Excerpt from The Beggars of Paris (Paris Qui Mendie): Translated From the French I have ventured to translate this book by M. Louis Paulian because it seems to me to be an eminently useful, as well as an interesting, work on a subject which is of no less moment in England than in France. Here, as in France, begging is made a profession. And it is very important that the public should realize the fact, that thoughtless almsgiving, instead of relieving misery, promotes mendicity.' The author of Paris qui Mendie speaks with the experience of one who has put the question of mendicity to a personal test, and who has beaten the beggar in the various branches of his own trade. No one there fore is a better authority on the subject, and M. Louis Paulian's experiences will, I am sure, be welcome in England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.