INDEX.
- Acrobats, or street-performers, 90
- Actors, strolling, 139
- Bagpipe-players, the, 161, 168
- Ballad-singers, street, 195
- Ballast-getters, the, 269
- Ballast-heavers, the, 272
- —— wives, meeting of, 285
- Ballast-lightermen, the, 271
- Ballast-men, the, 265
- Ballet performers, 144
- Beetle-destroyers, 40
- Billy Barlow, 138
- Birds and mice, exhibitor of, 219
- Black, Jack, statement of, 11
- Black-beetles, natural history of, 39
- Blind reader, the, 154
- —— performer on the bells, 161
- —— female violin-player, 161
- —— Scotch violoncello-player, 162
- —— Irish piper, 162
- Boy inmates of the casual wards of the London workhouses, statements of, 388
- Bug-destroyer, Her Majesty’s, 36
- Bugs and fleas, natural history of, 34
- Cabmen, character of, 351
- —— crime amongst, 356
- Cabs, introduction of, 350
- —— regulations for, 354
- Carmen and porters, 357
- Carmen, the London, 361
- Carrying trade, the, 361
- Casual wards of London workhouses, statements of boy-inmates, 388
- —— —— —— ——number of applicants, 392
- Catch-’em-alive sellers, 28
- Chalker on flag-stones, 214
- Charities, and sums given to the poor, 429
- Cheap lodging-houses, 312
- —— —— —— inmates of, 313
- Chinese shades, the, 74
- Clown, street, the, 119
- —— penny-gaff, the, 121
- —— canvas, the, 126
- Coal-backers, statements of, 243
- Coal-heavers, the, statements of, 233
- Coal-meters, the, 260
- Coal-porters, the, statements of, 261
- Concertina-player on the steamboats, 182
- Conjuror, street, the, 107
- —— —— statement of another, 110
- Crickets, natural history of, 41
- Dancing-dogs, the, 181
- Dock-labourers, the, 300
- Doll’s-eye maker, the, 231
- Dominion of fancy, or Punch’s opera, 53
- Drum and pipes, performers on, 189
- Drunkenness in different trades, table of, 245
- Fantoccini man, the, 60
- “Farm-yard” player, 161
- Flies, natural history of, 24
- Fly-paper maker, 31
- French hurdy-gurdy players, and dancing-children, 171
- Garret-masters, statements of, 221
- Glee-singers, street, 194
- Gun-exercise exhibitor, one-legged Italian, 155
- Guy Fawkes man, 67
- —— —— boy, 70
- Guy Fawkeses, 64
- Hackney-coach and cabmen, 347
- Happy family, the, exhibitor, 214
- —— —— original, 215
- Harp-player, the poor, 174
- Inland navigation, 326
- Italian with monkey, 179
- Italian pipers and clarionet-players, 177
- Jester, penny circus, the, 131
- Juggler, street, the, 104
- Labourers, timber-dock, 292
- —— casual, 300
- —— dock, 300
- Lightermen and bargemen, the, 332
- London Dock, the, 301
- London omnibus-drivers and conductors, 336
- London vagrants, 368
- London vagrants, asylums for the houseless, 406
- London watermen, lightermen, and steamboat-men, 328
- Lumpers, the, 288
- Mechanical figures, exhibitor of 77
- Mercantile marine, the 318
- Microscope, exhibitor of the 83
- Negro serenaders, street, statements of 190, 191
- Old Sarah 159
- Omnibuses, origin of 339
- —— proprietors 342
- —— drivers 344
- —— conductors 345
- —— timekeepers 346
- Organ-man, the, with flute-harmonium organ 174
- Peep-shows 88
- Penny circus-jester 131
- Penny mouse-trap maker, the 21
- Penny profile-cutter, the 210
- Photographic man, statement of a 206
- Photography, street 204
- Porters, the, classification of 364
- —— tackle, the 365
- —— ticket, the 365
- —— packers, the 366
- —— street, the 366
- —— fellowship, the 367
- Profile-cutter, penny, the 210
- Profile-cutter, blind, the 213
- Punch 43
- —— talk 41
- ——’s refreshment 48
- —— history of 48
- ——’s figures 50
- ——’s frame and proscenium 53
- ——’s opera described 53
- Punchmen at the theatre 48
- Punchmen, scene with two 47
- Railways, the 321
- —— traffic 323
- —— persons employed 325
- Rat-killer, the 1
- —— Jemmy Shaw 9
- —— Jack Black 11
- —— the Sewerman 20
- Rat-killing, night at 5
- Rats, natural history of 3
- Reciter, street, the 152
- Refuge for the homeless, Playhouse Yard, Cripplegate 407, 417
- —— —— —— —— statements of inmates 407
- —— —— —— —— description of 428
- Returned convict, statement of 428
- Risley, street, the 94
- St. Katherine’s Docks 311
- Sewerman, the, a ratcatcher 20
- Scotch piper and dancing girl 164
- Shaw, Jemmy, statement of 9
- Showman, street, an old 79
- Silly Billy 134
- Snake, sword, and knife swallower, the 117
- Steam navigation 333
- Stilt-vaulters 148
- Street showman, an old 72
- —— postman, the 90
- —— Risley, the 94
- —— juggler, the 104
- —— conjuror, the 107
- —— clown, the 119
- —— reciter, the 151
- —— negro serenaders, statements of 190
- —— glee singers 194
- —— ballad singers or chaunters 195
- Street photography 204
- Street bands, English 163
- —— —— German 164
- Strolling actors 139
- Strong man, the 98
- Telescope, exhibitor of 79
- Thames watermen, the 328
- Ticket-of-leave men, meeting of 430
- —— —— statements of 431
- Tight-rope dancers and stilt-vaulters 148
- Timber-dock labourers 292
- Timber and deal trade, the 295
- Tom-tom players, statements of 185, 188
- Turnpike-roads and stage-coaches 319
- Vagrancy, causes of 368
- Vagrants, the London 368
- —— classification of 371
- —— statements of 378
- —— number and cost of 397
- —— routes of the 398
- Watermen, the 353
- —— the Thames 328
- West India Docks, the 310
- Whistling man, the 197
- —— and dancing boy, the 199
- —— Billy 200
- Writer without hands 213
FOOTNOTES
[1] Bewick’s History of Quadrupeds, 1790, 354 et seq.
