JOSIAH FLYNT, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, AUGUST 8, 1897 _Frontispiece_ DISCOURAGED CRIMINALS 15 THE MODE OF TRAVEL THAT ATTRACTS BOYS 35 YOUTHFUL TRESPASSERS 51 TELLING "GHOST-STORIES" 59 A GATHERING OF "OLD BUCKS" 73 MIDNIGHT 87 A "TIMBER LESSON" 101 TOMATO-CAN TRAMPS 115 A CITY TRAMP AT WORK 125 A WESTERN ROADSTER 149 AN AUCTION 157 THE FOURTH-CLASS CAR 173 HUNTING FOR HIS PASS 179 ON THE ROAD 187 DANCING AROUND A BONFIRE 193 SLEEPING IN A BARN 209 A LODGING-HOUSE 223 AN ENGLISH TYPE 235 A MOOCHER 245 A REST BY THE WAYSIDE 257 A DIVISION 275 ASLEEP IN A FREIGHT-CAR 283 RIDING ON THE BUMPERS 295 A BRAKEMAN OF A FREIGHT-TRAIN COLLECTING FARES 305 A TRAMPS' DEPOT 311 OLD BOSTON MARY'S SHANTY 327 OLD BOSTON MARY 335 BEATING A PASSENGER-TRAIN 343 A RIDE ON A TRUCK 357 PART I STUDIES PART I STUDIES PAGE I. THE CRIMINAL IN THE OPEN 1 II. THE CHILDREN OF THE ROAD 28 III. CLUB LIFE AMONG OUTCASTS 67 IV. THE AMERICAN TRAMP CONSIDERED GEOGRAPHICALLY 91 V. THE CITY TRAMP 113 VI. WHAT THE TRAMP EATS AND WEARS 137 I THE CRIMINAL IN THE OPEN