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Title: Elizabeth Fry

Author: Mrs. E. R. Pitman

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+Famous Women+

ELIZABETH FRY.

_The next volumes in the Famous Women Series
will be:_

THE COUNTESS OF ALBANY. By Vernon Lee.
HARRIET MARTINEAU. By Mrs. Fenwick Miller.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT. By Elizabeth Robins Pennell.

_Already published:_

GEORGE ELIOT. By Miss Blind.
EMILY BRONTE. By Miss Robinson.
GEORGE SAND. By Miss Thomas.
MARY LAMB. By Mrs. Gilchrist.
MARGARET FULLER. By Julia Ward Howe.
MARIA EDGEWORTH. By Miss Zimmern.
ELIZABETH FRY. By Mrs. E.R. Pitman.

[Illustration: Famous Women]

ELIZABETH FRY.

BY

MRS. E.R. PITMAN.

BOSTON:
ROBERTS BROTHERS.
1884.

_Copyright, 1884,_
BY ROBERTS BROTHERS.

UNIVERSITY PRESS:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
PAGE.
LIFE AT EARLHAM, A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. 1

CHAPTER II.

LIFE'S EARNEST PURPOSE. 12

CHAPTER III.

ST. MILDRED'S COURT. 23

CHAPTER IV.

A COUNTRY HOME. 29

CHAPTER V.

BEGINNINGS AT NEWGATE. 39

CHAPTER VI.

NEWGATE HORRORS AND NEWGATE WORKERS. 52

CHAPTER VII.

EVIDENCE BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. 75

CHAPTER VIII.

THE GALLOWS AND ENGLISH LAWS. 97

CHAPTER IX.

CONVICT SHIPS AND CONVICT SETTLEMENTS. 112

CHAPTER X.

VISITS TO CONTINENTAL PRISONS.