CHAPTER I
THE RIVER |
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| Its dominion over the City—The historical result—Liverpooland the nineteenth century—Youthand age—Liverpool’s dual paradox—TheRiver as reconciler—Its physical influence—Itspsychological—As a maker ofpageants—The traveller’s report | [1] |
CHAPTER II
THE DOCKS |
| Liverpool’s distribution—The great fan—Ramparts—Theseven-mile sequence—Unhumanromance—Loot of cities—Labyrinthine effort—Efficiency—Thekey to the labyrinth—Arelic—Brown and blue—The new drama—Ariver progress—Advents—The Landing-Stage—Arrivalsand departures—The bridgesfrom New York to London | [22] |
CHAPTER III
THE CITY |
| The problem—A bunch of street portraits—LordStreet, North John Street, Whitechapel,Stanley Street—Bold Street, BrunswickStreet, Victoria Street—The four vestibules—LimeStreet, Church Street, TithebarnStreet, the River-side terrace—Episodes andintermediaries—The general interpretation—Thestage manager—Typical actresses—Andactors—The Sunday quietude—Bankholiday incursions—The City at night | [43] |
CHAPTER IV
THE SUBURBS |
| Rejuvenation—Car influences—Sociabilities andprocesses—Seaforth to Southport—Bootle’sindependence—The universal trend—Damoclesand Litherland—Walton’s tragedy—TheGrand National—Everton—Squeezed Dye-wood—FromAnfield to the South—The twospinsters—Liverpool’s Bloomsbury—Theouter curve—Cabbage Hall to Mossley Hill—SeftonPark—Garston to the centre—Dingleand melodrama—The cross-rivercubicles—Bidston Hill | [93] |
CHAPTER V
THE SLUMS |
| The black dream—A fulcrum—The docks andtheir levers—The people of the abyss—Dialect,priests and a postulate—Esther—Thesuburban attitude—A matter of technique—Marooned—Ameliorations—Theofficialtides—Free-lance efforts—The approach ofthe change—Portents—The Liverpool of thefuture | [141] |