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London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 3

Volume 3 — INDEX.

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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

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