A Half Century with Juvenile Delinquents: Or, The New York House of Refuge and Its Times

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D. Appleton, 1869 - 384 стор.
1. Light in dark places. -- 2. The philanthropist in the United States. -- 3. The society for the Reformation of juvenile delinquents. -- 4. The first house of reguge. -- 5. Mr. Hart's administration. -- 6. Bellevue. -- 7. Randall's island. -- 8. The congregate system in reformatories. -- 9. The close of the half century.
 

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