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The Rev. Desmond Morse-Boycott, the author of Ten Years in

the London Slums, continues his researches in the under- world. All sorts and conditions of moral waifs and strays come under notice in We Do See Life (Skeffington, 18s.), with kindly tolerance of them all. Burglars enlist his peculiar sympathy, which he shares with that famous parson, Charles Marson, who, it is alleged, on one occasion filled up an applica- tion form for charity with the particulars of the life of Jesus Christ. The form was marked ineligible " I Particularly interesting are the chapters devoted to sweating, which teem with amazing facts. This is a book which should appeal to all those who want to know the truth about the underdog.

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