The Woman and Her Accusers. A Plea for the Midnight Mission

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First issued in 1870. Victorian social reform book on the work of the Midnight Mission of New York City. The organization attempted to deter prostitution by ministering to fallen women through housing and religious instruction. Includes introductory material on the Mission and several pastoral letters from Episcopal bishops. 72 pages. Clothbound hardcover. Terra cotta cloth with beveled edges and gilt decoration. Gilt page edges. Brown endpapers. VG condition with light wear, as shown. Sound, tight binding. A tiny bit of foxing, but text pages generally clean. Nicely preserved overall after the passage of 145 years. The author makes this statement "Delivered in Several of The Churches of New York and Brooklyn", "Sold For The Benefit of The Midnight Mission" -- This book concerns a non-profit House of Refuge for young girl Prostitutes. The book was written as a plea to certain wealthy benefactors to continue and start financial donations to the home in order to keep it going and enlarge it. The home's capacity at this writing is 24 girls and is 3 years old having been founded in 1867. Incidents in the volume include Midnight Mission Representatives taking young girls bodily away from Madams in Whorehouses. N° de ref. del artículo 025602

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