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In addition to the works already suggested (especially Walkowitz's books,
Gorham's VS article, and Stead's "Maiden Tribute," July 6-8, 10, 1885,
PALL MALL GAZETTE) I'd suggest the following sources on the "white
slavery" debate in England.
Bell, Ernest A. FIGHTING THE TRAFFIC IN YOUNG GIRLS or WAR ON THE WHITE
SLAVE TRADE. New York: Gordon Press, 1975, rpt. 1910. This is mostly
about America, but there is a chapter by Lucy Hall about the movement in
London after the passage of the Criminal Law Amendment Act and the
formation of the National Vigilance Association, and a chapter by William
Coote, secretary of the NVA.
Charrington, Frederick N. THE BATTLE OF THE MUSIC HALLS. London, 1885.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. "Speech or Silence." CONTEMPORARY REVIEW 48
(Sept 1885): 326-331.
There are many, many articles on this subject in the PALL MALL GAZETTE in
addition to the "Maiden Tribute" articles. Be sure to take a look at
"The Hyde Park Demonstration, Saturday, Aug 22, 1885," PMG (24 Aug. 1885,
Special morning edition): 1-16 and "Protection of Girls' National
Conference, St. James' Hall, Aug. 21, 1885," PMG (22 Aug. 1885, special
morning edition): 1-16.
Mennell, James E. "The Politics of Frustration: 'The Maiden Tribute of
Modern Babylyon' and the Morality Movement of 1885." NORTH DAKOTA
QUARTERLY 49 (Winter 1981): 68-80.
Mort, Frank. DANGEROUS SEXUALITIES: MEDICO-MORAL POLITICS IN ENGLAND
SINCE 1830. London, 1987.
Pearsall, Ronald. WORM IN THE BUD. London, 1976.
Pearson, Michael. THE AGE OF CONSENT. Newton Abbot, 1972.
Petrie, Glen. A SINGULAR INIQUITY: THE CAMPAIGNS OF JOSEPHINE BUTLER.
NY, 1971.
Terrot, Charles. THE MAIDEN TRIBUTE: A STUDY OF THE WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC
OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. London, Frederick Muller Ltd., 1954.
For more detailed studies of Stead and contemporary journalism, see the
several articles by Joseph O. Baylen: "The 'New Journalism' in Late
Victorian Britain, THE AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY 18
(Dec. 1972); "Politics and the "New Journalism,'" VICTORIAN PERIODICALS
REVIEW 20/4 (Winter 1987); "A Victorian's 'Crusade' in Chicago," JOURNAL
OF AMERICAN HISTORY (1964); "W.T. Stead and the Boer Wars," CANADIAN
HISTORICAL REVIEW (1959); "W. T. Stead as Publisher and editor of the
REVIEW OF REVIEWS," VICTORIAN PERIODICALS NEWSLETTER 12 (1979). The
histories of the PALL MALL by Robertson Scott and early biographies of
Stead by Frederic Whyte and Stead's daughter, Estelle Stead, are also
interesting.
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
Bristow, Edward J. VICE AND VIGILANCE: PURITY MOVEMENTS IN BRITAIN SINCE
1700. Dublin, 1977.