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The Beggars of Paris

The Beggars of Paris

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Number of Chapters: 8

Length: 05 hours and 19 minutes

Language: English

Here, as in France, begging is made a profession. And it is very important that the public should realize the fact, that ' thoughtless almsgiving, instead of relieving misery, promotes mendicity.'

The author of 'Paris qui Mendie' speaks with the experience of one who has put the question of mendicity to a personal test, and who has beaten the beggar in the various branches of his own trade. No one therefore is a better authority on the subject, and M. Louis Paulian's experiences will, I am sure, be welcome in England.

Good work has been done in the direction indicated by M. Paulian by the Charity Organisation and Mendicity Societies, and as regards infant suffering by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, but much remains to be accomplished. Professional beggars still abound in England, and too ready an ear is lent to their appeals. - Summary by Lady Herschell

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Preface (Leon Harvey)
Part 1. Chapters I. II. III. IV. How I was led to become a beggar. The false and the true poor. Starting a career. The active service. (Leon Harvey)
Part 1. Chapter V. The sedentary service. (Leon Harvey)
Part 1. Chapters VI. The mendicant type. (Leon Harvey)
Part 1. Chapter VII. Charitable societies - their defects. (Leon Harvey)
Part 2. Chapters I. II. III. The first reform. Substitution of tickets for money. Organisation of assistance by work. (Leon Harvey)
Part 2.Chapters IV. V. Reform of the police department and of the poor law. Legislative reforms. (Leon Harvey)
Part 2. Chapter VI. Reform of the domain of charitable societies. (Leon Harvey)
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