The People of the Abyss
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1. Front matter2. Introductory material3. PREFACE4. CHAPTER I. THE DESCENT5. CHAPTER II. JOHNNY UPRIGHT6. CHAPTER III. MY LODGING AND SOME OTHERS7. CHAPTER IV. A MAN AND THE ABYSS8. CHAPTER V. THOSE ON THE EDGE9. CHAPTER VI. FRYING-PAN ALLEY AND A GLIMPSE OF INFERNO10. CHAPTER VII. A WINNER OF THE VICTORIA CROSS11. CHAPTER VIII. THE CARTER AND THE CARPENTER12. CHAPTER IX. THE SPIKE13. CHAPTER X. CARRYING THE BANNER14. CHAPTER XI. THE PEG15. CHAPTER XII. CORONATION DAY16. CHAPTER XIII. DAN CULLEN, DOCKER17. CHAPTER XIV. HOPS AND HOPPERS18. CHAPTER XV. THE SEA WIFE19. CHAPTER XVI. PROPERTY VERSUS PERSON20. CHAPTER XVII. INEFFICIENCY21. CHAPTER XVIII. WAGES22. CHAPTER XIX. THE GHETTO23. CHAPTER XX. COFFEE-HOUSES AND DOSS-HOUSES24. CHAPTER XXI. THE PRECARIOUSNESS OF LIFE25. CHAPTER XXII. SUICIDE26. CHAPTER XXIII. THE CHILDREN27. CHAPTER XXIV. A VISION OF THE NIGHT28. CHAPTER XXV. THE HUNGER WAIL29. CHAPTER XXVI. DRINK, TEMPERANCE, AND THRIFT30. CHAPTER XXVII. THE MANAGEMENT