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London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1

  
[title page]
  
[dedication]
  
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
  
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  
PREFACE.
  
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LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR. — THE STREET-FOLK.
  
OF WANDERING TRIBES IN GENERAL.
  
OF THE WANDERING TRIBES OF THIS COUNTRY.
  
OF THE LONDON STREET-FOLK.
  
OF THE NUMBER OF COSTERMONGERS AND OTHER STREET-FOLK.
  
OF THE VARIETIES OF STREET-FOLK IN GENERAL, AND COSTERMONGERS IN PARTICULAR.
  
OF COSTERMONGERING MECHANICS.
  
ANCIENT CALLING OF COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE OBSOLETE CRIES OF THE COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE COSTERMONGERS "ECONOMICALLY" CONSIDERED.
  
THE LONDON STREET MARKETS ON A SATURDAY NIGHT.
  
THE SUNDAY MORNING MARKETS.
  
HABITS AND AMUSEMENTS OF COSTERMONGERS.
  
GAMBLING OF COSTERMONGERS.
  
"VIC. GALLERY."
  
THE POLITICS OF COSTERMONGERS. — POLICEMEN.
  
MARRIAGE AND CONCUBINAGE OF COSTERMONGERS.
  
RELIGION OF COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE UNEDUCATED STATE OF COSTERMONGERS.
  
LANGUAGE OF COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE NICKNAMES OF COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE EDUCATION OF COSTERMONGERS' CHILDREN.
  
THE LITERATURE OF COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE HONESTY OF COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE CONVEYANCES OF THE COSTER- MONGERS AND OTHER STREET-SELLERS.
  
OF THE "SMITHFIELD RACES."
  
OF THE DONKEYS OF THE COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE COSTERMONGERS' CAPITAL.
  
OF THE "SLANG" WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
  
OF HALF PROFITS.
  
OF THE BOYS OF THE COSTERMONGERS, AND THEIR BUNTS.
  
OF THE JUVENILE TRADING OF THE COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE EDUCATION OF THE "COSTER- LADS."
  
THE LIFE OF A COSTER-LAD.
  
OF THE "PENNY GAFF."
  
OF THE COSTER-GIRLS.
  
THE LIFE OF A COSTER GIRL.
  
OF COSTERMONGERS AND THIEVES.
  
OF THE MORE PROVIDENT COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE HOMES OF THE COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE DRESS OF THE COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE DIET AND DRINK OF COSTER- MONGERS.
  
OF THE CRIES, ROUNDS, AND DAYS OF COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE COSTERMONGERS ON THEIR COUNTRY ROUNDS.
  
OF THE EARNINGS OF COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE PROVIDENCE AND IMPROVIDENCE OF COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE COSTERMONGERS IN BAD WEATHER AND DURING THE CHOLERA.
  
OF THE COSTERMONGERS' RAFFLES.
  
OF THE MARKETS AND TRADE RIGHTS OF THE COSTERMONGERS, AND OF THE LAWS AFFECTING THEM.
  
OF THE REMOVALS OF COSTERMONGERS FROM THE STREETS.
  
OF THE TRICKS OF COSTERMONGERS.
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OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF FISH.
  
OF THE KIND AND QUANTITIES OF FISH SOLD BY THE LONDON COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF THE COSTERMONGERS' FISH SEASON.
  
BILLINGSGATE.
  
OF THE FORESTALLING OF MARKETS AND THE BILLINGSGATE BUMMAREES.
  
OF "WET" FISH-SELLERS IN THE STREETS.
  
OF SPRAT-SELLING IN THE STREETS.
  
OF SHELL-FISH SELLERS IN THE STREETS.
  
OF SHRIMP SELLING IN THE STREETS.
  
OF OYSTER SELLING IN THE STREETS.
  
OF PERIWINKLE SELLING IN THE STREETS.
  
OF "DRY" FISH SELLING IN THE STREETS.
  
GROSS VALUE OF THE SEVERAL KINDS OF FISH ANNUALLY SOLD IN THE STREETS OF LONDONS.
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OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
  
OF THE KINDS AND QUANTITY OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES SOLD IN THE STREETS.
  
OF THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SEASON OF THE COSTERMONGERS.
  
OF COVENT GARDEN MARKET.
  
OF "GREEN" FRUIT SELLING IN THE STREETS.
  
OF THE ORANGE AND NUT MARKET.
  
OF ORANGE AND LEMON SELLING IN THE STREETS.
  
