| PAGE |
| Preface | [3] |
| Introduction | [5] |
| A Woman’s Anguish | [13] |
| Tale One—The Diary of a Chicago Girl | [17] |
| Tale Two—The Life Story of a Southern Widow | [33] |
| Tale Three—A Story of the Chicago Ghetto | [53] |
| Tale Four—A Woman of Thirty-eight | [71] |
| Tale Five—A Forecast | [89] |
| Tale Six—A Daughter of Proud Kentucky | [103] |
| Tale Seven—My Lover’s Bequest | [129] |
| Tale Eight—The Victim of a Drug | [145] |
| Tale Nine—What Happened to a Girl Who Flirted | [163] |
| Tale Ten—Sold at a Fixed Price | [173] |
| Tale Eleven—A Story of Suicide Bridge | [181] |
| Tale Twelve—Two Babes and Two Mothers | [193] |
| Tale Thirteen—Not Guilty | [205] |
| Tale Fourteen—My Lover’s Daughter | [215] |
| Tale Fifteen—As Told to a Clergyman | [221] |
| Tale Sixteen—A Story of Stage Life | [231] |
| Tale Seventeen—A Trip Across the Lake | [261] |
| Tale Eighteen—One Woman’s Way | [269] |
| Tale Nineteen—A Story of the Levee | [291] |
| Tale Twenty—A Scientific Phenomenon | [305] |