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tion societies, sixty alms houses, and seventeen prisons and reformatories. 4. Substitutes for the Saloon. An investigation made un- der the direction of Prof. FRANCIS G. PEABODY, of Harvard University; Dr. ELGIN R. L. GOULD, of New York; and Prof. W. M. SLOANE, of Columbia University, by RAYMOND CALKINS, with the co-operation of many teachers, students, settlement workers, and other investigators. 158 5. The Liquor Problem. A summary of investigations conducted by the Committee of Fifty 1893-19x53. Prepared for the Committee by JOHN S. BILLINGS, CHARLES W. ELIOT, HENRY W. FARNAM, JACOB L. GREENE, and FRANCIS G. PEABODY. These books have been published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. They embody practically the only sane examination of the liquor problem ever made in America, and while in- complete, if one expects a study of the alcohol question from all points of view some important points being omitted; while giving no conclusions from a survey of the subject in its entirety; while suggesting, on the part of some of the agents employed to collect material, decided, although unconscious, bias against the use of alcoholic beverages; while indicating, on the part of the scientific observers, ex- treme caution in the statement of conclusions; while almost wholly ignoring the highly important psychical elements in- volved in the problem, owing, probably, to the fact that

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