e Gardens in England--Effects of
Parks and Pictures--Open-Air Drinking not so Dangerous--Museums, Parks,
Gardens, and Reading-rooms, the beat Temperance Societies--Few Children
of the Industrial Schools become Drunkards--Comparative Good Effects of
Light Wines--Liquor Laws--Former Sunday Law a Happy
Medium--The Habits of the Germans should have been considered--Mistake
of the Reformers--Intemperance, next to War, the Greatest Evil of
Humanity--Other Remedies than Total Abstinence must be
employed......................................................pp. 64-73

CHAPTER VII.

ORGANIZATION OF A REMEDY.

Necessity of One Organization to Deal with Youthful Criminal
Classes--Error made of using too Technical Religious Methods--Error
of Following too much European Precedents--Asylums not so much Needed
in America--Pioneer Work among the Dangerous Classes Twenty Years
Ago--Captain Matsell's Report--Labors of the Writer in the Five
Points--Numbers of Homeless Children in the Streets--Sad Sight of
Child-Prisoners--"The Social Evil"--Mr. Pease's Labors--The Necessity
Felt of a General Organization--Novel Method of Reforming Young
"Roughs"--BOYS' MEETINGS--The Chaffing of Street-boys--Quick
Repartees--Kind of Oratory Necessary--The Lads Open for Earnest
Words--The Meetings only Pioneer Work--Succeeded by more Thorough
Influences--The Founders of the Different Meetings............pp. 74-83

CHAPTER VIII.

A NEW ORGANIZATION.

Foundation of the CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY--Touching Procession of
Homeless Children to the Office--The Feeling at its Foundation--Its
Objects--To Found Reading-rooms, Industrial Schools, Lodging-houses, and
Provide Homes for the Homeless--Dens of Misery and Crime--Thieves'
Lodging-houses--"Rotten Row"--"Poverty Lane"--Haunts of the Young
Wood-stealers--Hopes of the New Work--Workshops--Want of
Success--Causes--Necessity of General Education, rather than Industrial,
for Street-children...........................................pp. 84-96

CHAPTER IX.

HOMELESS BOYS--THE NEWSBOYS' LODGING-HOUSE.

Their Relation to the World, like that of the Indians to
Civilization--Life of the Street-boy--His Lightheartedness--His Moral
Code--His Religion--Few Addicted to Drinking--Their
Generosity--Policy-tickets--Choice of Night Resting-places--Necessity to
treat them as I