SPECIAL REPOSITORY FOR BODIES OF NEGLECTED
BABIES, CHINA 56
(Reproduced from “China in Decay”)
AN OVERBURDENED CHINESE CHILD CARRYING
MORE THAN HIS WEIGHT IN TEA 69
(Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.)
“LITTLE MOTHERS”—THE ONE FIVE, THE
OTHER EIGHT, YEARS OLD—CHINA 69
TSUCHI-NINGIO. CLAY FIGURE SUBSTITUTED
FOR HUMAN SACRIFICE—JAPAN 80
(Reproduced from “Transactions and Proceedings
of the Japan Society,” Volume I)
CROCK CONTAINING REMAINS OF SACRIFICED
CHILD. UNEARTHED AT TELL TA’ANNEK 80
(Reproduced from “Life in Ancient Egypt”)
A POMEIOC CHIEFTAIN’S WIFE AND CHILD 94
(From the Original Water-Colour Drawing in the
British Museum by John White, Governor of
Virginia in 1587)
ESKIMO MOTHER CARRYING INFANT IN HER
HOOD 94
(From the Original Water-Colour Drawing in the
British Museum by John White, Governor of
Virginia in 1587)
ISIS IN THE PAPYRUS SWAMPS, SUCKLING HORUS 106
(Reproduced from “The Gods of the Egyptians, or
Studies in Egyptian Mythology”)
GROUP OF M’AYPTAH, THE PRIEST OF PTAH,
WITH HIS FAMILY 110
(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
CHILDREN 122
(From an Old Print)
THE INCAS OFFERING A HUMAN SACRIFICE TO
THEIR CHIEF 144
(From “Mœurs des Sauvages Amériquains,” by
P. Lafitau, Paris, 1724)
AMERICAN SAVAGES SUBSTITUTING AN ANIMAL
FOR A HUMAN SACRIFICE 144
(From “Mœurs des Sauvages Amériquains,” by
P. Lafitau, Paris, 1724)
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOUND IN A CHILD’S
GRAVE, AT TELL TA’ANNEK 150
(Reproduced from “Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen
Akademie der Wissenschaft”)
ABRAHAM AND ISAAC 158
(From a Painting by J. S. Copley, R. A.)
A NOTABLE CASE OF ABANDONMENT—THE
FINDING OF MOSES 160
(After Painting by Schopin)
BLIND BOYS AT DRILL IN “THE LIGHT HOUSE,”
NEW YORK CITY 200
THE FINDING OF ROMULUS AND REMUS 225
(From an Old Print)
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