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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 I.

LONDON:

GRIFFIN, BOHN, AND COMPANY,
STATIONERS' HALL COURT.

1861.