Chapter XIV
Reading edition
SCENES AMONG THE POOR.
The Street-child—Effects of Drunkenness—A Mother Fleeing her Daughter-The Dying Sewing-woman—Severe Labor—Christian Faith—Changes of Fortune—Discouragement—The Iron-worker's Wife—A Little Beggar—Religious Trouble—The Swill-gatherer's Child—Danger of Ruin—A Reform—Present Condition of East River School…………..pp. 165-173