Fifty Years Ago

About this eBook

Author

Besant, Walter, 1836-1901

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Charlie Howard, and 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

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 59020

Release Date

March 6, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FIFTY YEARS AGO
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.FIFTY YEARS AGO. — CHAPTER I. GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND, AND THE COLONIES.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE YEAR 1837.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. LONDON IN 1837.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. IN THE STREET.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. WITH THE PEOPLE.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. WITH THE MIDDLE-CLASS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. IN SOCIETY.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. AT THE PLAY AND THE SHOW.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. IN THE HOUSE.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. AT SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. THE TAVERN.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. IN CLUB- AND CARD-LAND.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. WITH THE WITS.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. JOURNALS AND JOURNALISTS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. THE SPORTSMAN.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. IN FACTORY AND MINE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. WITH THE MEN OF SCIENCE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. LAW AND JUSTICE.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. CONCLUSION.
24. 24.VALUABLE AND INTERESTING WORKS FOR PUBLIC & PRIVATE LIBRARIES,
25. 25.Transcriber’s Notes

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