OF NUT SELLING IN THE STREETS.
  
OF ROASTED CHESTNUTS AND APPLES.
  
OF "DRY" FRUIT SELLING IN THE STREETS
  
Of THE STREET-SALE OF VEGETABLES.
  
OF THE "ARISTOCRATIC" VEGETABLE-SALE.
  
OF ONION SELLING IN THE STREETS.
  
OF POT-HERBS AND CELERY.
  
GROSS VALUE OF THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES SOLD ANNUALLY IN THE LONDON STREETS.
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OF THE STATIONARY STREET-SELLERS OF FISH, FRUIT, AND VEGETABLES.
  
OF THE NUMBER OF STREET STALLS.
  
OF THE CHARACTER OF THE STREET-STALLS.
  
OF FRUIT-STALL KEEPERS.
  
OF A PUBLIC MEETING OF STREET-SELLERS.
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OF THE STREET-IRISH.
  
OF THE CAUSES WHICH HAVE MADE THE IRISH TURN CONTERMONGERS.
  
HOW THE STREET-IRISH DISPLANTED THE STREET-JEWS IN THE ORANGE TRADE.
  
OF THE RELIGION OF THE STREET-IRISH.
  
OF THE EDUCATION, LITERATURE, AMUSEMENTS, AND POLITICS OF THE STREET- IRISH.
  
THE HOMES OF THE STREET-IRISH.
  
IRISH LODGING-HOUSES FOR IMMIGRANTS.
  
OF THE DIET, DRINK, AND EXPENSE OF LIVING OF THE STREET-IRISH.
  
OF THE RESOURCES OF THE STREET-IRISH AS REGARDS "STOCK-MONEY," SICKNESS, BURIALS, &c.
  
OF THE HISTORY OF SOME IRISH STREET- SELLERS.
  
OF THE IRISH "REFUSE"-SELLERS.
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OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF GAME, POULTRY (LIVE AND DEAD), RABBITS, BUTTER, CHEESE, AND EGGS.
  
OF THE QUANTITY OF GAME, RABBITS, AND POULTRY, SOLD IN THE STREETS.
  
OF THE STREET-PURCHASERS OF GAME AND POULTRY.
  
OF THE EXPERIENCE OF A GAME HAWKER.
  
STATEMENT OF TWO POULTRY HAWKERS.
  
OF THE STREET SALE OF LIVE POULTRY.
  
OF RABBIT SELLING IN THE STREETS.
  
OF THE STREET SALE OF BUTTER, CHEESE, AND EGGS.
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OF THE SELLERS OF TREES, SHRUBS, FLOWERS (CUT AND IN POTS), ROOTS, SEEDS, AND BRANCHES.
  
OF THE QUANTITY OF SHRUBS, "ROOTS," FLOWERS, ETC., SOLD IN THE STREETS, AND OF THE BUYERS.
  
OF THE STREET SALE OF TREES AND SHRUBS.
  
THE LONDON FLOWER GIRLS.
  
OF TWO ORPHAN FLOWER GIRLS.
  
OF THE LIFE OF A FLOWER GIRL.
  
OF THE STREET SALE OF LAVENDER.
  
CUT FLOWERS.
  
OF THE STREET SALE OF FLOWERS IN POTS, ROOTS, ETC.
  
OF THE STREET SALE OF SEEDS.
  
OF CHRISTMASING — LAUREL, IVY, HOLLY, AND MISTLETOE.
  
OF THE SALE OF MAY, PALM, ETC.
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STREET-SELLERS OF GREEN STUFF.
  
OF WATERCRESS-SELLING, IN FARRINGDON- MARKET.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF WATER-CRESS.
  
WATERCRESS GIRL.
  
OF GROUNDSEL AND CHICKWEED SELLERS.
  
OF TURF CUTTING AND SELLING.
  
OF THE EXPERIENCE AND CUSTOMERS OF A TURF-CUTTER.
  
OF PLANTAIN-SELLERS.
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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.
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OF THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF EATABLES AND DRINKABLES.
  
CAPITAL, OR STOCK IN TRADE, OF THE STREET- SELLERS OF EATABLES AND DRINKABLES.
  
INCOME, OR "TAKINGS," OF STREET-SELLERS OF EATABLES AND DRINKABLES.
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OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF STATIONERY, LITERATURE, AND THE FINE ARTS.
  
OF THE FORMER AND PRESENT STREET- PATTERERS.
  
OF THE HABITS, OPINIONS, MORALS, AND RELIGION OF PATTERERS GENERALLY.
  
