The Metropolitan Districts III

Real life London in 1850. A journey through the back streets and into the lives of the people in early Victorian London.

Labour and the Poor Volume III - The Metropolitan Districts eBook Cover

Title:

Labour and the Poor Volume III: The Metropolitan Districts

Author:

Henry Mayhew

Formats:

Hardback, Paperback & Kindle

ISBN (Hardback):

978-1-913515-03-4

ISBN (Paperback):

978-1-913515-13-3

Pages:

476

Volume III of our complete and unabridged “Labour and the Poor” series contains a further 20 separate articles or “Letters”. We discover a wide variety of London toy makers and discover them crafting all manner of play-things—from detonating crackers and penny carts to magic lanterns and rocking horses. We visit a Ragged School (for the children of the poor) with the children being interviewed in their classrooms, and controversially expose their links to crime. The merchant seamen entertain us with tales of life at sea before an extraordinary array of street performers, musicians, and artists describe their precarious lives.

The Table of Contents for Volume III is shown below but for a better appreciation of the material we suggest previewing the Print Edition Sample which includes the Table of Contents, a sample letter, and the Index.

Labour and the Poor Volume III: The Metropolitan Districts

Table of Contents

  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Letter XXXVII.
    • The Toy-makers of London.
    • Character of Toys—Foreign Toys—Statements of White Wood, Bristol and Common Toy-makers—Toy Turners.
  • Letter XXXVIII.
    • The Toy-makers of London.
    • Superior Toys—Toy Theatres—Rocking Horses—Copper, Brass and Pewter Toys—Kites—Fancy Balls—Papier Maché Animals.
  • Letter XXXIX.
    • The Toy-makers of London.
    • Wooden and Sewed Dolls—Speaking Dolls—Toy Drums and Tambourines—Toy Guns—Detonating Crackers—Camera Obscura—Magic Lanterns.
  • Letter XL.
    • The Merchant Seamen of the Port of London.
    • Naval Force—Mercantile Marine—Foreign Trade—Imports.
  • Letter XLI.
    • The Merchant Seamen of the Port of London.
    • Principal Trades—Foreign Vessels—Statements of Seamen.
  • Letter XLII.
    • The Merchant Seamen of the Port of London.
    • Statements of Seamen.
  • Letter XLIII.
    • The Ragged Schools of London.
    • Education of the Poor—Crime and Education—Juvenile Offenders—History of Ragged Schools.
  • Letter XLIV.
    • The Ragged Schools of London.
    • Educating Criminals—Statement of a Police Superintendent—Statements from Children in Prison.
  • Letter XLV.
    • The Ragged Schools of London.
    • Statements from Police—Visit to a Ragged School.
  • Letter XLVI.
    • The Merchant Seamen of the Port of London.
    • The Coasting Trade.
  • Letter XLVII.
    • The Merchant Seamen of the Port of London.
    • Sailors’ Homes and Boarding-Houses.
  • Letter XLVIII.
    • The Merchant Seamen of the Port of London.
    • Of Sailors’ Homes and Boarding-Houses.
  • Letter XLIX.
    • Reply to the Secretary of the Ragged School Union.
  • Letter L.
    • The Condition and Treatment of the Merchant Seaman Ashore.
    • Boarding Houses—The “Crimps”—Crimes by Sailors.
  • Letter LI.
    • The Merchant Seamen of the Port of London.
    • Shipwrecks—Merchant Seamen’s Fund—Hospital Ships.
  • Letter LII.
    • The Street Showmen and Performers.
    • Punch—Fantoccini—Galantee Show.
  • Letter LIII.
    • The Street Showmen and Performers.
    • Acrobats—Tumblers—Balancers—Jugglers—Conjurers—Sword Swallowers—Street Dancers.
  • Letter LIV.
    • The Street Showmen and Performers.
    • Street Clowns—“Billy Barlows”—Drum and Pipes—Performing Animals—Dancing Dogs—Performing Monkeys.
  • Letter LV.
    • The Street Musicians and Street Vocalists of London.
    • English Street Bands—German Bands—Highlanders—Irish Pipes—Blind Musicians—Street Vocalists.
  • Letter LVI.
    • The Street Singers and Street Artists of London.
    • Street-ballad Singers—Pavement Artists—Profile Cutters—Writers Without Hands—Blind Readers—Peep-show Exhibitors—“Happy Families”.
  • Index   ** print editions only **

For anyone interested in family history or social history, the “Labour and the Poor” series really is an invaluable resource.