extreme rebellious attitude educates
us--sometimes to the point where rebellion is superfluous.

THE END

_The_
Autobiography _of a_ Thief

A true story of the life of a criminal
taken down and edited by Mr. Hapgood.

_Cloth. 349 pp. $1.25 postpaid._

COMMENTS OF THE CRITICS

"The book as a whole impresses the reader as an accurate
presentation of the thief's personal point of view, a vivid
picture of the society in which he lived and robbed and of
the influences, moral and political, by which he was
surrounded. The story indeed has something of the quality of
Defoe's 'Colonel Jacque'; it is filled with convincing
details."--_New York Evening Post._

"To one reader at least--one weary reader of many books
which seem for the most part 'flat, stale and
unprofitable'--this is a book that seems eminently 'worth
while.' Indeed, every word of the book, from cover to cover,
is supremely, vitally interesting. Most novels are tame
beside it, and few recent books of any kind are so rich in
suggestiveness."--_Interior._

"What is the value of such an autobiography of a thief as
Mr. Hapgood has given us? It is this. Professional crime is
one of the overprosperous branches of industry in our large
cities. As a nation we are casting around for means to check
it, or, in other words, to divert the activities of the
professional criminals into some other industry in which
these men can satisfy their peculiar talents and at the same
time get a living with less inconvenience to the mass of
citizens. The criminal, being as much a human being as the
rest of us, must be known as he is before we can either
influence him personally or legislate for him effectually.
If we treat him as we would the little girl who stole her
brother's candy mice or as the man who under great stress of
temptation yields to the impulse to steal against his
struggling will, we will fail, for we overlook the very
essence of the matter--his professionalism. It is safe to
say that perusal of Mr. Hapgood's book will help many a
student of criminology to find his way through the current
tangle of statistics, reform plans, analyses of 'graft' and
what not, by the very light of humanity that is in
it."--_Chicago Record-Herald._

"The manner and style of 'The Autobiography of a T