OF THE PUBLISHERS AND AUTHORS OF STREET-LITERATURE.
  
OF LONG SONG-SELLERS.
  
OF RUNNING PATTERERS.
  
EXPERIENCE OF A RUNNING PATTERER.
  
OF THE RECENT EXPERIENCE OF A RUNNING PATTERER.
  
OF THE CHAUNTERS.
  
OF THE EXPERIENCE OF A CHAUNTER.
  
OF THE DEATH AND FIRE HUNTERS.
  
OF THE SELLERS OF SECOND EDITIONS.
  
OF THE STANDING PATTERERS.
  
EXPERIENCE OF A STANDING PATTERER.
  
OF POLITICAL LITANIES, DIALOGUES, ETC.
  
OF " COCKS," ETC.
  
OF " STRAWING."
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OF THE SHAM INDECENT STREET-TRADE.
  
Letter
  
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OF RELIGIOUS TRACT SELLERS.
  
OF A BENEFIT SOCIETY OF PATTERERS.
  
OF THE ABODES, TRICKS, MARRIAGE, CHARACTER, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DIFFERENT GRADES OF PATTERERS.
  
OF THE LOW LODGING-HOUSES OF LONDON.
  
OF THE FILTH, DISHONESTY, AND IMMORALITY OF LOW LODGING-HOUSES.
  
OF THE CHILDREN IN LOW LODGING- HOUSES.
  
OF THE LOW LODGING-HOUSES THROUGH- OUT THE COUNTRY.
  
OF THE STREET STATIONERS, AND THE STREET CARD-SELLERS.
  
OF THE SELLER OF THE PENNY SHORT-HAND CARDS.
  
OF THE SELLERS OF RACE CARDS AND LISTS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF GELATINE, OF ENGRAVED, AND OF PLAYING CARDS, &c.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF STATIONERY.
  
OF THE EXPERIENCE OF A STREET- STATIONER.
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OF A "REDUCED" GENTLEWOMAN, AND A "REDUCED" TRADESMAN, AS STREET-SELLERS OF STATIONERY.
  
Letter
  
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OF THE STREET-SALE OF MEMORANDUM- BOOKS AND ALMANACKS.
  
OF THE STREET-SALE OF POCKET-BOOKS AND DIARIES.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF SONGS.
  
OF THE STREET "PINNERS-UP," OR WALL SONG-SELLERS.
  
OF ANCIENT AND MODERN STREET BALLAD MINSTRELSY.
  
OF STREET "BALLADS ON A SUBJECT."
  
OF THE STREET POETS AND AUTHORS.
  
OF THE EXPERIENCE OF A STREET AUTHOR, OR POET.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF BROAD-SHEETS.
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OF THE "GALLOWS" LITERATURE OF THE STREETS.
  
Letter
  
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OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF CONUNDRUMS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF COMIC EXHIBITIONS, MAGICAL DELUSIONS, &c.
  
OF THE STREET SELLERS OF PLAY-BILLS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF PERIODICALS, PAMPHLETS, TRACTS, BOOKS, ETC.
  
OF THE STREET-SALE OF BACK NUMBERS.
  
OF THE SALE OF WASTE NEWSPAPERS AT BILLINGSGATE.
  
OF THE SALE OF PERIODICALS ON THE STEAM- BOATS AND STEAM-BOAT PIERS.
  
OF THE SALE OF NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS, &c., AT THE RAILWAY STATIONS.
  
OF THE STREET BOOKSELLERS.
  
OF THE CHARACTER OF BOOKS OF THE STREET-SALE.
  
OF THE EXPERIENCE OF A STREET BOOK- SELLER.
  
OF STREET BOOK-AUCTIONEERS.
  
OF THE STREET-SALE OF SONG-BOOKS, AND OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF ACCOUNT-BOOKS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF GUIDE-BOOKS, &c.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF FINE ARTS.
  
OF STREET ART.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF ENGRAVINGS, ETC., IN UMBRELLAS, ETC.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF PICTURES IN FRAMES.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF MANUSCRIPT AND OTHER MUSIC.
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OF THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF STATIONERY, LITERATURE, AND THE FINE ARTS.
  
CAPITAL OR VALUE OF THE STOCK-IN-TRADE OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF STATIONERY, LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS.
  
INCOME, OR AVERAGE ANNUAL "TAKINGS," OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF STATIONERY, LITERATURE, AND THE FINE ARTS.
  
AN EPITOME OF THE PATTERING CLASS.
  
