The Chrysalis by Federal Prisoners And Inmates of State Penal Institutions: Introductory by C. B. Wilmer Rector St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia. Foreword John E. White Pastor Second Baptist Church

Atlanta: J. J. O' Donnell, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 151 pages, [1] page publisher's order form, [1]. Illustrated with frontispiece sketch by an inmate of the Atlanta Penitentiary, photograph of Atlanta Mayor James G. Woodward, sketches, and a photograph of Pastor John White author on the foreword. Green cloth binding with illustration and title on the front cover. Title on the spine. The cloth is binding is darkened and faded in spots. Edge wear to the cloth extremities. Contributions come from the Clergy, a quote from Henry Ford, poem written exclusively for the Chrysalis by Ella Wilcox, a piece written by Clarence Darrow, other notable people across the United States, and dozens of short pieces by the prisoners. From the preface:

THE CHRYSALIS is a unique work - the only collection of its kind ever published. Sociologists, criminologists and prison welfare workers have presented to the public page after page dealing with American prisons and the unfortunate strata of society found behind their walls, but they have never been convicted and to the minds of a great many, this makes a tremendous difference. The views presented in this volume are the first authentic collection of original manuscripts from the pens of the prisoners themselves.