This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...professedly distributed among the beggars concerned, though it is sagely surmised that he appropriates the lion's share to his own use. After a business man has made this agreement with the head man of the beggars, should any native beggar apply for the usual pittance, it is only necessary to point to the red. slip of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...professedly distributed among the beggars concerned, though it is sagely surmised that he appropriates the lion's share to his own use. After a business man has made this agreement with the head man of the beggars, should any native beggar apply for the usual pittance, it is only necessary to point to the red. slip of paper and bid him begone. If he will not depart at once, hfi may be beaten with impunity by the master of the establishment, which beating the latter would not dare to give unless he had the proof of an agreement at hand; and it is affirmed that the head man might, if the beggar repeatedly violated the agreement, flog or beat the culprit to death, and no notice would be taken of the matter by the higher authorities. The shop-keepers, bankers, etc., who do not make such agreement with the head men are liable to be called upon by beggars at their places of business, not at their private residences, day 'after day, and at any time from morning until night, for the contribution of cash. The beggars, while before or in a shop, are oftentimes scolded and abused most shamefully by words, but never by blows, nor are they ever expelled forcibly from a shop unless they attempt to steal, or violate some well-understood custom. If a beggar should be treated contrary to custom by a shop-keeper, the former would at once proceed to annoy and disturb the latter most offensively until what he deemed an adequate compensation or satisfaction should be rendered him. In such cases the eggar always comes off the better of the two parties, as he has no reputation or pecuniary interest to lose, and what he acquires in the shape of money for the abuse or injury is so much clear gain. As a general rule, beggars are not allowed to call at private dwelling-houses. They m...
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Very good(+) Two volumes. Illustrated. 459pp. and 490pp., small 8vos, cloth; lightly rubbed. Taipei: Ch'eng Wen Publishing Company, (1977). A very good (+) copy. A facsimile of the New York, 1865 edition.
