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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
THE LONDON STREET-FOLK
COMPRISING
STREET SELLERS · STREET BUYERS · STREET FINDERS STREET PERFORMERS · STREET ARTIZANS · STREET LABOURERS
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
VOLUME ONE
First edition 1851 (Volume One only and parts of Volumes Two and Three) Enlarged edition (Four volumes) 1861-62 New impression 1865
CONTENTS
OF
VOLUME I.
THE STREET-FOLK. PAGE WANDERING TRIBES IN GENERAL 1 WANDERING TRIBES IN THE COUNTRY 2 THE LONDON STREET-FOLK 3 COSTERMONGERS 4 STREET SELLERS OF FISH 61 STREET SELLERS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES 79 STATIONARY STREET SELLERS OF FISH, FRUIT, AND VEGETABLES 97 THE STREET IRISH 104 STREET SELLERS OF GAME, POULTRY, RABBITS, BUTTER, CHEESE, AND EGGS 120 STREET SELLERS OF TREES, SHRUBS, FLOWERS, ROOTS, SEEDS, AND BRANCHES 131 STREET SELLERS OF GREEN STUFF 145 STREET SELLERS OF EATABLES AND DRINKABLES 158 STREET SELLERS OF STATIONERY, LITERATURE, AND THE FINE ARTS 213 STREET SELLERS OF MANUFACTURED ARTICLES 323 THE WOMEN STREET SELLERS 457 THE CHILDREN STREET SELLERS 468
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
LONDON COSTERMONGER Page 13 THE COSTER GIRL „ 37 THE OYSTER STALL „ 49 THE ORANGE MART (DUKE’S PLACE) „ 73 THE IRISH STREET-SELLER „ 97 THE WALL-FLOWER GIRL „ 127 THE GROUNDSELL MAN „ 147 THE BAKED POTATO MAN „ 167 THE COFFEE STALL To face page 184 COSTER BOY AND GIRL “TOSSING THE PIEMAN” „ 196 DOCTOR BOKANKY, THE STREET-HERBALIST „ 206 THE LONG SONG SELLER „ 222 ILLUSTRATIONS OF STREET ART, NO. I. „ 224 „ „ NO. II. „ 238 THE HINDOO TRACT SELLER „ 242 THE “KITCHEN,” FOX COURT „ 251 ILLUSTRATIONS OF STREET ART, NO. III. „ 278 THE BOOK AUCTIONEER „ 296 THE STREET-SELLER OF NUTMEG-GRATERS „ 330 THE STREET-SELLER OF DOG-COLLARS „ 360 THE STREET-SELLER OF CROCKERYWARE „ 366 THE BLIND BOOT-LACE SELLER „ 406 THE STREET-SELLER OF GREASE-REMOVING COMPOSITION „ 428 THE LUCIFER-MATCH GIRL „ 432 THE STREET-SELLER OF WALKING-STICKS „ 438 THE STREET-SELLER OF RHUBARB AND SPICE „ 452 THE STREET-SELLER OF COMBS „ 458 PORTRAIT OF MR. MAYHEW To face the Title Page