OF THE "SCREEVERS," OR WRITERS OF BEGGING-LETTERS AND PETITIONS.
  
OF THE PROBABLE MEANS OF REFORMATION.
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OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF MANUFACTURED ARTICLES.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF MANUFACTURED ARTICLES IN METAL.
  
OF THE CHEAP JOHNS, OR STREET HAN- SELLERS.
  
THE CRIPPLED STREET-SELLER OF NUTMEG-GRATERS.
  
OF THE SWAG-SHOPS OF THE METROPOLIS.
  
OF THE LIFE OF A CHEAP-JOHN.
  
THE STREET-SELLERS OF CUTLERY.
  
OF THE BLIND STREET-SELLERS OF TAILORS NEEDLES, ETC.
  
THE PUBLIC-HOUSE HAWKERS OF METAL SPOONS, ETC.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF JEWELLERY.
  
OF THE PEDLAR-JEWELLERS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF CARD-COUNTERS, MEDALS, ETC.
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OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF RINGS AND SOVEREIGNS FOR WAGERS.
  
Letter
  
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OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF CHILDREN'S GILT WATCHES.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF TINWARE.
  
OF THE LIFE OF A TIN-WARE SELLER.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF DOG-COLLARS.
  
OF THE LIFE OF A STREET-SELLER OF DOG- COLLARS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF TOOLS.
  
OF THE BEGGAR STREET-SELLERS.
  
OF THE "HOUSE OF LORDS," A STREET-SELLER'S DEFUNOT CLUB.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF CROCKERY AND GLASS-WARES.
  
OF THE "SWAG," CROCKERY, AND GLASS SHOPS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF SPAR AND CHINA ORNAMENTS, AND OF STORE FRUIT.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF TEXTILE FABRICS.
  
OF THE HABERDASHERY SWAG-SHOPS.
  
OF HAWKERS, PEDLARS, AND PETTY CHAPMEN.
  
OF THE PACKMEN, OR HAWKERS OF SOFT WARES.
  
STATEMENT OF A PACKMAN.
  
OF THE TALLY PACKMAN.
  
OF THE "DUFFERS" OR HAWKERS OF PRETENDED SMUGGLED GOODS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF "SMALL-WARE," OR TAPE, COTTON, ETC.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF LACE.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF JAPANNED TABLE- COVERS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF BRACES, BELTS, HOSE, TROWSER-STRAPS, AND WAISTCOATS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF BOOT AND STAY- LACES, &c.
  
OF A BLIND FEMALE SELLER OF "SMALL-WARES."
  
THE BLIND STREET-SELLER OF BOOT-LACES.
  
OF THE LIFE OF A BLIND BOOT-LACE SELLER.
  
OF THE LOW LODGING-HOUSES.
  
STATEMENT OF A YOUNG PICKPOCKET.
  
STATEMENT OF A PROSTITUTE.
  
STATEMENT OF A BEGGAR.
  
MEETING OF THIEVES.
  
OF THE COUNTRY LODGING-HOUSES.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF CHEMICAL ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF BLACKING, BLACK LEAD, ETC.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF FRENCH POLISH.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF GREASE-REMOVING COMPOSITIONS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF CORN-SALVE.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF GLASS AND CHINA CEMENT, AND OF RAZOR PASTE.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLER OF CRACKERS AND DETONATING BALLS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF LUCIFER-MATCHES.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF CIGAR LIGHTS, OR FUZEES.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF GUTTA-PERCHA HEADS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF FLY-PAPERS AND BEETLE-WAFERS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF WALKING-STICKS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF WHIPS, ETC.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF PIPES, AND OF SNUFF AND TOBACCO BOXES.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF CIGARS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF SPONGE.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF WASH-LEATHERS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF DOLLS.
  
OF THE "SWAG-BARROWMEN," AND "LOT- SELLERS."
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF ROULETTE BOXES.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF POISON FOR RATS.
  
OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF RHUBARB AND SPICE.
  
OF THE HAWKING OF TEA.
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OF THE WOMEN STREET-SELLERS.
  
OF A SINGLE WOMAN, AS A STREET-SELLER.
  
OF A MECHANIC'S WIFE, AS A STREET-SELLER.
  
OF AN IRISHWOMAN, AS A STREET-SELLER.
  
OF A WIDOW, A STREET-SELLER.
  
OF THE CHILDREN STREET-SELLERS OF LONDON.
  
OF CHILDREN SENT OUT AS STREET-SELLERS BY THEIR PARENTS.
  
