CHAPTER XXV. GREAT BRITAIN.--PROSTITUTION AT THE PRESENT TIME.

Influence of the Wealthy Classes.--Devices of Procuresses.-- Scene at a Railway Station.--Organization for entrapping Women.--Seduction of Children.--Continental Traffic.-- Brothel-keepers.--"Fancy Men" and "Spooneys."--Number of Brothels in London.--Causes of Prostitution.--Sexual Desire.--Seduction.--Over-crowded Dwellings.--Parental Example.--Poverty and Destitution.--Public Amusements.-- Ill-assorted Marriages.--Love of Dress.--Juvenile Prostitution.--Factories.--Obscene Publications.--Census of 1851.--Education and Crime.--Number of Prostitutes.--Female Population of London.--Working Classes.--Domestic Servants.--Needlewomen.--Ages of Prostitutes.--Average Life.--Condition of Women in London.--Charitable Institutions.--Mrs. Fry's benevolent Labors. 312