THE BOOK IN THE COURT.
ITS INTRODUCTION.
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Description.—The strange visitor.—Translators.—The chanter
and dog-nurse.—Thieves.—Beggars.—Prize-fighter.—A
widow indeed.—The power of prayer[3]
THE BOOK IN THE COURT.
ITS INFLUENCE.
A fight between women.—Turning the fever out.—Speech
from a barrow.—Drunken Sammy.—A Wonderful tea-pot.—Dust-man
and scavenger.—Lady power[25]
THE BOOK IN THE COURT.
ITS POWER.
Black Poll.—Niggers.—Rescued.—Tom and Bess.—Costermonger's
wedding.—A baptism.—Pledge taken.—The
prison gate.—The Bible on the housetop.—The convict's
widow and son[43]
THE BOOK IN THE COURT.
ITS AUTHORITY.
A black leg.—Miniature altar.—The peacemaker.—The wafer.—An
animated sandwich.—Saved from error.—The
travelling tinker.—The dying child[65]
THE BOOK IN THE COURT.
ITS TRUTH.
Roley-Poley's opinions.—The bus-washer.—Communism. An
infidel club-room.—Philosophers.—Conflict with infidelity.
The 'strology woman.—Bible answers.—Imp woman.—The
converted infidel[81]
THE BOOK IN THE COURT.
ITS CERTAIN GOOD.
A praise meeting.—Death of the widow.—Joy of the blessed.—Out
of the prize ring.—A farewell speech.—A fagger.—A
strange preacher.—Dusty and the fiddler.—Praying in the
cell.—Indian girl.—Genesa.—Infidel society dissolved.—Works
following.—The banner of love[103]
THE BOOK IN THE BARS.
ITS LIGHT.
Between the barrels.—The true light shining.—A danger.—Light
in the club-room.—The change wrought.—Victory
gained.—Evil resisted.—Good advice.—A white sergeant.—A
wise removal.—The good increased[129]
THE BOOK IN THE BARS.
ITS SPIRITUAL POWER.
The clock going wrong.—Men of the fancy.—The rat-pit man.—Child
on the barrel.—Ticket of leave man.—A rough.—A
drunkard's home.—A fall and rise[151]
THE BOOK IN THE BARS.
ITS RECEPTION.
A strange request.—Touching the sceptre.—Sunday drinking.—Closed
on Sunday.—Pleasant opposition.—Guilty tongues.—A
sharp rebuke.—Uglier than a gorilla.—A knotty question.—Potman's
letter.—The pugilist's ring.—The beauty
of age.—Resting in peace[169]
THE BOOK IN THE DEN.
ITS MAJESTY.
The sleepless city.—Teddie's den.—A strange invitation.—The
tea.—A midnight visit.—A visit to Rag Fair.—Many
rescued.—Smashers.—The better part chosen.—Dreadful
death-bed scene.—A stronghold destroyed[195]
THE BOOK IN THE STREETS AND NIGHT-HOUSES.
ITS SILENT FORCE.
A gilded saloon.—A pigeon plucker.—Discouragement.—The
Coffee Man.—Destitute.—The solitude of the city.—Madness
of disgrace.—The beggar and his boy.—The "Traveller's
Rest."—The sleepless Church.—Coffee stalls and
booths.—The covert from the storm.—Bible power[219]
THE BOOK IN THE HIGHWAYS.
ITS FETTER-BREAKING.
To and from the city.—Our omnibus.—Box and monkey board.—The
lost day.—Crape on the whip.—Night gathering of
bargemen.—Fetters broken.—The silent water-ways.—Bible
in cabin.—The bargeman's hope[247]
THE BOOK FOR ALL.
ITS UNIVERSAL GOOD.
Christian responsibility.—Faith.—The machinery man.—Man's
inner world.—Sin reproved.—Converse upon an omnibus.—The
influence of truth.—The Bible only.—Communication
established.—Brought nigh, very nigh[267]
APPENDIX.
Can You Influence the World for Christ?[287]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Night Meeting with Cabmen[Frontispiece]
The Dog Nurse[11]
An Unwelcome Visitor[16]
A Speech from the Barrow[28]
Drunken Sammy[32]
Sanitary Success[37]
Upon the Housetop[59]
Infidel Club[88]
Before the Bar[131]
The Back Attic[162]
Card for Public-rooms[180]
The Midnight Visitor[199]
Dark Arches[205]
In Danger[223]
Alone in the City[231]
The Coffee Stall[240]
Outside Passengers[248]
The Monkey Board[252]
Sabbath Outcasts[257]
The Machinery Man[273]

The Book in the Court:

ITS INTRODUCTION.

"High up a dark and winding stair,
From floor to floor I went,
And heard sometimes a woman swear,
Or beaten child lament.
"Upon the topmost flight I found
A close and wretched room;
Alas, that any human soul
Should call such place a home!
"No fire was burning in the grate,
The walls were damp and bare;
The window-panes were stuffed with rags,
No furniture was there."
Mrs. Sewell.