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THE SEVEN CURSES OF LONDON

I. NEGLECTED CHILDREN 

• CHAPTER I. Startling Facts
• CHAPTER II. Respecting the Parentage of some of our Gutter Population.
• CHAPTER III. Baby-farming.
• CHAPTER IV. Working Boys.
• CHAPTER V. The Problem of Deliverance.

II. PROFESSIONAL THIEVES

• CHAPTER VI. Their Number and Difficulties.
• CHAPTER VII. Homes and Haunts of the British Thief.
• CHAPTER VIII. Juvenile Thieves.
• CHAPTER IX. The Thief Non-professional.
• CHAPTER X. Criminal Suppression and Punishment.
• CHAPTER XI. Adult Criminals and the New Law for their Better Government

III. PROFESSIONAL BEGGARS

• CHAPTER XII. The Beggar of Olden Time.
• CHAPTER XIII. The Work of Punishment and Reclamation.
• CHAPTER XIV. Begging “Dodges".
• CHAPTER XV. Genteel Advertising Beggars.

IV. FALLEN WOMEN

• CHAPTER XVI. This Curse.
• CHAPTER XVII. The Plain Facts and Figures of Prostitution
• CHAPTER XVIII. The Present Condition of the Question.
• CHAPTER XIX. Suggestions.

V. THE CURSE OF DRUNKENNESS

• CHAPTER XX. Its Power.
• CHAPTER XXI. Attempts to Arrest It.

VI. BETTING GAMBLERS

• CHAPTER XXII. “Advertising Tipsters” and “Betting Commissioners”.

VII. WASTE OF CHARITY

• CHAPTER XXIII. Metropolitan Pauperism.
• CHAPTER XXIV. The Best Remedy.