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Title: Glimpses into the Abyss

Contents: Vagrancy: an essay awarded the Girton Gamble Prize, 1906 -- Five days and five nights as a tramp among tramps -- A northern tramp ward -- A night in a Salvation Army shelter -- Three nights in women's lodging-houses -- Common lodging-house life -- London investigations -- A symposium in a common lodging-house -- Vagrancy: its relation to the Industrial Revolution -- Appendices: Transfer of casuals to police supervision. Summary of recommendations of Vagrancy Committee. Labour colonies: summary. Women: report of Vagrancy Committee. Evils of short sentences. Preface by Canon Hicks, of Salford, to "Five days and nights as a tramp among tramps." Immorality as caused by destitution among women. Common lodging-houses versus shelters.

Credits: Produced by Annie R. McGuire. This book was produced from
scanned images of public domain material from the Google
Print archive.

Author: Higgs, Mary, 1854-

EBook No.: 40122

Published: Jul 1, 2012

Downloads: 71

Language: English

Subject: Poor -- Great Britain

Subject: Women -- Employment -- Great Britain

Subject: Lodging-houses -- Great Britain

Subject: Vagrancy -- Great Britain

Subject: Prostitution -- Great Britain

LoCC: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

Title: Glimpses into the Abyss

Contents: Vagrancy: an essay awarded the Girton Gamble Prize, 1906 -- Five days and five nights as a tramp among tramps -- A northern tramp ward -- A night in a Salvation Army shelter -- Three nights in women's lodging-houses -- Common lodging-house life -- London investigations -- A symposium in a common lodging-house -- Vagrancy: its relation to the Industrial Revolution -- Appendices: Transfer of casuals to police supervision. Summary of recommendations of Vagrancy Committee. Labour colonies: summary. Women: report of Vagrancy Committee. Evils of short sentences. Preface by Canon Hicks, of Salford, to "Five days and nights as a tramp among tramps." Immorality as caused by destitution among women. Common lodging-houses versus shelters.

Credits: Produced by Annie R. McGuire. This book was produced from
scanned images of public domain material from the Google
Print archive.

Author: Higgs, Mary, 1854-

EBook No.: 40122

Published: Jul 1, 2012

Downloads: 71

Language: English

Subject: Poor -- Great Britain

Subject: Women -- Employment -- Great Britain

Subject: Lodging-houses -- Great Britain

Subject: Vagrancy -- Great Britain

Subject: Prostitution -- Great Britain

LoCC: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.