Chicago and its cess-pools of infamy

SAMUEL PAYNTER WILSON
Author of “Chicago by Gas Light”, “Wilson’s Epitome of Historical and Chronological Facts” and “Wilson’s Concise History.”

DEDICATED TO THE GOOD MEN AND WOMEN OF THE WORLD WITH THE HOPE THAT THE VICIOUS MAY BECOME BETTER MEN AND WOMEN
CHICAGO SAMUEL PAYNTER WILSON SIXTEENTH EDITION

MR. SAMUEL PAYNTER WILSON. Chicago, Ill.
My Dear Friend:—
I have read your book with great interest. It tells the truth, though no book can tell all the truth. You have been a great help to our community by the practical and useful service you have rendered in the investigation of vice and the bringing of those responsible for it to justice. Our city is the better for your work.
I hope your book will do much good. If parents but knew the dangers that confront their boys and girls in our great cities, they would at least take some ordinary precautions before turning children adrift amid these perils.
Very sincerely yours, MORTON CULVER HARTZELL, President of the Douglas Neighborhood Club.