Regeneration

Published in 1910, this nonfiction work is H. Rider Haggard's report on the social programs run by the Salvation Army across Britain. Better known for his adventure novels such as King Solomon's Mines, Haggard turned here to the real conditions of the poor and the efforts to help them. The book looks at the Army's relief work among people in need, examining how its services were organized and what they achieved.

The account is written for readers interested in social reform, charity and the lives of working-class and destitute people in early twentieth-century Britain. It is a record of one organization's practical work rather than a novel, and it presents the Salvation Army's efforts in a sober, observational style.