 300.

Montans, Peter, 124.

"Mute", _see_ "Deaf".

National college, _see_ Gallaudet College.

National Educational Association, 114.

National government, granting land for schools, 137, 141, 162, 299, 300;
creating Gallaudet College, 206-208.
_See_ District of Columbia.

Nebraska, education in, 183, 224.