Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber's Note.
There are thirty plates, located at the end of the text, that depict individuals described in it. They have been moved to follow the text that describes them. They are annotated "London Published as the Act directs [date] by J. T. Smith No. 4 Chandos St Covent Garden."
Inconsistencies in hyphenation and spelling have been retained.
ST MARTIN The Patron Saint of the Beggars. From a rare print in the possession of Thos. Lloyd, Esq.