Chapter III: Appendix: C—treatment of Children 349

INDEX 361

ILLUSTRATIONS

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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

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