CHAPTER XLVII.

THE POOR OF LONDON.

Half-Penny Soup House--The Little Cast-aways and Waifs Provided for--Visit to the Work-House of St Martin's--The Workers' Uniform--The Old Pauper--Daily Rations--Schools--Trades--Struggles and Trials of the London Poor--Pawn-Brokers' Shops--Third Class Railway Carriages, 655