TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[Introductory]1
II.[In the Grip of Poverty]19
III.[Where the School Law Failed]33
IV.[Wage-earning and New Relations at Home]43
V.[The Will to Play]57
VI.[The Breakdown of Family Protection]75
VII.[The Italian Girl. By Josephine Roche]95
[APPENDICES]
A.[Economic Condition of the Families]121
B.[School Attendance Data]132
[Index]135