Workhouse Characters, and other sketches of the life of the poor.
by Nevinson, Margaret Wynne
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LoC No.:
19005919
Title:
Workhouse Characters, and other sketches of the life of the poor.
Contents:
Eunice Smith: drunk -- Detained by marital authority -- A Welsh sailor -- The vow -- Blind and deaf -- "And behold, the babe wept" -- "Mary, Mary, pity women!" -- The suicide -- Publicans and harlots -- Old Inky -- A daughter of the state -- In the phthisis ward -- An Irish Catholic -- An obscure conversationalist -- Mothers -- "Your son's your son" -- "Too old at...