ABSTRACT
John Henry Pestalozzi's first work was published in Iselin's 'Ephemerides'. It was called 'Die Abendstunden eines Einsiedlers'. It consists of a series of detached thoughts on the principles of education. It is the first sketch of the edifice to the erection of which Pestalozzi devoted his life. Education in the family, love as the sun of the house, are the necessary conditions of all success in education. A year later Pestalozzi wrote another work, which speedily became known through the whole of Europe. The Economical Society of Bern gave him their gold medal, Bonstetten invited him to come and work as a minister, Count Zinzendorf the Moravian asked him to Vienna, Leopold, Grand Duke of Tuscany, begged him to come and stay with him in Florence. Pestalozzi says that the greatest service he has rendered to education is the recognition of observation, of the power of the senses, as the foundation of instruction.
