Download or read book Glimpses Into the Abyss (Classic Reprint) written by Mary Higgs and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Glimpses Into the Abyss The word vagrancy, from the Latin vagare, to wander, now implies a crime against civilised society (vagrancy Report, p. 3, footnote). Laws to restrain or abolish it form part of the code of European and other civilised States. Nevertheless, the fact of vagrancy is one deep rooted in human nature. The tendency to it recurs both in the individual and in the race. In one stage of development the Child, unless re strained by watchful care, is essentially a vagrant, and a roaming fit seizes many of us at times. Before considering therefore historically, the legislation and remedies applied to the crime of vagrancy, it will be well to-dwell briefly on the underlying reasons for it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.