PREFATORY NOTE

 I am indebted to the Editors of Scribner's Magazine, the Cosmopolitan¹, and Babyhood, for permission to reprint the three essays which have appeared in their pages. The others are published for the first time.

 

It may be well to ward² off the full seriousness of my title "Nursery Logic³" by saying that a certain informality in all of these papers arises from the fact that they were originally talks given before members of societies interested in the training of children.

 

Three of them—"Children's Stories," "How Shall we Govern our Children," and "The Magic of 'Together'"—have been written for this book by my sister, Miss Nora Smith.

K.D.W.

 

NEW YORK, August, 1892.

1 cosmopolitan   

adj.世界性的，全世界的，四海为家的，全球的

参考例句：

• New York is a highly cosmopolitan city.纽约是一个高度世界性的城市。
• She has a very cosmopolitan outlook on life.她有四海一家的人生观。

2 ward   

n.守卫，监护，病房，行政区，由监护人或法院保护的人（尤指儿童）；vt.守护，躲开

参考例句：

• The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
• During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。

3 logic   

n.逻辑(学)；逻辑性

参考例句：

• What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑？
• I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。