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Eighteenth Century Waifs

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A collection of compact essays and biographical sketches that illuminate varied facets of eighteenth-century social life, ranging from eccentric religious pretenders and notorious criminals to fashionable women, journalists, maritime adventures, popular medical quackery, and the realities of debt imprisonment. Each chapter treats a distinct episode or figure drawn from obscure tracts, newspapers, and archival sources, presenting anecdote, context, and concise portraiture in self-contained vignettes intended for casual reading. The pieces combine reporting and social observation to reveal everyday beliefs, institutions, and curiosities of the period.

Transcriber’s Note:

Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.