Transcribed from the 1903 Hurst and Blackett edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

GOSSIP
IN THE FIRST DECADE OF
VICTORIA’S REIGN

By
John Ashton
author of
Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne

illustrated by reproductions from cartoons
and other drawings

london
HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED
13, Gt. Marlborough St., W.
1903

All rights reserved

Printed by Kelly’s Directories Ltd.
London and Kingston.

PREFACE.