The School and The Society

A second edition affords a grateful opportunity for recalling that this little book is a sign of the
coöperating thoughts and sympathies of many persons. Its indebtedness to Mrs. Emmons Blaine
is partly indicated in the dedication. From my friends, Mr. and Mrs. George Herbert Mead, came
that interest, unflagging attention to detail, and artistic taste which, in my absence, remade
colloquial remarks until they were fit to print, and then saw the results through the press with the
present attractive result—a mode of authorship made easy, which I recommend to others
fortunate enough to possess such friends.
It would be an extended paragraph which should list all the friends whose timely and persisting
generosity has made possible the school which inspired and defined the ideas of these pages.
These friends, I am sure, would be the first to recognize the peculiar appropriateness of especial
mention of the names of Mrs. Charles R. Crane and Mrs. William R. Linn.
And the school itself in its educational work is a joint undertaking. Many have engaged in
shaping it. The clear and experienced intelligence of my wife is wrought everywhere into
itstexture. The wisdom, tact and devotion of its instructors have brought about a transformation of
its original amorphous plans into articulate form and substance with life and movement of their
own. Whatever the issue of the ideas presented in this book, the satisfaction coming from the
coöperation of the diverse thoughts and deeds of many persons in undertaking to enlarge the life of the child will abide.