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In commending this book to all who are willing to know the truth about the most hideous disgrace, and perhaps the most in- sidious danger of our civilization, we cannot do better than to quote the words of Bishop Anderson of the Episcopal diocese of Chicago. He says (p. 473) :

The mind of the public is moral, and if it can be convinced of the actual state of affairs the public conscience will soon be aroused and some- thing good is bound to be accomplished. Accurate and conservative infor- mation, if spread broadcast, will go far to accomplish the great work which we have on hand.

The editor adds :

St. Paul had a like confidence in the public intelligence and conscience, and in the usefulness of information spread broadcast to end the White

Slave Traffic. The apostle wrote on this subject in II Timothy 3:6-9

St. Paul here intimates that publicity will overthrow the traffickers in women as the opponents of Moses were overwhelmed in Egypt.

In this confidence we are sending forth this volume, to spread broad- cast the testimony of many witnesses whose character and intelligence none can impeach. We are certain that if the facts set forth in this book by lawyers, physicians, missionaries, and other workers are understood by the English-speaking peoples, the White Slave Traffic will be immediately and permanently reduced and speedily abolished throughout the Anglo- Saxon world. All Christendom must follow if we lead worthily in this reform. Japan will quickly join us and is already doing so. Human nature itself, once it is enlightened as to the facts of commerce in girls, must almost necessarily abolish the cursed trade.

Horrible as the subject is, ignorance of it, even by those whom we would prefer to shield against such knowledge, must be charged as contributory negligence on the part of those whose duty it is to safeguard the innocent, as well as to make predaceous occupations difficult. For this reason the book cannot be too widely circulated.

Albion W. Small

An Anarchist Woman. By Hutchins Hapgood. New York:

Duffield & Co., 1909. Pp. 309.

In this truthful study of certain young working-class people in Chicago who quit the treadmill of industry and lead their lives in defiance of all the conventions of bourgeois society, Mr. Hap- good has produced unwittingly a primer of social science. The