London in the Sixties, by One of the Old Brigade
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About this eBook
- Title
- London in the Sixties (with a few digressions)
- Credits
- This ebook was transcribed by Les Bowler
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
- Subject
- London (England) -- Description and travel
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 44163
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44163
- Release Date
- November 11, 2013
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.London in The Sixties
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.CHAPTER I. 1860.
- 4.CHAPTER II. THE TOWER.
- 5.CHAPTER III. MOTT’S AND CREMORNE.
- 6.CHAPTER IV. KATE HAMILTON—AND LEICESTER SQUARE.
- 7.CHAPTER V. THE NIGHT HOUSES OF THE HAYMARKET.
- 8.CHAPTER VI. EVANS’S AND THE DIALS.
- 9.CHAPTER VII. THE RATCLIFF HIGHWAY.
- 10.CHAPTER VIII. THE BOOTHS ON EPSOM DOWNS.
- 11.CHAPTER IX. RACING PAR EXCELLENCE.
- 12.CHAPTER X. THE EPIDEMIC OF CARDS.
- 13.CHAPTER XI. THE COUP DE JARNAC.
- 14.CHAPTER XII. THE PUBLIC HANGING OF THE PIRATES.
- 15.CHAPTER XIII. THE HOSTELRIES OF THE SIXTIES.
- 16.CHAPTER XIV. THE DRAMA—LEGITIMATE AND OTHERWISE.
- 17.CHAPTER XV. MOSTLY “OTHERWISE” (continued).
- 18.CHAPTER XVI. USURERS AND MILLIONAIRES.
- 19.CHAPTER XVII. SOME CURIOUS FISH OF THE SIXTIES.
- 20.CHAPTER XVIII. SPIRITUALISM AND REALISM.
- 21.CHAPTER XIX. THE ROCK AND THE CAPE.
- 22.CHAPTER XX. EASTWARD HO!
- 23.CHAPTER XXI. THE GUILLOTINE AND MADAME RACHEL.
- 24.CHAPTER XXII. REMINISCENCES OF THE PURPLE.
- 25.CHAPTER XXIII. DHULEEP SINGH—AND FIFTY YEARS AFTER. — FIFTY YEARS AFTER.
- 26.CHAPTER XXIV. THE LAST OF THE OLD BRIGADE.
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