As a closing remark the author can only express again his belief that no past age ever held out such inspiring hope and such splendid encouragement to the many parents who appreciate the needs of intelligent care and training for their children. And because of the natural advantages of the surroundings, country parents have the greatest justification of all for being enthusiastic over the outlook. Now, let them go patiently and reverently at the work of bringing up for the service of the world a magnificent race of men and women--men who have brain and brawn and moral courage and religious devotion; women who have a profound sense of maternal responsibility, an inspiring superiority over the perplexing duties of the household, a deep and far-reaching social sympathy, and such a poise and sublimity of thought as to reveal the divinity inherent in their characters. For lo! In the hidden depths of the natures of the common boys and girls there lie slumbering these splendid possibilities! REFERENCES The Meaning of Social Science. Albion W. Small. University of Chicago Press. An epoch-making book, restating ably the general problem of social reconstruction. Report of Committee on Rural Social Problems, National Conference Charities and Corrections. Address Porter R. Lee, Sec'y for Organizing Charity, Philadelphia, Pa. Annual Report. Association for Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality, 1211 Cathedral Street, Baltimore. Government Report on Children as Wage-earners. Department of Commerce and Labor, Washington, D.C. This department is bringing out nineteen volumes in all, each covering a particular problem of women and children as wage-earners. The following are especially related to the subject matter of this chapter:-- The Beginnings of Child Labor Legislation in Certain States; A Comparative Study. Conditions under which Children leave School to go to Work. Juvenile Delinquency and its Relation to Employment. Causes of Death among Women and Child Cotton Mill Operatives. Family Budgets of Typical Cotton Mill Workers. Hook Worm Disease among Cotton Mill Operatives. Employment of Women and Children in Selected Industries. Reports and Circulars National Christian League for Promotion of Purity, 5 East 12th Street, New York. Annual Report of National Conference of Charities and Corrections, 1911. Charities Publication Committee, New York. See this valuable volume for reports of progress in the different lines of child-welfare effort. The White Slave Traffic. _Outlook_, July 16. 1910. The Rockefeller Grand Jury Report of White Slave Traffic. _McClure_, May, August, 1910. Moral Research in Social and Economic Problems. G. Connell. _Westminster Review_, February, 1910. My Lesson from the Juvenile Court. Judge Ben. B Lindsey. _Survey_, Feb. 5, 1910. INDEX