Chapter I: Introduction: ix

REFERENCES xv

I. PAST AND PRESENT 1

II. THE ANCIENTS AND THE DEBTOR 20

III. OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT IN ENGLAND 36

IV. HOW THE MACHINE WORKS 58

V. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION 76

VI. BANKRUPTCY 106

VII. DIVORCE 125

VIII. FLAT-TRAPS AND THEIR VICTIMS 152

IX. POVERTY AND PROCEDURE 172

X. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 189

XI. THE POLICE COURT 213

XII. LANDLORD AND TENANT 233

XIII. THE TWO PUBLIC HOUSES: I. THE ALEHOUSE 252

XIV. THE TWO PUBLIC HOUSES: II. THE WORKHOUSE 271

XV. REMEDIES OF TO-DAY 285

XVI. REMEDIES OF TO-MORROW 299

INDEX 311