# The Dangerous Classes of New York, and Twenty Years' Work Among Them

Author: Brace, Charles Loring, 1826-1890

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33431

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Dangerous+Classes+of+New+York%2C+and+Twenty+Years%27+Work+Among+Them+Brace&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Exposure of Children in Rome--Comments by Latin Authors upon the Practice--Terence--Seneca--Suetonius--Rebukes by Early Christian Preachers--Quintilian--Tertullian--Lactantius--First "Children's Asylum" under Trajan--Charity of the Antonines--Legislation of the Christian Emperors--Influence of the Germanic Races--Legislation on the Exposure of Children--First Children's Asylums in the Christian Era--Brother Guy--Neglected Children the only Remains of Ancient "Dangerous Classes"--Change Wrought by Christianity--Influence of Christianity in Reform........................................................pp. 13-24

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/58/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/54/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/46/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/62/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/50/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/49/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/63/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/66/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/45/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/51/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/71/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/65/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/57/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/53/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/61/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/42/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/56/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/55/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/41/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/68/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/67/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/43/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/72/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/73/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/69/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/59/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/44/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/64/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/48/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/74/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/52/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/70/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/60/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dangerous-classes-of-new-york-and-twenty-years-work-among-them-33431/chapters/14/index.md)