[2] “Insect Miscellanies,” p. 36.
[3] “Insect Miscellanies,” p. 38.
[4] Ibid, p. 368.
[5] “Mém. Anim. sans Vertébrat.” i. 36.
[6] Ps. xci. 5.
[7] “Theatr. Insect.” 270.
[8] J. R.
[9] Goldsmith’s “Animat. Nature,” iv. 198.
[10] “Theatr. Insect.”
[11] “Materia Medica,” Index.
[12] Nicholson’s “Journal,” xvii. 40.
[13] Forbes, “Oriental Mem.” i.
[14] “Voyage to the Isle of France.”
[15] “Hist. Insect.” 58.
[16] “Insect Transformations,” p. 393.
[17] Walton’s “Hispaniola.”
[18] “Subtilia,” lib. ix.
[19] “Insect Transformations,” p. 180.
[20] Introduction, i. 102.—J. R.
[21] J. R.
[22] “Theatre of Insects,” p. 1102.
[23] “Theatre of Insects,” p. 1102.
[24] Linnæus, “Lachesis Lapan.” ii. 32, note.
[25] “Travels.”
[26] Tusser, “Points of Goode Husbandry.”
[27] J. R.
[28] Outside work.
[29] Jobbing.
[30] Busy time begins.
[31] Working Sunday and nights.
[32] Contract job on river.
[33] Dock work.
[34] From 1st May to 4th September, inclusive.
Transcriber's Note
Transcribed from the 1967 reprinting of the 1865 edition.
Larger tables have been refactored to improve readability on smaller screens.
Images and tables have been moved to avoid breaking paragraphs.
On p. 102, a capital letter T is used to represent a printed symbol in the word "T-square."
The following apparent errors have been corrected:
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- p. 7 "rats" changed to "rats."
- p. 12 "“In another" changed to "In another"
- p. 12 "were pledged" changed to "“were pledged"
- p. 14 "chowl:" changed to "chowl;"
- p. 15 "‘Holy Face,”" changed to "‘Holy Face,’"
- p. 17 "rat-ketcher," changed to "rat-ketcher,’"
- p. 17 "sp ilt" changed to "spilt"
- p. 18 "recommenda-" changed to "recommendation"
- p. 21 "‘gully-hunters" changed to "‘gully-hunters’"
- p. 24 "Europe," changed to "Europe."
- p. 26 "wtth" changed to "with"
- p. 28 "catch’-em-alive" changed to "catch-’em-alive"
- p. 34 "night." changed to "night.’"
- p. 35 "Linn" changed to "Linn."
- p. 35 "vermin." changed to "vermin.”"
- p. 36 "of full" changed to "full of"
- p. 36 "“The fox,” say they, “gathers" changed to "The fox, say they, gathers"
- p. 39 "iu" changed to "in"
- p. 50 "like" changed to "like."
- p. 51 "The mistress" changed to "“The mistress"
- p. 52 "dead." changed to "dead.’"
- p. 54 "dance;" changed to "dance;’"
- p. 55 "con." changed to "con.)"
- p. 55 "Jim Crow" changed to "Jim Crow."
- p. 56 "cries—" changed to "cries)—"
- p. 57 "That’s" changed to "(That’s"
- p. 58 " music.)" changed to " music."
- p. 59 "Clown" changed to "Clown."
- p. 61 "that," changed to "that."
- p. 61 "shiliings" changed to "shillings"
- p. 63 "out of-the-way" changed to "out-of-the-way"
- p. 64 "wtth" changed to "with"
- p. 68 "This year" changed to "“This year"
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- p. 72 "Hurrah!" changed to "Hurrah!’"
- p. 72 "shillings, a-week" changed to "shillings a-week,"
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- p. 123 "old up" changed to "up old"
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- p. 127 "tooth-ache!" changed to "tooth-ache!’"
