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HENRY MAYHEW.

[From a Daguerreotype by Beard.]

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 ONE

First edition1851
(Volume One only and parts of Volumes Two and Three)
Enlarged edition (Four volumes)1861-62
New impression1865

CONTENTS
OF
VOLUME I.

THE STREET-FOLK.

PAGE
Wandering Tribes in General[1]
Wandering Tribes in the Country[2]
The London Street-Folk[3]
Costermongers[4]
Street Sellers of Fish[61]
Street Sellers of Fruit and Vegetables[79]
Stationary Street Sellers of Fish, Fruit, and Vegetables[97]
The Street Irish[104]
Street Sellers of Game, Poultry, Rabbits, Butter, Cheese, and Eggs[120]
Street Sellers of Trees, Shrubs, Flowers, Roots, Seeds, and Branches[131]
Street Sellers of Green Stuff[145]
Street Sellers of Eatables and Drinkables[158]
Street Sellers of Stationery, Literature, and the Fine Arts[213]
Street Sellers of Manufactured Articles[323]
The Women Street Sellers[457]
The Children Street Sellers[468]