OF A "NEGLECTED" CHILD, A STREET-SELLER.
  
OF A HIRED COSTER BOY.
  
OF AN ORPHAN BOY, A STREET-SELLER.
  
OF THE LIFE OF AN ORPHAN GIRL, A STREET- SELLER.
  
OF TWO RUNAWAY STREET-BOYS.
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OF THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF MANUFACTURED ARTICLES.
  
METAL.
  
CROCKERY AND GLASS.
  
TEXTILE.
  
CHEMICALS.
  
MISCELLANEOUS.
  
INCOME OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF MANUFACTURED ARTICLES. METAL.
  
TEXTILE.
  
CHEMICAL.
  
MISCELLANEOUS.

  
ERRATA.
  
INDEX.
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OF THE EXPERIENCE OF A CHAUNTER.

" The Pope, sir," he began, "was as one-
sided to chaunt as to patter, in course. We
had the Greeks (the lately-arrived Irish) down
upon us more than once. In Liverpool-street,
on the night of the meeting at Guildhall about

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illustration [Description: 915EAF. Page 227.]
the Papal Aggression, we had a regular skrim-
mage. One gentleman said: ` Really, you
shouldn't sing such improper songs, my men.'
Then up comes another, and he was a little
orusted with port wine, and he says: ` What,
against that cove the Pope! Here, give me
half a dozen of the papers.' The city was tidy
for the patter, sir, or the chaunt; there was
sixpences; but there was shillings at the West
End. And for the first time in their innocent
lives, the parsons came out as stunning patrons
of the patter. One of 'em as we was at work
in the street give a bit of a signal and was
attended to without any parade to the next
street, and was good for half-a-crown! Other
two stopped, that wery same day, and sent a
boy to us with a Joey. Then me and my mate
went to the Rev. W.'s, him as came it so strong
for the fire-works on the Fifth of November.
And we pattered and we pattered, and we
chaunted and we chaunted, but no go for a
goodish bit. His servant said he weren't at
home. In course that wouldn't do for us, so
down he came his-self at last, and says, werry
soft: ` Come to-morrow morning, my men,
and there'll be two gentlemen to hear you.'
We stuck to him for something in hand, but
he said the business had cost him so much
already, he really couldn't. Well, we bounced
a bob out of him, and didn't go near him again.
After all we did for his party, a shilling was
black ingratitude. Of course we has no feeling
either for or agin the Pope. We goes to it as
at an election; and let me tell you, sir, we got
very poorly paid, it couldn't be called paid, for
working for Lord John at the City Election;
and I was the original of the live rats, which
took well. But there's a good time coming to
pay Lord Johnny off.

" Some of the tunes — there's no act of par-
liament about tunes, you know, sir — was stun-
ners on the fiddle; as if a thousand bricks was
falling out of a cart at once. I think ` The
Pope and Cardinal Wiseman,' one of the first
of the songs, did as well as any. This werse
was greatly admired: —

` Now Lord John Russell did so bright,
to the Bishop of Durham a letter write
Saying while I've a hand I'll fight,
The pope and cardinal wiseman,
Lord John's ancestor as I tell,
Lord William Russell then known well
His true religion would not sell,
A martyr he in glory fell,
And now Lord John so bold and free,
Has got a rope as we may see,
To hang up on each side of a tree,
The pope and cardinal wiseman.'

"This finishing werse, too, was effective, and
out came a few browns: —

` Now we don't care a fig for Rome,
why can't they let the girls alone,
And mind their business at home,
the pope and cardinal wiseman.
With their monsical red cardinals hat,
And lots of wafers in a sack,
If they come here with all their clack,
we'll wound them fil fal la ra whack,
In England they shall not be loose,
Their hum bugging is all no use,
If they come here we'll cook their goose,
The pope and Cardinal Wiseman.

CHORUS

Monks and Nuns and fools afloat,
We'll have no bulls shoved down our throat,
Cheer up and shout down with the Pope,
And his bishop cardinal Wiseman.'

" Then there was another, sir. `The Pope
he is coming; oh, crikey, oh dear! ' to the
tune of the ` Camels are coming.' There was
one bit that used to tickle them. I mayn't
exactly remember it, for I didn't do anything
beyond a spurt in it, and haven't a copy for
you, but it tickled 'em with others. This was
the bit: —

` I've heard my old grandmother's grandmother say,
They burnt us in Smithfield full ten every day.
O, what shall I do, for I feel very queer,
The Pope he's a-coming, oh! crikey, oh, dear!'

