East London

by Walter Besant

Copyright, 1899, 1900, 1901, by

The Century Co.

The DeVinne Press.

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CONTENTS

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I	WHAT EAST LONDON IS	[1]
II	THE CITY OF MANY CRAFTS	[19]
III	THE POOL AND THE RIVERSIDE	[39]
IV	THE WALL	[101]
V	THE FACTORY GIRL	[114]
VI	THE KEY OF THE STREET	[153]
VII	THE ALIEN	[185]
VIII	THE HOUSELESS	[209]
IX	THE SUBMERGED	[227]
X	THE MEMORIES OF THE PAST	[253]
XI	ON SPORTS AND PASTIMES	[285]
XII	THE HELPING HAND	[317]
	INDEX	[359]

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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A Street Row in the East End	[Frontispiece]
Map of East London	[5]
London Street, Limehouse	[11]
A Typical Street in Bethnal Green	[15]
An East End Wharf	[25]
An East End Factory	[31]
Barge-Builders	[36]
The Water-Gate of London: Tower Bridge Looking Toward St. Paul’s	[43]
The Bank of “The Pool.” Looking Toward Tower Bridge	[49]
In the Docks	[53]
The Tower of London	[57]
The Water-Gate of London: Tower Bridge from the East Side of the Tower	[63]
The Turn of the Tide on the Lower Thames	[69]
Coming Up the Lower Thames with the Tide	[75]
Off Shadwell	[80]
Ratcliffe-Cross Stairs	[83]
Limehouse Basin and Church	[89]
The Thames Side at Limehouse	[93]
Greenwich Hospital	[97]
Wade Street, Limehouse	[117]
In an East End Gin-Shop	[125]
The British Workman in Epping Forest	[131]
Brook Street, Limehouse	[139]
An August Bank-Holiday in the East End	[145]
A Music-Hall	[150]
The West India Dock Gates	[157]
The Barges that Lie Down the Thames	[163]
East London Loafers	[169]
The “Hooligans”	[175]
Sunday Gambling	[179]
Whitechapel Shops	[190]
A Corner in Petticoat Lane	[197]
A “Schnorrer” (Beggar) of the Ghetto	[200]
East and West Ham	[215]
East and West Ham, from the Marshes	[215]
Salvation Army Shelter	[232]
Sandwich-men	[245]
“A Quiet Dullness”	[259]
The Street and Old Church Tower, Hackney	[262]
An East London Suburb, Overlooking Hackney Marshes	[265]
Clapton	[269]
The Old Church, Stoke Newington	[272]
A Street in Stoke Newington	[274]
House in Stoke Newington in which Edgar Allan Poe Lived	[277]
Hampstead Heath, Looking “Hendon Way”	[293]
The Shooting-Gallery	[299]
On Margate Sands	[305]
Toynbee Hall and St. Jude’s Church	[312]
The New Whitechapel Art Gallery	[322]
The East London Mission	[329]
The New Model Dwellings	[336]
Dr. Barnardo’s Home, Stepney Causeway	[340]
Mile End Almshouses	[347]
“The Bridge of Hope,” A Well-known East End Night Refuge	[355]

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