Chapter XIII Room for Contemporaries The corridors were lined with trunks and alive with girls flying in and out of their rooms. Here was one lifting a tray of crisp white ruffles. There another unfolding herself cautiously from a prolonged investigation of the deepest recesses rose with a pile of books tottering on one arm….
Chapter XIX Setting an Example It was very quiet in the senior alcove of the library. Lydia cool and serene in immaculate white duck sat back in her chair, her Hegel held well up at the proper distance and angle. Ruth was studying with her elbows on the long table of polished oak, her hands…
The European Slave Trade in English Girls byAlfred S. Dyer London: Dyer Brothers Amen Corner, Paternoster Row1880 IN order properly to understand the subject of the foreign slave traffic in English girls, it is necessary to know something of the system of slavery, which this traffic exists to supply with victims. In nearly every country…