This is the first publication in the series Morals and Manners of Russia. The first issue deals with acute problem of the end of the 19th-early 20th, and the again of 1990s in Russia: beggary and begging. The introductory article is written by modern sociologist M.O. Kudriavtseva who conducted a small case-study on Russian beggars. The rest of the included articles were written at the beginning of the 20th century. Contents: A.A. Levenstrim. Professional begging: Its reasons and forms; A.I. Svirskii: The World of beggars and drunkards; V. Maksimov. Beggar brotherhood; L. Polian. Begging Paris.