AUTHOR'S PREFACE.

INTRODUCTORY NOTE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. THE GENERAL ASPECT.

CHAPTER II. THE INCREASE AND EXTENT.

CHAPTER III. JEWISH IMMIGRATION.

CHAPTER IV. ITALIAN IMMIGRATION.

CHAPTER V. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS.

CHAPTER VI. WOMAN'S BITTER CRY.

CHAPTER VII. THE SANITARY DANGER.

CHAPTER VIII. THE SOCIAL EVIL.

CHAPTER IX. LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.

CHAPTER X. THE EXAMPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.

CHAPTER XI. THE COLONIAL ASPECT.

CHAPTER XII. THE REMEDIES.

APPENDIX A. SOME OBSOLETE ALIEN ACTS. [38] STATUTES OF RICHARD II.

APPENDIX B. THE ALIEN ACT OF WILLIAM IV. ANNO SEXTO GULIELMI IV. REGIS. CAP. XI.

APPENDIX C. ITALY.

APPENDIX D. DENMARK.

APPENDIX E. SUMMARY OF THE THREE PRINCIPAL ACTS OF THE UNITED

APPENDIX F. STATUTES PASSED BY THE COLONIES TO RESTRICT PAUPER IMMIGRATION. CANADA.

APPENDIX G. LIST OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL LABOUR ORGANIZATIONS

INDEX.

NOTES

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