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Sinks of London Laid Open, by George Cruikshank.

Sinks of London Laid Open, by George Cruikshank.

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Illustrator
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Title
Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves
Credits
Produced by Bryan Ness, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
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.
23291
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23291
Release Date
November 2, 2007
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SINKS OF LONDON LAID OPEN: — A
  2. 2.GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
  3. 3.CONTENTS — THE
  4. 4.Dens of London — EXPOSED.
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. — COMMON LODGING HOUSES, CADGERS, &c., &c.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. — ST. GILES’S—THE CADGER’S HEAD-QUARTERS.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. — THE CADGING HOUSE.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — A BEGGAR’S REPAST.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. — AN EVENING MEAL—A FEAST FOR AN ALDERMAN.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — A QUIET SCENE.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — A LITTLE LITERARY CONVERSATION.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — THE GAMING TABLE.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — AN UNDER-DEPUTY.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. — THE RETURN;—AND A LITTLE UNKNOWN.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — THE LIFE OF LOW LIFE; OR THE GLORIOUS FINISH OF THE WEEK.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — ONE NOISE SUBSTITUTED FOR ANOTHER.—THE CLAMOURS OF STRIFE EXCHANGED FOR THE SONGS OF PEACE. — “Music soothes the savage breast.”
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — THE CLOSE OF THE NIGHT.
  18. 18.FLASH DICTIONARY. — A. — B. — C. — D. — E. — F. — G. — H. — I. — J. — K. — L. — M. — N. — O. — P. — Q. — R. — S. — T. — U. — V. — W. — Y.
  19. 19.THE SIXTY ORDERS OF PRIME COVES. — Companion Volume by the Editor of “Sinks of London Laid Open,” cloth, 7s. 6d.
  20. 20.REMARKABLE TRIALS FOR DIVORCE, — &c., — With many curious Anecdotes of Supreme Bon Ton.
  21. 21.FOOTNOTES

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