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CONTENTS

PART I
THE TWO NATIONS

• PUNCH AND THE PEOPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
• CHARTISM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
• MACHINERY AND MONEY-MAKING . . . . . . . . . . . 61
• EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
• RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
• FROM PEACE TO WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

ENTR'ACTE

• LONDON IN THE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY . . . . . .141

PART II
THE SOCIAL FABRIC

• THE COURT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
• THE OLD NOBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
• SOCIETY—EXCLUSIVE, GENTEEL, AND SHABBY GENTEEL 208
• THE LIBERAL PROFESSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
• WOMEN IN THE 'FORTIES AND 'FIFTIES . . . . . . .243
• FASHION IN DRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
• THE DRAMA, OPERA, MUSIC, AND THE FINE ARTS . . .271
• PERSONALITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304