London Labour and the London Poor (Oxford World’s Classics) by Mayhew, Henry -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Copyright Page Title Page Contents List of Illustrations Introduction Note on the Text and Illustrations Select Bibliography A Chronology of Henry Mayhew London Labour and the London Poor Preface Volume I: The London Street-Folk

1. Of the London Street-Folk 2. Costermongers

The London Street Markets on a Saturday Night Habits and Amusements of Costermongers ‘Vic. Gallery’ Of the Uneducated State of Costermongers Language of Costermongers Of the Nicknames of Costermongers Of the Homes of the Costermongers Of the Cries, Rounds, and Days of Costermongers Of the Tricks of Costermongers

3. Street-Sellers of Fruit and Vegetables

Of Covent Garden Market Watercress Girl

4. Street-Sellers of Eatables and Drinkables

Of the Street-Sellers of Eatables and Drinkables Of the Experience of a Fried Fish-Seller, and of the Class of Customers Of the Street-Sellers of Ham-Sandwiches Of the Experience of a Ham Sandwich-Seller Of Cats’ and Dogs’-Meat Dealers Of Coffee-Stall Keepers Of Milk Selling in St James’s Park Of Street Piemen Of the Street-Sellers of Gingerbread-Nuts Of the Street Sale of Sweet-Stuff Of the Street-Sellers of Ices and of Ice Creams

5. Street-Sellers of Stationery, Literature, and the Fine Arts

Of the Street-Sellers of Stationery, Literature, and the Fine Arts Of Running Patterers Experience of a Running Patterer Of the Death and Fire Hunters Of the Sham Indecent Street-Trade Of Ancient and Modern Street Ballad Minstrelsy Of the ‘Gallows’ Literature of the Streets Of the Street-Sellers of Conundrums Of the Street-Sellers of Engravings, etc., in Umbrellas, etc.

6. Street-Sellers of Manufactured Articles

Of the Street-Sellers of Manufactured Articles Of the Cheap Johns, or Street Hansellers The Crippled Street-Seller of Nutmeg-Graters Of the Life of a Street-Seller of Dog-Collars Of the Tally Packman Of the ‘Duffers’ or Hawkers of Pretended Smuggled Goods The Blind Street-Seller of Boot-Laces Of the Street-Sellers of Corn-Salve Of the Street-Seller of Crackers and Detonating Balls Of the Street-Sellers of Dolls Of the Street-Sellers of Poison for Rats Of the Hawking of Tea

7. Children Street-Sellers

Of the Children Street-Sellers of London

Volume II: The London Street-Folk (Continued)

8. Street-Sellers of Second-Hand Articles

Of the Street-Sellers of Second-Hand Articles Of the Uses of Second-Hand Garments Of the Street-Sellers of Petticoat and Rosemary-Lanes

9. Street-Sellers of Mineral Productions and Natural Curiosities

Of the Street-Sellers of Coals

10. Street-Buyers

Of the Street-Buyers Of the Street-Buyers of Rags, Broken Metal, Bottles, Glass, and Bones Of the ‘Rag-and-Bottle’, and the ‘Marine-Store’ Shops Of the Street-Buyers of Waste (Paper) Of the Street-Buyers of Umbrellas and Parasols

11. Street-Finders or Collectors

Of the Street-Finders or Collectors Bone-Grubbers and Rag-Gatherers Of the Cigar-End Finders Of the Sewer-Hunters Of the Mud-Larks Of the Dustmen of London

12. Chimney-Sweepers

Of the General Characteristics of the Working Chimney-Sweepers The Quantity of Refuse Bought, Collected, or Found, in the Streets of London

13. Crossing-Sweepers

The Negro Crossing-Sweeper, who had lost both his Legs Boy Crossing-Sweepers and Tumblers The ‘King’ of the Tumbling-Boy Crossing-Sweepers

Volume III: The London Street-Folk (Concluded)

14. Destroyers of Vermin

The Rat-Killer A Night at Rat-Killing ‘Catch-’em-Alive’ Sellers

15. Street Exhibitors

Punch Exhibitor of Mechanical Figures Exhibitor of the Microscope The Strong Man The Street Fire-King, or Salamander The Snake, Sword, and Knife-Swallower Street Clown Strolling Actors Gun-Exercise Exhibitor—One-Legged Italian

16. Street Musicians

‘Old Sarah’ ‘Farm-Yard’ Player The Dancing Dogs

17. Street Artists

Street Photography Statement of a Photographic Man

18. Exhibitors of Trained Animals

The Happy Family Exhibitor

19. Skilled and Unskilled Labour

The Doll’s-Eye Maker

20. Cheap Lodging-Houses 21. London Omnibus-Drivers and Conductors

Omnibus Drivers

22. London Vagrants

Statements of Vagrants Statement of a Returned Convict Description of the Asylum for the Houseless

Volume IV: Those that Will not Work

23. Introduction and Classification [Henry Mayhew]

Of the Workers and Non-Workers

24. Prostitution in London [Bracebridge Hemyng]

Seclusives, or Those that Live in Private Houses and Apartments Board Lodgers Thieves’ Women

25. Thieves and Swindlers

The Sneaks, or Common Thieves A Visit to the Rookery of St Giles and its Neighbourhood Pickpockets and Shoplifters Statement of a Young Pickpocket [Henry Mayhew] Housebreakers and Burglars Narrative of a Burglar Swindlers

26. Beggars and Cheats

Begging-Letter Writers Ashamed Beggars Naval and Military Beggars Turnpike Sailor Street Campaigners Disaster Beggars A Shipwrecked Mariner Lucifer Droppers Bodily Afflicted Beggars Seventy Years a Beggar Beggars Subject to Fits Petty Trading Beggars

Appendix 1: Money and the Cost of Living Appendix 2: Map: London c.1848 Appendix 3: A Table Showing the Quantity of Refuse Bought, Collected, or Found, in the Streets of London’ Appendix 4: A Visit to the Cholera Districts of Bermondsey’ Explanatory Notes Footnotes

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