1. Tract sellers.
2. Sellers of lucifers, boot-laces, cabbage-nets, tapes, and cottons.
⁂ The several varieties of beggars admit of being sub-divided into—
a. Patterers, or those who beg on the “blob,” that is, by word of mouth.
b. Screevers, or those who beg by screeving, that is, by written documents, setting forth imaginary cases of distress, such documents being either—
i. “Slums” (letters).
ii. “Fakements” (petitions).
I. The Dependents of Beggars.
1. Screevers Proper, or the writers of slums and fakements for those who beg by screeving.
2. Referees, or those who give characters to professional beggars when a reference is required.