Workhouse Characters and other sketches of the life of the poor.
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WORKHOUSE CHARACTERS AND OTHER SKETCHES OF THE LIFE OF THE POOR BY MARGARET WYNNE NEVINSON
PREFACE
CONTENTS
EUNICE SMITH—DRUNK
DETAINED BY MARITAL AUTHORITY
A WELSH SAILOR
THE VOW
BLIND AND DEAF
"AND, BEHOLD, THE BABE WEPT"
"MARY, MARY, PITY WOMEN!"
THE SUICIDE
PUBLICANS AND HARLOTS
OLD INKY
A DAUGHTER OF THE STATE
IN THE PHTHISIS WARD
AN IRISH CATHOLIC
AN OBSCURE CONVERSATIONIST
MOTHERS
"YOUR SON'S YOUR SON"
"TOO OLD AT FORTY"
IN THE LUNATIC ASYLUM
THE SWEEP'S LEGACY
AN ALIEN[1]
FOOTNOTE:
"WIDOWS INDEED"
THE RUNAWAY
"A GIRL! GOD HELP HER!"
ON THE PERMANENT LIST
THE PAUPER AND THE OLD-AGE PENSION[2]
FOOTNOTE:
THE EVACUATION OF THE WORKHOUSE
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