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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 THREE

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

CONTENTS
OF
VOLUME III.

THE STREET-FOLK.

PAGE
The Destroyers of Vermin[1]
Street-Exhibitors[43]
Street-Musicians[158]
Street-Vocalists[190]
Street-Artists[204]
Exhibitors of Trained Animals[214]
Skilled and Unskilled Labour[221]
Garret-Masters[221]
The Coal-Heavers[234]
Ballast-Men[265]
Lumpers[288]
The Dock-Labourers[300]
Cheap Lodging-Houses[312]
The Transit of Great Britain and the Metropolis[318]
London Watermen, Lightermen, and Steamboat-Men[327]
London Omnibus-Drivers and Conductors[336]
London Cab-Drivers[351]
London Carmen and Porters[357]
London Vagrants[368]
Meeting of Ticket-of-Leave Men[430]