An Experiment in Altruism

by Margaret Pollock Sherwood

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	The Doctor, Janet, and I converse	[1]
II.	I explain why I am here	[6]
III.	I visit the Altruist	[9]
IV.	I meet the Man of the World	[17]
V.	I set forth the general situation	[21]
VI.	I become acquainted with the Lad	[24]
VII.	Janet and I converse about life and philanthropy	[27]
VIII.	The Lad meets Baby Jean	[33]
IX.	I visit Barnet House	[37]
X.	I visit the Woman’s Settlement	[46]
XI.	I describe the Butterfly Hunter	[51]
XII.	The Lad and I discuss religious matters	[55]
XIII.	The Doctor describes a case	[62]
XIV.	We act as committee	[68]
XV.	I rouse the sympathy of the Man of the World	[74]
XVI.	Janet and the Lad sit by the window	[78]
XVII.	I hear the Altruist lecture on Job	[82]
XVIII.	Another baby enters the world	[88]
XIX.	I describe our conferences and board-meetings	[93]
XX.	Janet and the Lad become better acquainted	[103]
XXI.	I almost decide to stop thinking	[108]
XXII.	The Young Reformer calls	[111]
XXIII.	I meet the People	[117]
XXIV.	I find everybody unhappy	[126]
XXV.	I introduce the Tailoress	[131]
XXVI.	I describe our afternoon teas	[138]
XXVII.	Baby Jean philosophizes	[144]
XXVIII.	We again act as committee	[147]
XXIX.	The Tailoress and I visit the Anarchist	[153]
XXX.	The Lad loses a lectureship	[160]
XXXI.	The Tailoress leads a strike	[164]
XXXII.	The Doctor sets forth her views	[171]
XXXIII.	Janet expounds her new philosophy	[177]
XXXIV.	I hear Polly’s story	[183]
XXXV.	I search for Polly	[188]
XXXVI.	The crisis comes	[192]
XXXVII.	I again explain the general situation	[196]
XXXVIII.	I say good-bye to the Lad	[199]
XXXIX.	Baby Jean plays with the telegram	[202]
XL.	I rebel against God and the Altruist	[204]
XLI.	I converse with the Doctor	[208]
XLII.	I find that Janet has no philosophy	[211]
XLIII.	I dry my pen, and again take up my Cause	[214]

AN EXPERIMENT IN ALTRUISM