Excerpt from Mystic London: Or, Phases of Occult Life in the British Metropolis Of all protean forms of misery that meet us in the bosom of that "stony-hearted stepmother, London," there is none that appeals so directly to our sympathies as the spectacle of a destitute child. In the case of the grown man or woman, sorrow and suffering are often traceable to the faults, or at best to the misfortunes of the sufferers themselves; but in the case of the child they are mostly, if not always, vicarious. The fault, or desertion, or death of the natural protectors, turns loose upon the desert of our streets those nomade hordes of Bedouins, male and female, whose presence is being made especially palpable just now, and whose reclamation is a perplexing, yet still a hopeful, problem. In the case of the adult Arab, there is a life's work to undo, and the facing of that fact it is which makes some of our bravest workers drop their hands in despair. With these young Arabs, on the contrary, it is only the wrong basis of a few early years to correct, leaving carte blanche for any amount of hope in youth, maturity, and old age. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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"Mr. Davies, in the most plain, simple, matter-of-fact way, tell us exactly what he saw on each occasion. The result is a most interesting volume." -Athenaeum CONTENTS I. London Arabs II. East London Arabs III. London Arabs in Canada IV. Waifs and Strays V. A Lunatic Ball VI. A Baby Show VII. A Night in a Bakehouse VIII. A London Slave Market IX. Tea and Experience X. Sunday Linnet-singing XI. A Woman's Rights Debate XII. An Open-Air Tichborne Meeting XIII. Sunday in a People's Garden XIV. Utilizing the Young Ladies XV. Fairlop Friday XVI. A Christmas Dip XVII. Boxing-day on the Streets XVIII. The Vigil of the Derby XIX. The Wifeslayer's "Home" XX. Bathing in the Far East XXI. Among the Quakers XXII. Penny Readings XXIII. Darwinism on the Devil XXIV. Peculiar People XXV. Interviewing an Astrologer XXVI. A Barmaid Show XXVII. A Private Execution XXVIII. Breaking up for the Holidays XXIX. Psychological Ladies XXX. Secularism on Bunyan XXXI. Al Fresco Infidelity XXXII. An "Indescribable Phenomenon" XXXIII. A Lady Mesmerist XXXIV. A Psychopathic Institution XXXV. A Phrenological Evening XXXVI. A Spiritual Picnic XXXVII. A Ghostly Conference XXXVIII. An Evening's Diablerie XXXIX. Spiritual Athletes L. "Spotting" Spirit Mediums XLI. A Séance for Sceptics XLII. An Evening with the Higher Spirits XLIII. Spirit Forms XLIV. Sitting with a Sibyl XLV. Spiritualists and Conjurers XLVI. Pros and Cons of Spiritualism