Felix Pyat 
Rag-Picker of Paris [PDF ebook] 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Victims! Alas, they were of all ages, except infancy, of every sex and of every sort, in dress coats and in blouses, from the embarrassed workman who played his day’s pay to the idle millionaire who played the coupon cut from his bond; from the mother of a family who played her children’s bread to the father who played their dowry.