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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 TWO

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

CONTENTS
OF
VOLUME II.

THE STREET-FOLK.

PAGE
Introduction[1]
Street-Sellers of Second-hand Articles[5]
Street-Sellers of Live Animals[47]
Street-Sellers of Mineral Productions and Natural Curiosities[81]
The Street-Buyers[103]
The Street-Jews[115]
Street-Finders or Collectors[136]
The Streets of London[181]
Chimney-Sweepers[338]
Crossing Sweepers[465]