EXPLANATORY NOTE FOR SECOND
EDITION
Since the publication of this handbook in 1915 the question of restricting immigration by means of a literacy test has again come before Congress. The House passed the bill but the Senate decided to hold it over for another session. Discussions of immigration during the year have been concerned largely with the problem of Americanizing the immigrant. With the exception of a bibliography no new material on this subject has been added to this volume, but attention may be called to the articles included in the first edition by Lajos Steiner (p. 204); Jane Addams (p. 209), and Grace Abbott (p. 216). Changes in this edition consist of: a revision of the two bibliographies, bringing them down to date; a revision of the section on The European War and Immigration with the addition of new reprints; the addition of a group of references on Americanization.