TABLE 17.-Statistics relating to religious exercises in the public schools of 531 cities of 8,000 population and over in 1896.

TABLE 18.-Statistics relating to religious exercises in the public schools of 277 cities of over 4,000 but less than 8,000 population in 1896.

TABLE 19.-Combined statistics relating to religious exercises in the public schools of 808 cities of more than 4,000 population in 1896. (Tables 17 and 18 combined.)

TABLE 20.—Summary of statistics of the public-school systems of cities and villages of less than 8,000 population but more than 4,000, in 1896–97.

TABLE 21.-Public kindergartens in cities of over 8,000 inhabitants.