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I. LOWELL SIXTY YEARS AGO 1

II. CHILD-LIFE IN THE LOWELL COTTON MILLS 25

III. THE LITTLE MILL-GIRL’S ALMA MATER 40

IV. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EARLY FACTORY GIRLS 60

V. CHARACTERISTICS (_Continued_) 83

VI. _The Lowell Offering_ AND ITS WRITERS 97

VII. _The Lowell Offering_ (_Continued_) 109

VIII. BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF SOME OF THE WRITERS FOR
_The Lowell Offering_ 132

IX. THE COTTON FACTORY OF TO-DAY 202

LOOM AND SPINDLE.