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SINKS OF LONDON LAID OPEN:
A
Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated,
TO WHICH IS ADDED A
MODERN FLASH DICTIONARY
CONTAINING ALL THE
CANT WORDS, SLANG TERMS, AND FLASH PHRASES
NOW IN VOGUE,
WITH
A LIST OF THE SIXTY ORDERS OF
PRIME COVES,
The whole Forming a True Picture of London Life, Cadging Made Easy, the He-She Man, Doings of the Modern Greeks, Snoozing Kens Depicted, the Common Lodging-house Gallants, Lessons to Lovers of Dice, the Gaming Table, etc.
EMBELLISHED WITH HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
CONTENTS
THE
Dens of London
EXPOSED.
CHAPTER I.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES, CADGERS, &c., &c.
CHAPTER II.
ST. GILES’S—THE CADGER’S HEAD-QUARTERS.
CHAPTER III.
THE CADGING HOUSE.
CHAPTER IV.
A BEGGAR’S REPAST.
CHAPTER V.
AN EVENING MEAL—A FEAST FOR AN ALDERMAN.
CHAPTER VI.
A QUIET SCENE.
CHAPTER VII.
A LITTLE LITERARY CONVERSATION.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE GAMING TABLE.
CHAPTER IX.
AN UNDER-DEPUTY.
CHAPTER X.
THE RETURN;—AND A LITTLE UNKNOWN.
CHAPTER XI.
THE LIFE OF LOW LIFE; OR THE GLORIOUS FINISH OF THE WEEK.
CHAPTER XII.
ONE NOISE SUBSTITUTED FOR ANOTHER.—THE CLAMOURS OF STRIFE EXCHANGED FOR THE SONGS OF PEACE.
“Music soothes the savage breast.”
CHAPTER XIII.
THE CLOSE OF THE NIGHT.
FLASH DICTIONARY.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
K.
L.
M.
N.
O.
P.
Q.
R.
S.
T.
U.
V.
W.
Y.
THE SIXTY ORDERS OF PRIME COVES.
Companion Volume by the Editor of “Sinks of London Laid Open,” cloth, 7s. 6d.
ANNALS
OF
FASHIONABLE GALLANTRY,
A COLLECTION OF
REMARKABLE TRIALS FOR DIVORCE,
&c.,
With many curious Anecdotes of Supreme Bon Ton.
FOOTNOTES
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