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Title: Prince, princess, and people : an account of the social progress and development of our own times
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Burdett, Henry C., Sir, 1847-1920
Subjects: Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910 Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925
Publisher: London : Routledge
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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406 THE BITTER CRY OF OUTCAST LONDON Was issued in 1883, under the auspices of the London Congregational Union.The Author of Prince, Princess, and People says :— That cry was indeed a terrible one. It showed that, in this London, thiscentre of wealth and civilisation, of which we boast, men and womenwere herded together in attics and cellars in a fashion that outragedevery idea of health and decency.While the London Congregational Union was the first to lay bare thefrightful condition of Outcast London it has not failed to do its share in miti-gating the evils which were portrayed in The Bitter Cry. Upwards of 200,000 Garments have been supplied to the deserving poor free of cost.More than 600,000 Free Meals have been given to destitutechildren. Thousands of Homeless Wanderers have been sheltered andfed, and subsequently introduced to respectable situa-tions or assisted to emigrate.Special and persistent efforts have been made to improvethe homes of the poor, and to promote habits o

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