The Seven Curses of London
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THE SEVEN CURSES OF LONDON.
CONTENTS.
I.—Neglected Children.
CHAPTER I. STARTLING FACTS.
CHAPTER II. RESPECTING THE PARENTAGE OF SOME OF OUR GUTTER POPULATION.
CHAPTER III. BABY-FARMING.
CHAPTER IV. WORKING BOYS.
CHAPTER V. THE PROBLEM OF DELIVERANCE.
II.—Professional Thieves.
CHAPTER VI. THEIR NUMBER AND THEIR DIFFICULTIES.
CHAPTER VII. HOMES AND HAUNTS OF THE BRITISH THIEF.
CHAPTER VIII. JUVENILE THIEVES.
CHAPTER IX. THE THIEF NON-PROFESSIONAL.
CHAPTER X. CRIMINAL SUPPRESSION AND PUNISHMENT.
CHAPTER XI. ADULT CRIMINALS AND THE NEW LAW FOR THEIR BETTER GOVERNMENT.
III.—Professional Beggars.
CHAPTER XII. THE BEGGAR OF OLDEN TIME.
CHAPTER XIII. THE WORK OF PUNISHMENT AND RECLAMATION.
CHAPTER XIV. BEGGING “DODGES.”
CHAPTER XV. GENTEEL ADVERTISING BEGGARS.
IV.—Fallen Women.
CHAPTER XVI. THIS CURSE.
CHAPTER XVII. THE PLAIN FACTS AND FIGURES OF PROSTITUTION.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE QUESTION.
CHAPTER XIX. SUGGESTIONS.
V.—The Curse of Drunkenness.
CHAPTER XX. ITS POWER.
CHAPTER XXI. ATTEMPTS TO ARREST IT.
VI.—Betting Gamblers.
CHAPTER XXII. “ADVERTISING TIPSTERS” AND “BETTING COMMISSIONERS.”
VII.—Waste of Charity.
CHAPTER XXIII. METROPOLITAN PAUPERISM.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE BEST REMEDY.
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