CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[HOW I BECAME A POLICE-COURT MISSIONARY]1
II.[IN LAMBETH POLICE COURT]15
III.[A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER]23
IV.[HUSBANDS AND WIVES]39
V.[PARENTS AND CHILDREN]60
VI.[RECORD-BREAKERS: JANE CAKEBREAD]80
VII.[RECORD-BREAKERS: KATE HENESSEY]94
VIII.[AMONG DIPSOMANIACS]115
IX.[CRIMINALS]132
X.[CRANKS]161
XI.[THE ARCADIANS AND SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ‘GUBBINS’]180
XII.[HOW THE POOR LIVE—AND DIE]188
XIII.[THE PROBLEM OF HOME WORKERS]213