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London Labour and the London Poor

A Cyclopedia of the Conditions and Earnings of Those That Will Work, Those That Cannot Work, And Those That Will Not Work.

Extra Volume

Those That Will Not Work. Comprising. Prostitutes. Swindlers. Thieves. Beggars.

Henry Mayhew

With Introductory Essay on the Agencies at Present in Operation in the Metropolis for the Suppression of Vice and Crime

By the Rev. William Tuckniss, B.A., Chaplin to the Society for the Rescue of Young Women and Children.

With Illustrations

London

Griffin, Bohn and Company, Stationer's Hall Court

1862

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	Title Page
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	A Midnight Meeting
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	Introduction
	Chapter I: Those That Will Not Work Introduction
	Chapter II: Of the Non-Workers
	Chapter III: Prostitues Of the Prostitue Class Generally Prostitution in London
	Chapter IV: Thieves and Swindlers Introduction The Sneaks, or Common Thieves Pickpockets and Shoplifters Horse and Dog Stealers Highway Robbers Housebreakers and Burglars Prostitute Thieves Felonies on the River Thames Receivers of Stolen Property Coining Cheats
	Chapter V: Beggars and Cheats Chapter V Origin and History of the Poor Laws Street Beggars in 1816 Mendicant Pensioners Mendicity Society Begging-Letter Writers Advertising Begging Letter Writers Ashamed Beggars The Swell Beggar Clean Family Beggars Naval and Military Beggars Foreign Beggars Disaster Beggars Petty Trading Beggars Dependants of Beggars Distressed Operative Beggars
	Appendix: Maps and Tables