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London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1

CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1.

LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR. — THE STREET-FOLK.

2.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF FISH.

3.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

4.

OF THE STATIONARY STREET-SELLERS OF FISH, FRUIT, AND VEGETABLES.

5.

OF THE STREET-IRISH.

6.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF GAME, POULTRY (LIVE AND DEAD), RABBITS, BUTTER, CHEESE, AND EGGS.

7.

OF THE SELLERS OF TREES, SHRUBS, FLOWERS (CUT AND IN POTS), ROOTS, SEEDS, AND BRANCHES.

8.

STREET-SELLERS OF GREEN STUFF.

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9.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF EATABLES AND DRINKABLES.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF PEA-SOUP AND Hot Eels.

OF THE EXPERIENCE OF A HOT-EEL AND PEA-SOUP MAN.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF PICKLED WHELKS.

OF THE CUSTOMERS, ETC., OF PICKLED WHELK-SELLERS.

OF THE STREET SELLERS, AND OF THE PREPARATION OF FRIED FISH.

OF THE EXPERIENCE OF A FRIED FISH- SELLER, AND OF THE CLASS OF CUSTOMERS.

OF THE PREPARATION AND QUANTITY OF SHEEP'S TROTTERS, AND OF THE STREET- SELLERS.

STATEMENTS OF SHEEP'S TROTTER WOMEN.

OF THE STREET TRADE IN BAKED POTATOES.

OF "TROTTING," OR "HAWKING" BUTCHERS.

OF THE EXPERIENCE OF A HAWKING BUTCHER.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF HAM-SAND- WICHES.

OF THE EXPERIENCE OF A HAM SANDWICH- SELLER.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF BREAD.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF HOT GREEN PEAS.

OF THE EXPERIENCE OF A HOT GREEN PEA SELLER.

OF CATS' AND DOGS'-MEAT DEALERS.

OF THE STREET-SALE OF DRINKABLES.

OF COFFEE-STALL KEEPERS.

OF THE STREET SALE OF GINGER-BEER, SHERBET, LEMONADE, &c.

OF THE EXPERIENCE AND CUSTOMERS OF A GINGER-BEER SELLER.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF HOT ELDER WINE.

OF THE STREET SALE OF PEPPERMINT-WATER.

OF MILK SELLING IN ST. JAMES'S PARK.

OF THE STREET SALE OF MILK.

OF THE STREET-SALE OF CURDS AND WHEY.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF RICE-MILK.

OF WATER-CARRIERS.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF PASTRY AND CONFECTIONARY.

OF STREET PIEMEN.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF BOILED PUDDINGS.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF PLUM "DUFF" OR DOUGH.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF CAKES, TARTS, &c.

OF OTHER CAKE-SELLERS IN THE STREETS.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF GINGERBREAD- NUTS, &c.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF HOT-CROSS BUNS, AND OF CHELSEA BUNS.

OF MUFFIN AND CRUMPET-SELLING IN THE STREETS.

OF THE STREET SALE OF SWEET-STUFF.

OF THE CUSTOMERS OF THE SWEET-STUFF STREET-SELLERS.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF COUGH DROPS AND OF MEDICAL CONFECTIONARY.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF ICES AND OF ICE CREAMS.

10.

OF THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF EATABLES AND DRINKABLES.

11.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF STATIONERY, LITERATURE, AND THE FINE ARTS.

12.

OF THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF STATIONERY, LITERATURE, AND THE FINE ARTS.

13.

OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF MANUFACTURED ARTICLES.

14.

OF THE WOMEN STREET-SELLERS.

15.

OF THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF MANUFACTURED ARTICLES.

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CUT FLOWERS.

I now give the quantity of cut flowers sold in
the streets. The returns have been derived from
nursery-men and market-salesmen. It will be
seen how fully these returns corroborate the
statement of the poor flower-girl — (p. 135) —
"it's very little use offering anything that's not
sweet."

I may remark, too, that at the present period,
from "the mildness of the season," wallflowers,
primroses, violets, and polyanthuses are almost
as abundant as in spring sunshine.

Violets	65,280 bunches.
Wallflowers	115,200 bunches.
Lavender	296,640 bunches.
Pinks and Carnations	63,360 bunches.
Moss Roses	172,800 bunches.
China ditto	172,800 bunches.
Mignonette	86,400 bunches.
Lilies of the Valley	1,632 bunches.
Stocks	20,448 bunches.
Cut flowers sold yearly in the streets	994,560 bunches.