[Illustration: GENERAL BOOTH] REGENERATION Being an Account of the Social Work of The Salvation Army in Great Britain. H. RIDER HAGGARD 1910 DEDICATION I dedicate these pages to the Officers and Soldiers of the Salvation Army, in token of my admiration of the self-sacrificing work by which it is their privilege to aid the poor and wretched throughout the world. H. RIDER HAGGARD. DITCHINGHAM, _November, 1910_ CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY MEN'S SOCIAL WORK, LONDON SPA ROAD ELEVATOR GREAT PETER STREET SHELTER FREE BREAKFAST SERVICE EX-CRIMINALS MEN'S WORKSHOP: HANBURY STREET, WHITECHAPEL STURGE HOUSE, BOW ROAD CENTRAL LABOUR BUREAU INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT EMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WOMEN'S SOCIAL WORK IN LONDON HEADQUARTERS OF THE WOMEN'S SOCIAL WORK HILLSBOROUGH HOUSE INEBRIATES' HOME MATERNITY NURSING HOME MATERNITY RECEIVING HOME MATERNITY HOSPITAL 'THE NEST,' CLAPTON TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S SOCIAL WORK WOMEN'S INDUSTRIAL HOME, HACKNEY INEBRIATES' HOME WOMEN'S INDUSTRIAL HOME, SOUTHWOOD WOMEN'S SHELTER, WHITECHAPEL SLUM SETTLEMENT, HACKNEY ROAD PICCADILLY MIDNIGHT WORK ANTI-SUICIDE BUREAU WORK IN THE PROVINCES, LIVERPOOL MEN'S SOCIAL WORK, MANCHESTER OAKHILL HOUSE, MANCHESTER MEN'S SOCIAL WORK, GLASGOW ARDENSHAW WOMEN'S HOME WOMEN'S LODGING-HOUSE, GLASGOW LAND AND INDUSTRIAL COLONY, HADLEIGH SMALL-HOLDINGS SETTLEMENT, BOXTED IMPRESSIONS OF GENERAL BOOTH THE CHIEF OF THE STAFF NOTE ON THE RELIGION OF THE SALVATION ARMY APPENDICES AUTHOR'S NOTE The author desires to thank Mr. D.R. DANIEL for the kind and valuable assistance he has given him in his researches into the Social Work of the Salvation Army. He takes this occasion to make it clear that this book does no more than set out the results of his investigations into some of that vast Social Work, and his personal conclusions as to it and those by whom it is prosecuted. To obviate any possible misunderstanding as to the reason of its writing, he wishes to state further that it has not been compiled by him as a matter of literary business. INTRODUCTORY WHAT IS THE SALVATION ARMY? If this question were put to the ordinary person of fashion or leisure, how would it be answered?