When he left the prison he had about $100. The prisoners took up a collection and gave him $30; the State turned over $20 and Taborn had about $50 himself. He was placed upon an electric car for a trip to Delaware, O., from which town he was sentenced for killing a man during a quarrel. Then he will go to his old home in Cass County, Michigan, and later to Hillsboro, N. C., where employment awaits him. _Social Surveys of Delinquency and Vice._—The Russell Sage Foundation Library publishes the following useful summary: _Chicago._ Vice commission. Social evil in Chicago; a study of existing conditions, with recommendations. 399 p. Chicago, the Commission, 1911. (50 cents) This report may be obtained through the American vigilance association, 156 Fifth Ave., N. Y. _Cincinnati_ (Ohio). Bureau of municipal research. (The) Juvenile court of Hamilton county. Cincinnati, O. The Bureau, 1912. (2 cents). _Elmira_ (N. Y ). Women’s league for good government. Vice conditions in Elmira. 76 p. Elmira. The League, 1913. _Hartford_ (Conn.) Vice commission. Report, July, 1913. 90 p. Hartford, Conn. Woman suffrage association, 1913. (25 cents) _Kneeland_, G. J. Commercialized prostitution in New York City. 334 p. N. Y. Century Co., 1913. ($1.30 net) _Minneapolis._ Vice commission. Report. 134 p. Minneapolis, Byron and Hillard, 1911. (40 cents) _New York_ (City). Committee of fourteen for the suppression of the Raines law hotels. Social evil in New York City; a study of law enforcement by the Research committee. 268 p. N. Y. Kellogg, 1910. (Out of print) _Philadelphia._ Vice commission. Report. Philadelphia, The Commission. (40 cents) This report may be obtained through the American vigilance association, 156 Fifth Ave., N. Y. _Portland_ (Oregon). Vice commission. Report, January, 1912. 216 p. Portland, The Commission, 1912. (Out of print) _Potter_, Z. I. Delinquency, in Russell Sage Foundation, Department of surveys and exhibits. (The) Newburgh survey, 1913. Also in Russell Sage Foundation. Department of surveys and exhibits. (The) Topeka improvement survey, 1914. (in preparation) _Seligman_, E. R. A., ed. Social evil, with special references to conditions existing in the City of New York: a report prepared in 1902 under the direction of the Committee of fifteen. 303 p. N. Y. Putnam, 1912, c 1902-12. ($1.75 net) _Syracuse_ (N. Y.). Moral survey committee. Report on the social evil. Syracuse, N. Y. Moral survey committee, 1913. (40 cents) _The State Use Problem in New Jersey._—The Newark News has a plain and clear statement of the difficulty. New Jersey is finding in going over from the contract system to the State use plan.