ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
FACING PAGE
Mr. Elbridge T. GerryFrontispiece
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 Infant17
(Courtesy of Museum of Natural History, New York)
Family Life among Birds. Group of American Egret20
(Courtesy of Museum of Natural History, New York)
A Family of Anthropoid Apes, from a Drawing by Dan Beard24
(Courtesy of Museum of Natural History, New York)
Family of Polar Bears24
(Courtesy of Museum of Natural History, New York)
Primitive Family Life among the Hopi Indians28
(Courtesy of the Museum of Natural History, New York)
A Hindu Child-Mother, whose Cares will Make her Old at Thirty42
Zulu Girl with Baby. The Practice of Exposure Ended among the Zulus only within the Present Generation42
Special Repository for Bodies of Neglected Babies, China56
(Reproduced from “China in Decay”)
An Overburdened Chinese Child Carrying more than his Weight in Tea69
(Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.)
“Little Mothers”—the One Five, the Other Eight, Years Old—China69
Tsuchi-Ningio. Clay Figure Substituted for Human Sacrifice—Japan80
(Reproduced from “Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society,” Volume I)
Crock Containing Remains of Sacrificed Child. Unearthed at Tell Ta’Annek80
(Reproduced from “Life in Ancient Egypt”)
A Pomeioc Chieftain’s Wife and Child94
(From the Original Water-Colour Drawing in the British Museum by John White, Governor of Virginia in 1587)
Eskimo Mother Carrying Infant in her Hood94
(From the Original Water-Colour Drawing in the British Museum by John White, Governor of Virginia in 1587)
Isis in the Papyrus Swamps, Suckling Horus106
(Reproduced from “The Gods of the Egyptians, or Studies in Egyptian Mythology”)
Group of M’ayptah, the Priest of Ptah, with his Family110
(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 Children122
(From an Old Print)
The Incas Offering a Human Sacrifice to their Chief144
(From “Mœurs des Sauvages Amériquains,” by P. Lafitau, Paris, 1724)
American Savages Substituting an Animal for a Human Sacrifice144
(From “Mœurs des Sauvages Amériquains,” by P. Lafitau, Paris, 1724)
Musical Instruments Found in a Child’s Grave, at Tell Ta’Annek150
(Reproduced from “Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaft”)
Abraham and Isaac158
(From a Painting by J. S. Copley, R. A.)
A Notable Case of Abandonment—the Finding of Moses160
(After Painting by Schopin)
Blind Boys at Drill in “The Light House,” New York City200
The Finding of Romulus and Remus225
(From an Old Print)
Antoninus Pius, Consecrator of the World’s First Protective Foundation Benefit for Girls236
Constantine the Great, Emperor-Protector of the Roman Child236
The Sacrificing of Living Infants to the God Moloch238
“Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me”258
(After Overbeck)
The Holy Family272
(After Rubens)
(Reproduced by Permission of Museum of Art, New York)
Evening Recreation Centre for Boys, New York City282
Meeting of an “Evening Centre,” New York City282
Filling Christmas Baskets for Poor Children—Mothers’ Helping-Hand Club, New York City297
Saint Vincent de Paul, Founder of the First Permanent Asylum for Children in France298
A Healthy Pair of Indian Children, Western Canada318
Infant Toilers in a Silk Mill, Syria318
(Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.)
Children of Two Families—As the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Found them333
The Same Families—After Attention from the Society333
Henry Bergh336
The “Inspiration” of Henry Bergh on which the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was Organized336
The Juvenile Court, New York City; Justice Wyatt on the Bench337
History of the Child