June 1, 1872.
CONTENTS OF CHAPTERS.
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CHAPTER I.
CHRIST IN CHARITY AND REFORM, AND CONDITION OF NEGLECTED CHILDREN BEFORE CHRISTIANITY.
Exposure of Children in Rome—Comments by Latin Authors upon the
Practice—Terence—Seneca—Suetonius—Rebukes by Early Christian
Preachers—Quintilian—Tertullian—Lactantius—First "Children's Asylum"
under Trajan—Charity of the Antonines—Legislation of the Christian
Emperors—Influence of the Germanic Races—Legislation on the Exposure
of Children—First Children's Asylums in the Christian Era—Brother
Guy—Neglected Children the only Remains of Ancient "Dangerous
Classes"—Change Wrought by Christianity—Influence of Christianity in
Reform………………………………………………..pp. 13-24
CHAPTER II.
THE PROLETAIRES OF NEW YORK.
Not so Numerous as in London, but more Dangerous—Dens of Crime and Fever-nests—Advantage of Breaking them up—The Unrestrained Vices of this Class—Their Ignorance and Brutality—Dependence on Politicians—Gangs of Youthful Criminals—Similar Dangers here as in Paris—The Riots of 1863—Numbers of the Vagrant Class—Composition of this Dangerous Element………………………………….pp. 25-31