The poor in great cities.

(London :  K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.,  1896.)

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CONTENTS
 

THE SOCIAL AWAKENING IN LONDON
 

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By ROBERT A. WOODS,

HEAD OP ANDOVER HOUSE, BOSTON, AND SOMETIME'RESIDENT AT TOTNBEE HALL.

The East End—The Growth of Knowledge of the Poor—Church Work
—The Salvation Army—Charity Organizations—The Social Move¬
ment AT THE Universities—Edward Denison—Arnold Toynbee—
Samuel A. Barnett—Toynbee Hall—Oxford House—The University
Settlements—The People's Palace—The Kyrle Society—Social¬
istic Organization—John Burns—The New Trade-Unionism—The
Fabian Society—The London Government—Mr. Charles Booth.
 

LIFE IN NEW   YOEK   TENEMENT-HOUSES AS SEEN
BY A CITY MISSIONAEY.............................. 42

By WILLIAM  T. ELSING,

MINISTER OF THE  DE WITT  MEMORIAL NON-SECTARIAN CHURCH IN RIVINGTON STREET,  NEW YORK.
 

The East Side—Tenement Life—Contrasts in ti^e Tenements—Dirt and
Cleanliness—Classes of Homes in the Tenements—Rents—Changes
IN THE Tenement Population—Statistics of a Typical Block—Na¬
tionalities—Influences of the Public Schools—The Fresh-air Ex¬
cursions—The College Settlements—Stories of the Poor—The
Charity Organizations—The Church—Suggestions toward Improv¬
ing ** Darkest New York."
 

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