Glimpses into the Abyss

CHAPTER I.

VAGRANCY.

INTRODUCTION.

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...