Contents

Also by Edward Carey

Part One: Outside Looking In

1: Report From a Bedroom Window

2: London Gazette I

3: Observations From a Perambulation

4: London Gazette II

5: The House Across The Street

Part Two: Inside Looking Out

6: An Iremonger in London

10: An Aunt Called Night

11: In The Dark

Part Three: Inside Out

13: Secrets of a Room

14: Buried in Filth

15: Her Majesty’s Ratcatcher

16: Moving Streetlamps

17: Amongst New Companions

18: The Factory of Light

Part Four: Outside In

19: John Smith Un-Iremonger

20: Under The Cloche

21: Long Line of Londoners

22: Counting Objects

23: Following The Trail

24: He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

25: The Tale of a Common Rivet

26: The Very Latest Piece of London Statuary

27: The Boy Who Talked To Objects

28: A Conference of Lights

29: A Cry The Night Before a Battle

Part Five: Upside Down

30: London Gazette III

31: The Parties Assemble

32: 8th February 1876

33: How The Iremongers Opened Parliament

Acknowledgements

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