I am satisfied that this thing can be successfully thought out,--that is, how the worthy poor city family may be removed to the country and there through hard work gradually acquire enough land whereon to earn a fair living at least. This end will never be accomplished by merely driving out the poor families, but rather by means of scientific and sympathetic practice of re-establishing them. Well-conducted research shows that these poor people are nearly all constituted of good, sound, human stock. So, if transported under the conditions named, there may be expected to come forth in the second generation a splendid crop of rural boys and girls. REFERENCES Report of the Commission on Country Life. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. Sturgis-Walton Company, New York. A brief but epoch-making book. The student of rural problems will find it a splendid outline guide. Cutting Loose from the City. E. G. Hutchins. _Country Life_, Jan. 1, 1911. Back to the Farm. J. Smith. _Collier's_, Feb. 25, 1911. Value of a Country Education to Every Boy. _Craftsman_, January, 1911. Why Back to the Farm? Editorial. _Craftsman_, February, 1911. The Country-Life Movement. L. H. Bailey. The Macmillan Co. Contains a contrast of the back-to-the-land movement and the country-life movement. Drift to the City in Relation to the Rural Problem. J. M. Gillette. _American Journal of Sociology_, March, 1911. The New Country Boy. _Independent_, June 22, 1911. Overworked Children on the Farm and in the School. Dr. Woods Hutchinson. _Annals American Academy_, March, 1909. Why One Hundred Boys ran away from Home. L. E. Jones. _Ladies' Home Journal_, April, 1910. The Country Girl who is coming to the City. Batchelor. _Delineator_, May, 1909. Play and Playground Literature. For most helpful and inexpensive literature on this subject address: The Playground Association of America, 1 Madison Ave., New York City. Conservation in the Rural Districts. James W. Robertson, D.Sc. The Association Press, New York. Education for Country life. Willet M. Hays. Free Bulletin, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Treats ably consolidation and rural agricultural high schools. Child Problems. George B. Mangold. Ph.D. Book II, Chapters I-II, "Play and the Playground"; Book III, Chapters I-V, "Child Labor Problems." The last reference contains accurate information as to child-labor legislation up to date of publication. Influence of Heredity and Environment upon Race Improvements. Kelsey. _Annals American Academy_, July, 1909. Burning up the Boys. Editorial. _North American_, September, 1910. CHAPTER IV _THE COUNTRY MOTHER AND THE CHILDREN_