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OF CONFUCIUS-"BEGINNING" OF INFANTI-
CIDE 200 B.C.-REFORMS OF THE EMPEROR
CHOENTCHE AND THE MANCHUS IN THE
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY-DECREES REDUC-
ING THE COST OF WEDDING GIFTS IN ORDER
TO STOP PARENTS FROM Killing FeMALE
CHILDREN
CHAPTER V
DEATH BY Neglect and Sacrifice in Japan—
THE NEW-BORN TABOO-MYTH OF THE
EXPOSURE OF THE CHILD OF THE GODS-
GROWTH OF THE MARRIAGE CUSTOM-THE
ARRIVAL OF THE CHINESE-MODERN CAN-
NIBALISM-MODERN LAWS ON THE SALE OF
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CHAPTER VI
MESOPOTAMIA THE EARLIEST CIVILIZATION
KNOWN-FAINT TRACES OF CHILD-SACRI-
FICE-LAWS for Women AND CHILDREN—
CENSUS FIGURES IN STONES-CODE OF
HAMMURABI-THE STORY OF SARGON
CHAPTER VII.
MOST ANCIENT NATION WAS KIND TO CHILDREN
-ECONOMIC PRESSURE BROUGHT No
SPECIAL CRUELTY-PICTURE OF THE PRO-
LETARIAT ABJURATIONS OF THE OLDEST
BOOK IN THE World -EGYPTIANS AS SEEN
BY DIODORUS SICULUS-DEGENERATING
EFFECT OF GREEK SUPREMACY
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Contents
CHAPTER VIII
CHILDREN IN INDIA-STORY OF THE MAHA-
BHARATA-FEMALE CHILD DESPISED-A
HUNDRED Cows THE PRICE OF A SON-
RECORDS LEFT BY HISTORIANS OF ALEX-
ANDER'S CONQUEST-ATTEMPTS BY BRITISH
GOVERNMENT TO CHECK INFANTICIDE-
WORK OF JONATHAN DUNCAN AND COL.
ALEXANDER WALKER
CHAPTER IX
SEMITIC DEVELOPMENT IN CANAAN-SACRIFICE
OF THE FIRST-BORN PERSISTS-ORIGIN OF
THE IDEA OF SACRIFICE-THE CUSTOM
WORLD-WIDE AMONG PRIMitive PeopleS—
ASSOCIATED WITH CANNIBALISM-THE
FOUNDATION SACRIFICE-DISCOVERIES IN
PALESTINE
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CHAPTER X
HEBREW WRITERS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE
RELIGION OF HUMANITY-CHILD SACRIFICE
CONDEMNED IN THE STORY OF ISAAC-CIR-
CUMCISION SUBSTITUTED-REVERSION TO
BARBARIC HABITS IN CANAAN-TRIUMPH OF
THE PROPHETS
157
CHAPTER XI
ANCIENT ARABIANS WERE CANNIBALISTIC-
DAUGHTERS TOO EXPENSIVE TO REAR-
CONDITIONS BEFORE THE COMING OF THE
PROPHET THE INJUNCTIONS OF MOHAM-
MED HIS LAW AS FOUND IN "AL HIDAYA". 169
CHAPTER XII
EXPOSURE BY A CIVILIZED PEOPLE-LACK OF
HUMANITY AMONG THE GREEKS-THEIR
MYTHOLOGY AN EVIDENCE-CHILDREN IN
HOMER.
184
CHAPTER XIII
FEMALE CHILDREN NOT DESIRABLE AMONG
GREEKS PRECAUTIONS FOR SAVING EX-
POSED
CHILDREN-ORNAMENTS
AS A
MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION-ADOPTION
UNDER STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES
CHAPTER XIV
FIRST RECOGNITION OF RIGHTS OF CHILDREN—
LAWS OF ROMULUS AND OF NUMA POMPILIUS
-THE TWELVE TABLES-ATTITUDE OF
PARENTS SHOWN IN TERENCE PATRIA
POTESTAS SPARINGLY USED
CHAPTER XV
HUMANITARIAN MEASURES OF AUGUSTUS-LIFE
IN THE IMPERIAL CITY-FIRST ATTEMPTS
OF THE STATE TO CHECK INFANTICIDE-
TRAJAN AND THE VELEIA LOAN-STOIC
SPIRIT IN PLINY'S CHARITY
CHAPTER XVI
OF
REFORMS OF HADRIAN-PUNISHMENT
FATHERS-VALERIUS MAXIMUS-FAVOUR-
ITE STREETS IN ROME FOR LEAVING ABAN-
DONED CHILDREN-MUTILATING CHILDREN
FOR PROFIT
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PROGRESS UNDER THE ANTONINES-FAUSTINA'S
EFFORTS TO SAVE FEMALE CHILDREN-
CHRISTIAN SENTIMENT GROWS PLEA OF
LACTANTIUS-ITS EFFECTS-CONSTANTINE. 245
CHAPTER XVIII
PLEAS OF THE CHRISTIAN FATHERS
CHAPTER XIX
CONDITIONS AMONG THE PEOPLES WHO CON-
QUERED THE ROMAN EMPIRE-IRISH SACRI-
FICED FIRST-BORN-THE WERGELD-THE
SALIC LAW-CODE OF THE VISIGOTHS ON
EXPOSED CHILDREN-THEODORIC AND Cas-
SIODORUS
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CHAPTER XX
SAINT
GROWTH OF THE HUMANITARIAN MOVEMENT
THROUGHOUT EUROPE-IN THE DARK AGES
-CHURCH TAKES UP THE HUMANITARIAN
WORK IN THE Seventh CENTURY-SALE OF
CHILDREN COMMON-STORY OF
BATHILDE-CHILDREN SOLD FOR FATHER'S
DEBTS-DATHEUS THE FIRST TO OFFER
CHILDREN A HOME-APPEAL OF POPE
INNOCENT III.
CHAPTER XXI
CRUELTY TO CHILDREN IN THE SIXTEENTH AND
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY-Attempt AT
REGULATION-DEFORMING CHILDREN FOR
MOUNTEBANK PURPOSES-ANECDOTE OF
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CHARGE ON THE STATE-CHILDREN ACTU-
ALLY SLAVES UNDER FACTORY SYSTEM—
REFORM OF 1833-OASTLER AGAINST THE
CHILD SLAVERY "JUVENILE LABOUR IN
FACTORIES IS A NATIONAL Blessing"
CHAPTER XXIII
INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS IN AMERICA-PROTEC-
TION FOR ANIMALS-FOUNDING OF THE
SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY
TO CHILDREN-SPREAD OF THE MOVEMENT
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD-ORIGIN
NEW YORK CITY
APPENDIX A-NAPOLEONIC DECREE OF 1811
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IN
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APPENDIX B-CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE PRE-
VENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
APPENDIX C-TREATMENT OF CHILDREN
INDEX
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