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Toronto by Gaslight

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The Night Hawks of a Great City As Seen by the Reporters of "The Toronto News"

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1. Front matter2. READ THE TABLE OF CONTENTS3. TORONTO BY GASLIGHT: THE NIGHT HAWKS OF A GREAT CITY.4. INTRODUCTION.5. CHAPTER I. THE TOILERS OF THE NIGHT.6. CHAPTER II. AN ALL-NIGHT EATING HOUSE.7. CHAPTER III. THE CABMAN’S CHATTER.8. CHAPTER IV. BILLIARDISTIC BOYS.9. CHAPTER V. THE GAMBLERS.10. CHAPTER VI. PLUCKING THE SUCKERS.11. CHAPTER VII. THE WORK OF THE “CAPPERS.”12. CHAPTER VIII. NIGGER LOO.13. CHAPTER IX. THE NIGHT POLICEMAN.14. CHAPTER X. THE SERVANT GIRL’S “FELLER”15. CHAPTER XI. ALL NIGHT IN THE CELLS.16. CHAPTER XII. THE POLICE COURT.17. CHAPTER XIII. PROMENADING THE STREETS.18. CHAPTER XIV. AN ALL-NIGHT MEETING OF THE ARMY.19. CHAPTER XV. THE “SCHOOL.”20. CHAPTER XVI. THE GENUS TRAMP.21. CHAPTER XVII. A VAG BY CHOICE.22. CHAPTER XVIII. THE SLUM-DWELLER.23. CHAPTER XIX. IN THE WARD.24. CHAPTER XX. A PEST HOUSE WIPED OUT.25. CHAPTER XXI. DOWN AT THE UNION STATION.26. CHAPTER XXII. MORE ABOUT THE UNION STATION.27. CHAPTER XXIII. THE NIGHT EXPRESS.28. CHAPTER XXIV. THE EMIGRANT TRAIN.29. CHAPTER XXV. THE WRECKING TRAIN.30. CHAPTER XXVI. MILLIE’S FIVE CENT PIECE.31. CHAPTER XXVII. THE JAIL.32. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE STREET ARABS.33. CHAPTER XXIX. THE HOSPITAL.34. CHAPTER XXX. PIECES OF MEN.35. CHAPTER XXXI. INFANT WAIFS.36. CHAPTER XXXII. THE PRETTY BOY.37. CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT’S IN A NAME?38. CHAPTER XXXIV. THE SCARLET WOMAN.39. CHAPTER XXXV. BEHOLD, THERE MET HIM A WOMAN.40. CHAPTER XXXVI. KILLJOY HOUSE.41. CHAPTER XXXVII. LEADING DOWN TO DEATH.42. CHAPTER XXXVIII. ANOTHER CLASS OF PROMENADERS.
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