" Bless you, sir, if I see a smart dressed ser-
vant girl looking shyly out of the street-door
at us, or through the area railings, and I can
get a respectful word in and say, ` My good
young lady, do buy of a poor fellow, we haven't
said a word to your servants, we hasn't seen
any on 'em,' then she's had, sir, for 1d. at
least, and twice out of thrice; that ` good young
lady ' chloroforms her.

" Then this one, now, is stunning. It's part
of what the Queen was a going to sing at the
opening of the parliament, but she changed her
mind, and more's the pity, for it would have
had a grand effect. It's called ` The Queen,
the Pope, and the Parliament,' and these is
the best of the stanzas; I calls them werses in
common, but stanzas for Wick:

` My lords and my gentlemen all,
The bishops and great house of commons
On you for protection I call,
For you know I am only a woman,
I am really quite happy indeed —
To meet you like birds of a feather,
So I hope you will all struggle with me,
And pull away boys altogether,
My name is Victoria the Queen.
` Our bishops and deans did relent,
And say they for ever was undone,
Bishop Philpott a long challenge sent
To his lordship the bishop of London,
To fight him on Hounslow Heath —
But the bishop of London was coosey,
He gave him one slap in the mouth,
And then sent a letter to pusey,
No humbuggery stories for vick —
` I heard my old grandfather say
His great grandmother easily loved reckon
When they made a fool run away,
Whose name was king Jemmy the second.
Billy gave him a ticket for soup,
Though Bill married old Jemmy's daughter
He knocked him from old Palace yard,
To Ireland, across the Boyne water,
Long life to Victoria the Queen.
` Come here my old friend Joey Hume,
I know you in silence wont mope now,
Go up and get inside the moon
And make fast a great torry rope now,
And then give a spring and a jump
And you to a peerage shall rise then,
For we'll swing up old Pius the Pope
And his eminence cardinal Wiseman,
Old England and down with the Pope.'
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" Then there wasn't no risk with Haynau — I
told you of the Pope first, 'cause he was most
chaunted — no fear of a ferricadouzer for the
butcher. How is it spelled, sir? Well, if you
can't find it in the dictionary, you must use
your own judgment. What does it mean? It
means a dewskitch (a good thrashing). I've
been threatened with dark nights about the
Pope, after the Greeks has said: `Fat have
you to say agin the holy gintleman? To the
divil wid all the likes o' ye.' Haynau was a
fair stage and no favour. This werse was best
liked: —

` The other day as you must know,
In Barclay's brewhouse he did go
And signed his bloody name " Haynau.
The fellow that flogged the women.
Baron Rothchild did him shend,
And in the letter which he penn'd
He shaid the sheneral wash his friend,
And so good a man he could not mend.

CHORUS

Rumpsey bumsy — bang him well —
Make his back and sides to swell
Till he roars aloud with dreadful yell,
The fellow that flogged the women.'

" The women bought very free; poor women,
mostly; we only worked him to any extent in
the back drags. One old body at Stepney
was so pleased that she said, ` O, the bloody-
minded willain! Whenever you come this
way again, sir, there's always 1d. for you.' She
didn't pay in advance though.

" Then it ended, sir, with a beautiful moral as
appeals to every female bosom: —

` That man who would a female harm,
Is never fit to live.

" We always likes something for the ladies,
bless 'em. They're our best customers.

" Then there was poor Jael Denny, but she
was humped, sir, and I've told you the reason.
Her copy of werses began: —

` Since Corder died on Buystree,
No mortal man did read or see,
Of such a dreadful tragedy,
As I will now unfold.
A maid in bloom — to her silent tomb,
Is hurried in the prime of life,
How could a villain cause such strife
She worthy was a famous wife.
The like was seldom told.

CHORUS.

She was young and gay,
Like the flowers of may,
In youth and vigour health and bloom,
She is hurried to the silent tomb.
Through Essex, such a dreadfull gloom,
Jael Denny's murder caused.'

" My last chaunt was Jane Wilbred; and her
werses — and they did tidy well — began: —

` A Case like this you seldom read,
Or one so sad and true,
And we sincerely hope the perper-
trators both will rue
To serve a friendless servant girl,
Two years they did engage,
Her name it is Jane Willbred,
And eighteen years of age.'

" What do you think of the Great Exhi-
bition, sir? I shall be there. Me and my
mates. We are going to send in a copy of
werses in letters of gold for a prize. We'll let the foreigners know what the real native
melodies of England is, and no mistake."

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