III. TREATMENT OF THE DEAF BY THE STATE 63 General Attitude of the Law towards the Deaf--Legislation Discriminatory respecting the Deaf--Legislation in Protection of the Deaf--Legislation in Aid of the Deaf--Tenor of Court Decisions Affecting the Deaf--Present Trend of the Law in Respect to the Deaf. IV. ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE DEAF 75 The Extent to which the Deaf are a Wage-earning and Self-supporting Element of the Population--Views of the Deaf as to their Economic Standing--The Deaf as Alms-seekers--Homes for the Deaf--Conclusions with Respect to the Economic Position of the Deaf. V. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE DEAF 91 Social Cleavage from the General Population--Desirability of Organizations Composed of the Deaf--Purposes, Activities, and Extent of Such Organizations--Newspapers of the Deaf. VI. POPULAR CONCEPTIONS CONCERNING THE DEAF 99 Viewed as a Strange Class--Viewed as a Defective Class--Viewed as an Unhappy Class--Viewed as a Dependent Class--Need of a Changed Regard for the Deaf. VII. PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN THE DEAF 107 General Societies Interested in the Deaf--The Volta Bureau--Parents' Associations for the Deaf--Church Missions to the Deaf--Organizations Interested in the Education of the Deaf--Publications Devoted to the Interests of the Deaf. PART II PROVISION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE DEAF VIII. THE EDUCATION OF THE DEAF PRIOR TO ITS INTRODUCTION INTO THE UNITED STATES 119 IX. HISTORY OF EDUCATION OF THE DEAF IN THE UNITED STATES 129 Early Attempts at Instruction--Beginning of the First Schools--Early Ideas concerning the Schools for the Deaf--Aims of the Founders--Extension of the Means of Instruction over the Country. X. ORGANIZATION OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 171 Arrangements in the Different States--Semi-Public Institutions--"Dual Schools"--Provision for the Deaf-Blind--Provision for the Feeble-minded Deaf--Government of the Different Institutions--Procedure in States without Institutions. XI. THE DAY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF 187 Inception and Growth of the Day School--Design and Scope of Day Schools--Extent and Organization of Day Schools--Arguments for the Day School--Arguments against the Day School--Evening Schools for Adults. XII. DENOMINATIONAL AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS 202 Denominational Schools--Private Schools. XIII. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE 206 XIV. PROVISION FOR EDUCATION BY STATES 209 XV. CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS FOR SCHOOLS 242