Curiosities of Civilization
by Andrew Wynter
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About this eBook
- Author
- Wynter, Andrew, 1819-1876
- Credits
- Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
- Subject
- English essays -- 19th century
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 40498
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40498
- Release Date
- August 14, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.CURIOSITIES OF CIVILIZATION.
- 2.TO THE READER.
- 3.ADVERTISEMENTS.
- 4.FOOD AND ITS ADULTERATIONS.
- 5.THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
- 6.RATS.
- 7.LUNATIC ASYLUMS.
- 8.THE LONDON COMMISSARIAT.
- 9.WOOLWICH ARSENAL.
- 10.SHIPWRECKS.
- 11.LODGING, FOOD, AND DRESS OF SOLDIERS.
- 12.THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
- 13.FIRES AND FIRE INSURANCE.
- 14.THE POLICE AND THE THIEVES.
- 15.MORTALITY IN TRADES AND PROFESSIONS.
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