Glimpses Into The Abyss

About this eBook

Author

Higgs, Mary, 1854-

Title

Glimpses into the Abyss

Credits

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

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

Prostitution -- Great Britain

Category

Text

eBook-No.

40122

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40122

Release Date

July 1, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GLIMPSES INTO THE ABYSS.
2. 2.MARY HIGGS — LONDON: — P. S. KING & SON — ORCHARD HOUSE, WESTMINSTER — 1906
3. 3.AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS. — I. VAGRANCY: AN ESSAY AWARDED GIRTON GAMBLE PRIZE, 1906 — II. FIVE DAYS AND FIVE NIGHTS AS A TRAMP AMONG TRAMPS — III. A NORTHERN TRAMP WARD — IV. A NIGHT IN A SALVATION ARMY SHELTER — V. THREE NIGHTS IN WOMEN'S LODGING-HOUSES — VI. COMMON LODGING-HOUSE LIFE — VII. LONDON INVESTIGATIONS — VIII. A SYMPOSIUM IN A COMMON LODGING-HOUSE — IX. VAGRANCY: ITS RELATION TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION — APPENDICES. — I. TRANSFER OF CASUALS TO POLICE SUPERVISION — II. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF VAGRANCY COMMITTEE — III. LABOUR COLONIES: SUMMARY — IV. WOMEN: REPORT OF VAGRANCY COMMITTEE — V. EVILS OF SHORT SENTENCES — VI. PREFACE BY CANON HICKS, OF SALFORD, TO "FIVE DAYS AND NIGHTS AS A TRAMP AMONG TRAMPS" — VII. IMMORALITY AS CAUSED BY DESTITUTION AMONG WOMEN — VIII. COMMON LODGING-HOUSES versus SHELTERS — INDEX
5. 5.CHAPTER I. — VAGRANCY. — INTRODUCTION. — I. VAGRANCY AS AN UNDERLYING SOCIAL FACTOR. — II. VAGRANCY FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. — III. SPECIAL LEGISLATION FOR VAGRANCY. — IV. EXAMINATION OF VAGRANCY AS IT EXISTS AT PRESENT. — Statistics of Investigation . — Task. — V. FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS (PERSONAL). — Prison Dietary—Lowest Scale. — Legal Dietary for Casual Paupers. — VI. TRAMP WARD. FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS. — Extracts from a Correspondence with a Working Man . — Second Letter . — Third Letter . — Fourth Letter . — Fifth Letter . — VII. THE COMMON LODGING-HOUSE. — VIII. SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION. — IX. VAGRANCY LEGISLATION IN OTHER COUNTRIES. — X. TENTATIVE ATTEMPTS IN ENGLAND. — XI. REFORMS HAVING REFERENCE TO VAGRANCY. — XII. CONCLUSION.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — FIVE DAYS AND FIVE NIGHTS AS A TRAMP AMONG TRAMPS. [82] — I. A Night in a Municipal Lodging-house . — II. A Night in a Common Lodging-house . — III. A First Night in the Workhouse Tramp Ward . — IV. A Second Night in the Workhouse Tramp Ward . — V. A Night in a Woman's Shelter .
7. 7.CHAPTER III. — A NORTHERN TRAMP WARD. [85]
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — A NIGHT IN A SALVATION ARMY SHELTER.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. — THREE NIGHTS IN WOMEN'S LODGING-HOUSES. — I. The First Night . — II. The Second Night . — III. The Third Night .
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — COMMON LODGING-HOUSE LIFE. — I. In a Northern Town . — II. In a Northern City .
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — LONDON INVESTIGATIONS. — I. London Lodgings . — II. In a London Tramp Ward . [139] — Note.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — A SYMPOSIUM IN A COMMON LODGING-HOUSE. — I. — II.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — VAGRANCY AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
14. 14.APPENDIX I. — TRANSFER OF CASUALS TO POLICE SUPERVISION.
15. 15.APPENDIX II. — SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF VAGRANCY COMMITTEE. — Casual Wards . — Assistance to Work-seekers . — Vagrancy Offences . — Labour Colonies for Habitual Vagrants . — Economy in Buildings . — Common Lodging-Houses (outside London ). — Regulation of Shelters and Free Food Distributions . — Spread of Disease by Vagrants . — Sleeping Out . — Pedlars . — Women . — Children .
16. 16.APPENDIX III. — LABOUR COLONIES. [160] — Recommendations of the Vagrancy Committee .
17. 17.APPENDIX IV. — WOMEN. — Extract from Report of Vagrancy Committee, pp. 111-112.
18. 18.APPENDIX V. — EVILS OF SHORT SENTENCES.
19. 19.APPENDIX VI. — PREFACE, BY CANON HICKS, OF SALFORD, TO "FIVE DAYS AND NIGHTS IN A TRAMP WARD."
20. 20.APPENDIX VII. — IMMORALITY AS CAUSED BY DESTITUTION AMONG WOMEN.
21. 21.APPENDIX VIII. — COMMON LODGING-HOUSES VERSUS SHELTERS.
22. 22.INDEX. — How to deal — with the — Unemployed. — By MARY HIGGS, — A Contribution of Value towards — the Solution of Social Problems. — Crown 8vo, Paper, 6d. net. — FOOTNOTES:

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