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thoroughness and system that are used in the college, to perform the special function of developing the ethical and religious life. A course of church dis- cipline is outlined in this article, and a philanthropy class with its two years of study is one of the courses offered. It seems to me entirely appropriate that the church should offer such a course, and that, after a few years, only those who have taken this course should be eligible to a place on the philan- thropic committees of the church.

If such classes in philanthropy were carried on in any city for ten or fifteen years, all movements for social betterment would feel the effects. Instead of the discouragement which of right follows our crude and misap- plied efforts, we should go forward with the confidence born of power. The intelligent treatment of these questions would create that public sentiment which goes far towards correcting evils. The members of a woman's club who have made a scientific study of the Elmira Reformatory or the tramp question would hardly be found sending bouquets to murderers or fattening tramps on their own doorstones. The mutal understanding and sympathy which are the natural growth of friendship between the well-to-do and the poor would help to adjust the differences between capital and labor. It is not too much to say that the philanthropy classes would ennoble and enrich the whole city life. .

The following outline of study and bibliography were prepared by Miss Isabel Ely Lord in accordance with the suggestions of this paper, and were submitted as her graduation bibliography for the degree of B.L.S. from the New York State Library School. Reprints of this paper and bibliography will be offered as a bulletin of the Educational Church Board, Albany, N. Y.

MRS. SALOME CUTLER FAIRCHILD.

ALBANY, N. Y.

SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, NO. a.

SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF PHILANTHROPY.

COMPILED BY ISABEL ELY LORD.

Explanation. This bibliography is designed for the use of a class in the study of philanthropy, made up of citizens of more than ordinary intelligence and training, perhaps, but not for the specialist. It is restricted to English works for practical reasons, and the compiler does not claim that it is complete even for English works. It needs, especially, to be supplemented by material relating to the municipal and social life of the city or town in which the class is organized. Small & Vincent's Introduction to the Study of Society contains outlines for local study in other lines which are full of suggestions for this. Warner's American Charities and Henderson's Introduction to the Study of the Dependent, Defective, and Delinquent Classes should be used as text-books throughout the course. Booth's Life and Labour of the People in London should be consulted both for information and inspiration to careful work. Access to files of the Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections is indispensable. The headings and subheadings of the bibliography as printed are intended to furnish a systematic outline for the two-years' course of study discussed in the preceding paper. PHILANTHROPISTS, LIST OF BOOKS REFERRED TO, and AUTHORITIES CONSULTED will be found at end of bibliography.

Abbreviations. Amer. Anthrop., American Anthropologist Chic. Inter. Cong., Chicago Inter- national Congress of Charities, Correction, and Philanthropy Cont. Rev., Contemporary Review- Fortn. Rev., Fortnightly Review J. H. U. Studies, Johns Hopkins University Studies in History and Political Science Lib. Jour., Library Journal Nat. Conf., National Conference of Charities and Corrections, Proceedings- Nat. Rev., National Review -U. S. N. Y., University of the State of New York.