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The Gipsies' Advocate

The Gipsies' Advocate

by James Crabb

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Author
Crabb, James, 1774-1851
Title
The Gipsies' Advocate Or, Observations on the Origin, Character, Manners, and Habits of the English Gipsies
Credits
Transcribed from the 1831 edition by David Price
Language
English
LoC Class
DX: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Romanies
Subject
Romanies -- England
Category
Text
eBook-No.
19852
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19852
Release Date
November 17, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE GIPSIES’ ADVOCATE; or , OBSERVATIONS on the ORIGIN, CHARACTER, MANNERS, AND HABITS of The English Gipsies:
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CHAP. I. On the Origin of the Gipsies.
  4. 4.CHAP. II. Observations on the Character, Manners, and Habits of the English Gipsies.
  5. 5.CHAP. III. The Character, Manners and Habits of the English Gipsies, continued.
  6. 6.CHAP. IV. The Character, Manners, and Habits of the English Gipsies, continued.
  7. 7.CHAP. V. Further Account of the English Gipsies.
  8. 8.CHAP. VI. Further Account of the English Gipsies.
  9. 9.CHAP. VII. Of the formation of the Southampton Committee, and the success that has attended its endeavours.
  10. 10.CHAP. VIII. Of the plans pursued by the Southampton Committee, and the success which has attended them, continued.
  11. 11.CHAP. IX. Of the plans pursued by the Southampton Committee, and the success which has attended them, continued.
  12. 12.CHAP. X. Some Remarks on the Sin of Fortune-telling.
  13. 13.CHAP. XI. Plans suggested to the pious and benevolent for promoting a Reformation among the Gipsies.
  14. 14.CHAP. XII. Plans suggested to the pious and benevolent, for promoting a Reformation among the Gipsies, continued.
  15. 15.CHAP. XIII. Further Account of encouraging interviews with Gipsies, and interesting Correspondence.
  16. 16.CHAP. XIV. Interesting particulars of the Gipsies, related by a Clergyman.
  17. 17.CHAP. XV. Interesting visits to Gipsy camps, including an Anecdote of his late beloved majesty , george the third .
  18. 18.CHAP. XVI. Further interesting Correspondence.
  19. 19.CHAP. XVII. Concluding Remarks.
  20. 20.APPENDIX.
  21. 21.LIST OF AUTHORS WHO HAVE WRITTEN ON THE GIPSIES.
  22. 22.ERRATA.
  23. 23.Footnotes:

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