CONTENTS
| 1903 Preface, | [ix] |
| Preface, | [9] |
| The Lost Waif, | [17] |
| Menace of the Have-to-Be, | [39] |
| Social Quarantine First, | [71] |
| Quarantine, | [93] |
| Uncivilized Inconsistencies, | [105] |
| Quarantine Against Idleness, | [131] |
| Quarantine Agains Misunderstanding, | [145] |
| Quarantine Agains Maladministration, | [157] |
| Suggestions for Local Quarantine Organization, | [169] |
| Sarah B. Cooper, | [191] |
| Corroborative Testimony, | [221] |
| And a Little Child Shall Lead Them," | [227] |
| Summary, | [233] |
| Logical Sequences, | [251] |
| Appendix: | |
| It has Begun, | [263] |
| Dedication, | [269] |
"It was Juvenal who said, 'The man's character is made at seven; what he then is, he will always be.' This seems a sweeping assertion, but Aristotle, Plato, Lycurgus, Plutarch, Bacon, Locke, and Lord Brougham, all emphasize the same idea, while leading educators of a modern day are all united upon this point." [Sarah B. Cooper, to the National Conference of Charities and Correction of the United States and Canada.]
"This institution was established as the result of a quickened public conscience on the subject of waifs of the State, a comprehensive understanding of the relation of the State to the child, and the demonstrated effect of such institutions in decreasing crime." [The American Journal of Sociology, May, 1898, page 790.]