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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

THOSE THAT WILL NOT WORK
COMPRISING
PROSTITUTES · THIEVES · SWINDLERS · BEGGARS
BY SEVERAL CONTRIBUTORS

With an Introductory Essay on the Agencies at Present in Operation in the Metropolisfor the Suppression of Vice and Crime
by
THE REV. WILLIAM TUCKNISS, B.A.
CHAPLAIN TO THE SOCIETY FOR THE RESCUE OF YOUNG WOMEN AND CHILDREN

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME FOUR

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It would be a work of supererogation to extol the utility of such a publicationas “London Labour and the London Poor,” so apparent must be its value to allclasses of society. It stands alone as a photograph of life as actually spent by thelower classes of the Metropolis. That one half of the world does not know howthe other half lives is an axiom of antiquity, but the truthful revelations and descriptionsof the London street folk, workers and non-workers, and the means bywhich they exist, will go a great way to enlighten the educated classes respectingmatters which have hitherto been involved in mystery and uncertainty.

The class of individuals treated of in this volume are the Non-Workers, or inother words, the Dangerous Classes of the Metropolis; and every endeavour hasbeen made to obtain correct information, not only through the assistance of thepolice authorities, but by an expenditure of much time and research among the unfortunatesthemselves. Their favourite haunts, and the localities in Londonwherein they chiefly congregate, as well as their modes of existence, are accuratelydescribed; in addition to which have been inserted very many deeply interestingautobiographies, faithfully transcribed from their own lips, which go far to unveilthe intricate schemes of villany and crime that abound in the Metropolis, andprove how much more rational and effective are preventive measures than suchas are merely correctional.

Every phase of vice has been investigated and treated of, in order that allpossible information that can prove interesting to the moralist, the philanthropist,and the statist, as well as to the general public, might be afforded. In a word theveil has been raised, and the skeleton exposed to the view of the public.

In order to inspire hope and confidence in those who would shudder and loseheart in the perusal of su

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