GLIMPSES INTO THE ABYSS BY
MARY HIGGS
AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
CONTENTS. I. VAGRANCY: AN ESSAY AWARDED GIRTON GAMBLE PRIZE, 1906
CHAPTER I. VAGRANCY. INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER II. FIVE DAYS AND FIVE NIGHTS AS A TRAMP AMONG TRAMPS.
CHAPTER III. A NORTHERN TRAMP WARD. [85]
CHAPTER IV. A NIGHT IN A SALVATION ARMY SHELTER.
CHAPTER V. THREE NIGHTS IN WOMEN'S LODGING-HOUSES. I. The First Night .
CHAPTER VI. COMMON LODGING-HOUSE LIFE. I. In a Northern Town .
CHAPTER VII. LONDON INVESTIGATIONS. I. London Lodgings .
CHAPTER VIII. A SYMPOSIUM IN A COMMON LODGING-HOUSE. I.
CHAPTER IX. VAGRANCY AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
APPENDIX I. TRANSFER OF CASUALS TO POLICE SUPERVISION.
APPENDIX II. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF VAGRANCY COMMITTEE.
APPENDIX III. LABOUR COLONIES. [160]
APPENDIX IV. WOMEN. Extract from Report of Vagrancy Committee, pp. 111-112.
APPENDIX V. EVILS OF SHORT SENTENCES.
APPENDIX VI. PREFACE, BY CANON HICKS, OF SALFORD, TO "FIVE DAYS AND NIGHTS IN A TRAMP WARD."
APPENDIX VII. IMMORALITY AS CAUSED BY DESTITUTION AMONG WOMEN.
APPENDIX VIII. COMMON LODGING-HOUSES VERSUS SHELTERS.
INDEX.
