| Nursery Life 300 Years Ago : The Story of a Dauphin of France, 1601-10. Taken from the Journal of Dr Jean Héroard, Physician-In-Charge, and from Other Contemporary Sources Originally published in 1929, Nursery Life 300 Years Ago is about the childhood of a seventeenth-century Dauphin of France, taken from the journal of Dr. Jean Heìroard, physician-in-charge and other contemporary sources, which is used as a medium for describing the education, toys and other social aspects of childhood at that time. A fascinating glimpse into the historic study of children. Lucy Crump |