There is a certain section of New York that is bounded upon the north by Fourteenth Street, upon the south by Delancy. Folk who dwell in it seldom stray farther west than the Bowery, rarely cross the river that flows sluggishly on its eastern border. They live their lives out, with something that might be termed a feverish stolidity, in the dim crowded flats, and upon the thronged streets. To the people who have homes on Central Park West, to the frail winged moths who flutter up and down Broadway, this section does not exist. Its poor are not the picturesque poor of the city's Latin quarter,...

Margaret Sangster has helpful exhortations for young women to live a Godly life. "Each chapter of this book is a simple and friendly talk . . . and the author's aim has been to suggest something helpful . . . for] our happiness and usefulness." Her advice includes: "If one can but take whatever comes as part of God's plan, and not as the happening of a blind chance, one will be surer of content. A plan of God in every life, and life joyfully lived in accordance with God's plan, is a good formula for true happiness." Also: "One of the most successful recipes for curing the blues, no matter...