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Mr. Elbridge T. Gerry

[Frontispiece]
Founder of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Native East African Mother and Infant [17]
(Courtesy of Museum of Natural History, New York)
A Well-Cared for Eskimo Infant[17]
(Courtesy of Museum of Natural History, New York)
Family Life among Birds. Group of American Egret[20]
(Courtesy of Museum of Natural History, New York)
A Family of Anthropoid Apes, from a Drawing by Dan Beard[24]
(Courtesy of Museum of Natural History, New York)
Family of Polar Bears[24]
(Courtesy of Museum of Natural History, New York)
Primitive Family Life among the Hopi Indians[28]
(Courtesy of the Museum of Natural History, New York)
A Hindu Child-Mother, whose Cares will Make her Old at Thirty[42]
Zulu Girl with Baby. The Practice of Exposure Ended among the Zulus only within the Present Generation[42]
Special Repository for Bodies of Neglected Babies, China[56]
(Reproduced from “China in Decay”)
An Overburdened Chinese Child Carrying more than his Weight in Tea[69]
(Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.)
“Little Mothers”—the One Five, the Other Eight, Years Old—China[69]
Tsuchi-Ningio. Clay Figure Substituted for Human Sacrifice—Japan[80]
(Reproduced from “Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society,” Volume I)
Crock Containing Remains of Sacrificed Child. Unearthed at Tell Ta’Annek[80]
(Reproduced from “Life in Ancient Egypt”)
A Pomeioc Chieftain’s Wife and Child[94]
(From the Original Water-Colour Drawing in the British Museum by John White, Governor of Virginia in 1587)
Eskimo Mother Carrying Infant in her Hood[94]
(From the Original Water-Colour Drawing in the British Museum by John White, Governor of Virginia in 1587)
Isis in the Papyrus Swamps, Suckling Horus[106]
(Reproduced from “The Gods of the Egyptians, or Studies in Egyptian Mythology”)
Group of M’ayptah, the Priest of Ptah, with his Family[110]
(Reproduced from “Life in Ancient Egypt”)
Letter of Illarion, an Egyptian Labourer, to Alis, His Wife. Papyrus Written at Alexandria, 17 June, 1 b.c.[118]
(Reproduced from “Light from the Ancient East”)
Florida Women Sacrificing their First-Born Children[122]
(From an Old Print)
The Incas Offering a Human Sacrifice to their Chief[144]
(From “Mœurs des Sauvages Amériquains,” by P. Lafitau, Paris, 1724)
American Savages Substituting an Animal for a Human Sacrifice[144]
(From “Mœurs des Sauvages Amériquains,” by P. Lafitau, Paris, 1724)
Musical Instruments Found in a Child’s Grave, at Tell Ta’Annek[150]
(Reproduced from “Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaft”)
Abraham and Isaac[158]
(From a Painting by J. S. Copley, R. A.)
A Notable Case of Abandonment—the Finding of Moses[160]
(After Painting by Schopin)
Blind Boys at Drill in “The Light House,” New York City[200]
The Finding of Romulus and Remus[225]
(From an Old Print)
Antoninus Pius, Consecrator of the World’s First Protective Foundation Benefit for Girls[236]
Constantine the Great, Emperor-Protector of the Roman Child[236]
The Sacrificing of Living Infants to the God Moloch[238]
“Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me”[258]
(After Overbeck)
The Holy Family[272]
(After Rubens)
(Reproduced by Permission of Museum of Art, New York)
Evening Recreation Centre for Boys, New York City[282]
Meeting of an “Evening Centre,” New York City[282]
Filling Christmas Baskets for Poor Children—Mothers’ Helping-Hand Club, New York City[297]
Saint Vincent de Paul, Founder of the First Permanent Asylum for Children in France[298]
A Healthy Pair of Indian Children, Western Canada[318]
Infant Toilers in a Silk Mill, Syria[318]
(Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.)
Children of Two Families—As the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Found them[333]
The Same Families—After Attention from the Society[333]
Henry Bergh[336]
The “Inspiration” of Henry Bergh on which the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was Organized[336]
The Juvenile Court, New York City; Justice Wyatt on the Bench[337]

History of the Child