AMEEICAN HUMANE EDUCATION SOCIETY, 



North America north of Mexico^ receiving iu return many 

 thousands of copies of their publications containing 

 articles taken from it. 



It has offered prizes to all the college students of America 

 for best essays on the importance of humane education in 

 our higher institutions of learning. 



It has oftered a similar prize to all American editors for 

 best essay on the importance of humane education for the 

 prevention of crime. 



It has offered prizes for the best stories similar to '•'•Black 

 Beauty^'''' illustrating kindness and cruelty in our Northern^ 

 Southern^ and Western States and Territories. Also for the 

 best humane dialogues and songs for use in public schools 

 and elsewhere. 



For the purpose of obtaining information on the following 

 important subjects it has offered prizes for the most 

 valuable essays and letters on Slaughtering^ Cattle Trans- 

 portation^ Treatment of Cattle on the Plains^ Effects of 

 Cruelties to Animals on Public Healthy and Vivisection. 



It has offered a prize for the best drama of '•'• Black 

 Beauty " suitable for presentation in our theatres. 



It has corresponded with tJ^e presidents of all American 

 colleges and universities^ supplied all their libraries and 

 students with humane publications, and, offered a prize of 

 $1000 to the first leading college or university which shall 

 establish a professorship of social science and humane 

 education. 



It has sent large numbers of its publications in the 

 English, and translated into other languages, to various 

 parts of South America, Europe, and Asia. 



It has printed in a single year over one hundred and nine 

 millions of pages of humane literature. 



This is only a partial statement of the work already 

 accomplished by the '''• American Humane Education Society " 

 within the past four years. 



All persons wishing further information as to its plans 



