1 EARLIEST IMPRESSIONS 19
2 INFLUENCE OF LINCOLN 33
3 BOARDING-SCHOOL IDEALS 46
4 THE SNARE OF PREPARATION 60
5 FIRST DAYS AT HULL-HOUSE 75
6 THE SUBJECTIVE NECESSITY FOR SOCIAL SETTLEMENTS 90
7 SOME EARLY UNDERTAKINGS AT HULL-HOUSE 101
8 PROBLEMS OF POVERTY 118
9 A DECADE OF ECONOMIC DISCUSSION 133
10 PIONEER LABOR LEGISLATION IN ILLINOIS 148
11 IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN 169
12 TOLSTOYISM 186
13 PUBLIC ACTIVITIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 200
14 CIVIC COOPERATION 219
15 THE VALUE OF SOCIAL CLUBS 239
16 ARTS AT HULL-HOUSE 257
17 ECHOES OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 276
18 SOCIALIZED EDUCATION 294
Selected Bibliography 311
Index 313