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London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 4 — Henry Mayhew

London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 4

Henry Mayhew

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 1122 pages

London Labour and the London Poor, Volume Four is a collection of Victorian social essays by Henry Mayhew and contributors. It examines the lives of London's non-workers—prostitutes, thieves, swindlers and beggars—with an introductory essay by Rev. William Tuckniss. It offers a detailed historical portrait of poverty and street life in the metropolis.

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A MIDNIGHT MEETING.—REV. BAPTIST NOEL SPEAKING.

LONDON LABOUR

AND THE LONDON POOR

A Cyclopædia of the Condition and Earnings

OF

THOSE THAT WILL WORK

THOSE THAT CANNOT WORK, AND

THOSE THAT WILL NOT WORK

BY

HENRY MAYHEW

THOSE THAT WILL NOT WORK

COMPRISING

PROSTITUTES · THIEVES · SWINDLERS · BEGGARS

BY SEVERAL CONTRIBUTORS

With an Introductory Essay on the Agencies at Present in Operation in the Metropolis for the Suppression of Vice and Crime by

THE REV. WILLIAM TUCKNISS, B.A.

CHAPLAIN TO THE SOCIETY FOR THE RESCUE OF YOUNG WOMEN AND CHILDREN

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME FOUR

First edition
1851
(Volume One only and parts of Volumes
Two and Three)
Enlarged edition (Four volumes) 1861-62
New impression
1865

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Contents

  1. LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR
  2. ADVERTISEMENT.
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. INTRODUCTION. THE AGENCIES AT PRESENT IN OPERATION WITHIN THE METROPOLIS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE AND CRIME.
  5. INTRODUCTION.
  6. CLASSIFICATION OF THE WORKERS AND NON-WORKERS OF GREAT BRITAIN.
  7. OF THE NON-WORKERS.
  8. OF THE PROSTITUTE CLASS GENERALLY.
  9. OF PROSTITUTION AMONG THE BARBAROUS NATIONS.
  10. PROSTITUTION AMONG THE SEMI-CIVILIZED NATIONS.
  11. OF THE MIXED NORTHERN NATIONS.
  12. OF PROSTITUTION IN CIVILIZED STATES.
  13. THIEVES AND SWINDLERS.
  14. THE SNEAKS, OR COMMON THIEVES.
  15. PICKPOCKETS AND SHOPLIFTERS.
  16. HORSE AND DOG STEALERS.
  17. HIGHWAY ROBBERS.
  18. HOUSEBREAKERS AND BURGLARS.
  19. PROSTITUTE THIEVES.
  20. FELONIES ON THE RIVER THAMES.
  21. RECEIVERS OF STOLEN PROPERTY.
  22. COINING.
  23. CHEATS.
  24. BEGGARS AND CHEATS.
  25. APPENDIX.
  26. FOOTNOTES
  27. Transcriber's Note
  28. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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