Curiosities of Street Literature

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CURIOSITIES OF STREET LITERATURE:
LONG-SONG SELLER.
( From a Daguerreotype by Beard.)
“Three yards a penny! Three yards a penny! Beautiful songs!
Newest songs! Popular songs! Three yards a penny!
Songs, songs, songs!”
COMPRISING “COCKS,” OR “CATCHPENNIES,” A LARGE AND CURIOUS ASSORTMENT OF STREET-DROLLERIES, SQUIBS, HISTORIES, COMIC TALES IN PROSE AND VERSE, Broadsides on the Royal Family, POLITICAL LITANIES, DIALOGUES, CATECHISMS, ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, STREET POLITICAL PAPERS, A VARIETY OF “BALLADS ON A SUBJECT,” DYING SPEECHES AND CONFESSIONS.
TO WHICH IS ATTACHED THE ALL-IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY AFFECTIONATE COPY OF VERSES, AS
“Come, all you feeling-hearted Christians, wherever you may be,
Attention give to these few lines, and listen unto me;
It’s of this cruel murder, to you I will unfold,