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- p. 133 "Yes," changed to "‘Yes,"
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- p. 134 "cheeky.’" changed to "cheeky."
- p. 140 "&c?" changed to "&c.?"
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- p. 192 "on;’" changed to "on;"
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- p. 192 "Can" changed to "‘Can"
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- p. 194 "and so" changed to "“and so"
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- p. 207 "2l." changed to "2l.,"
- p. 208 "hair," changed to "hair,’"
- p. 213 "sir.’" changed to "sir.”"
- p. 213 "‘I was" changed to "“I was"
- p. 218 "follow out" changed to "hollow out"
- p. 229 "journeyman" changed to "journeymen"
- p. 234 "Coalwhippers" changed to "Coalwhippers’"
- p. 239 "purlman," changed to "purlman,’"
- p. 246 "as well" changed to "as well as"
- p. 247 "altgether" changed to "altogether"
- p. 255 "teetaler" changed to "teetotaler"
- p. 260 "been been" changed to "been"
- p. 261 "If there" changed to "“If there"
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- p. 264 "A portion" changed to "“A portion"
- p. 265 "passing" changed to "pasing"
- p. 269 "cross-currents," changed to "cross-currents."
- p. 271 "a-yoar" changed to "a-year"
- p. 271 "through it." changed to "through it.”"
- p. 273 "“The constant" changed to "The constant"
- p. 273 "use." changed to "use.”"
- p. 276 "trnst" changed to "trust"
- p. 276 "6 9 0" changed to "0 9 0"
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- p. 279 "fellow-men." changed to "fellow-men.”"
- p. 280 "she went" changed to "he went"
- p. 281 "teototalers" changed to "teetotalers"
- p. 281 "bedding." changed to "bedding,"
- p. 282 "I’ve known" changed to "‘I’ve known"
- p. 282 "Go to" changed to "‘Go to"
- p. 282 "6d" changed to "6d."
- p. 288 "“I,’" changed to "“I,”"
- p. 303 "up up" changed to "up"
- p. 307 "half-a quartern" changed to "half-a-quartern"
- p. 309 "district." changed to "district.”"
- p. 312 "2500" changed to "25,000"
- p. 316 "1s" changed to "1s."
- p. 317 "congregrated" changed to "congregated"
- p. 319 "rivers," changed to "rivers."
- p. 319 "turnpike roads" changed to "turnpike-roads"
- p. 323 "Passsengers" changed to "Passengers"
- p. 326 "Difficulties" changed to "“Difficulties"
- p. 326 "106 to to" changed to "106 to"
- p. 328 "49,000" changed to "40,000"
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- p. 330 "us.’”" changed to "us.”"
- p. 334 "1825" changed to "1835"
- p. 335 "Battersea;" changed to "Battersea,"
- p. 337 "Coldbath-fields," changed to "Coldbath-fields"
- p. 341 "1800;" changed to "1800);"
- p. 341 "&c" changed to "&c."
- p. 342 "Tricyles" changed to "Tricycles"
- p. 347 "Im’" changed to "I’m"
- p. 347 "how described" changed to "now described"
- p. 355 "two." changed to "two.’"
- p. 358 "rare" changed to "rare."
- p. 359 "5s" changed to "5s."
- p. 361 "17,000" changed to "1,700"
- p. 363 "1½d" changed to "1½d."
- p. 364 "dispute" changed to "dispute."
- p. 366 "mentioned." changed to "mentioned.”"
- p. 369 "as developed" changed to "“as developed"
- p. 370 "companiions" changed to "companions"
- p. 374 "come" changed to "some"
- p. 376 "Narrill" changed to "Harril"
- p. 377 "Mr. J." changed to "“Mr. J."
- p. 377 "“I believe" changed to "‘I believe"
- p. 377 "thieves.”" changed to "thieves.’"
- p. 377 "An officer" changed to "“An officer"
- p. 377 "“Does" changed to "‘Does"
- p. 377 "thieving?” “Yes" changed to "thieving?’ ‘Yes"
- p. 377 "thieves.” “Then" changed to "thieves.’ ‘Then"
- p. 377 "depredation?” “I am sure of it.”" changed to "depredation?’ ‘I am sure of it.’”"
- p. 381 "sure" changed to "sure I"
- p. 382 "clothes" changed to "clothes;"
- p. 396 "‘ The" changed to " ‘The"
- p. 396 "morning," changed to "morning."
- p. 396 "nightly.”" changed to "nightly."
- p. 397 "and 76,400" changed to "76,400"
- p. 402 "to me," changed to "to me."
- p. 407 "night’s" changed to "nights’"
- p. 411 "a-day.:" changed to "a-day:"
- p. 418 "Mining" changed to "Mining."
- p. 429 "wordly" changed to "worldly"
- p. 430 "tickets-of leave" changed to "tickets-of-leave"
- p. 430 "meeting.”" changed to "meeting."
- p. 436 "cirstances" changed to "circumstances"
- p. 442 "305" changed to "365"
Inconsistent or archaic spelling, capitalisation and punctuation have otherwise been kept as printed.