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Publications


§ Directories

— Dickens's Dictionary of London, 1879

— Herbert Fry's Guide to the London Charities, 1917

— a list of directories

§ Etiquette, Guides and Manuals

— appropriate hours for visiting and dining

— The Barkham Burroughs Encyclopaedia [1889]

— 'Common Sense for Housemaids'

— 'The Cook's Guide and Housekeeper's and Butler's Assistant' [1861]

— decor, advice on

— 'Dinners and Diners'[pub. 1899]

— 'Enquire Upon Everything' [1894]

— etiquette from Cassells Household Guide

— Guide to the Unprotected in Matters Relating to Property and Income [1874]

— The Household Cyclopedia [1881]

— The Housemaid, Her Duties, and How to Perform Them [c.1870]

— 'The Lady's Dressing Room'

— 'The Ladies' and Gentleman's Model Letter Writer'

— 'London at Dinner', or, 'Where to Dine' [1858]

— morning calls and visits

— Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management [1861]

— 'Our Deportment' [1881]

— "Police Duty" Catechism and Reports

— 'The Scholars Handbook of Household Management'

§ History

— The Queen's London, 1896

— Views of the Pleasure Gardens of London, 1896, H.A.Rogers

§ Humorous

— Cruikshank's Comic Almanack (cartoons)

— London Characters and the Humourous Side of Life, Henry Mayhew &W.S. Gilbert c.1871

— Punch

§ Journals, Magazines and Newspapers

— '1 A.M at the Morning Mammoth'

— the cheap press

— 'the daily press'

— The Daily Telegraph

— influence on the working man of popular press

— journalists see Professions & Trades - Journalists

— a list of newspapers (Dickens's Dictionary)

— London Gazette

— 'Newspaper people'

— sold uncut

— supplements, size of

— newspapers in London

— The Times

— 'the weekly press'

§ Lectures and other pamphlets

— Degeneration Amongst Londoners 1885, James Cantlie

— The Early Years of Queen Victoria's Reign, 1896, Henry Holland Burne

§ Novels

— Wilkie Collins and his works

— Charles Dickens and his works

— Dickens' Novels (etexts)

— Mord Em'ly by William Pett Ridge (etext)

§ Poetry

— London Poems; 1866; Robert Buchanan  

— Song of the Shirt; 1843; Thomas Hood

§ Popular Fiction (eg.street ballads,penny dreadfuls)

— dangers of serials (1) (2)

— 'The Mysteries of London' (etext)

— Penny Dreadfuls and Gallows Literature

— 'The Press of Seven Dials'

— 'The String of Pearls' (Sweeney Todd etext)

— street ballads

— 'Varney, The Vampyre' (etext)

§ Popularity of Printed Material

— a view from 1837

§ Social Investigation/Journalism

— The Great Metropolis; 1837; James Grant

— Sketches in London; 1838; James Grant

— Sanitary Ramblings; 1848; Hector Gavin

— Sinks of London Laid Open; 1848

— Sketches of London Life and Character (aka Gavarni in London); 1849; Albert Smith et al.

— London Labour and the London Poor; 1851; Henry Mayhew

— London by Day and Night; 1852; David W.Bartlett

— The Rookeries of London; 1852; Thomas Beames

— Curiosities of London Life; 1853; Charles Manby Smith

— The Million-Peopled City; 1853; Rev. J. Garwood

— London Shadows; 1854; George Godwin

— The Little World of London; 1857; Charles Manby Smith

— The Night Side of London; 1858; J. Ewing Ritchie

— Twice Round the Clock; 1859; George Sala

— Gaslight and Daylight; 1859; George Sala

— About London; 1860; J. Ewing Ritchie

— Ragged London in 1861; John Hollingshead

— The Business of Pleasure, 1865 [1879 ed.]; Edmund Yates

— Our Social Bees; 1865; Andrew Wynter

— Lights and Shadows of London Life, 1867; [James Payn]

— Some Habits and Customs of the Working Classes; 1867; Thomas Wright

— Unsentimental Journeys; or Byways of the Modern Babylon; 1867; James Greenwood

— The Seven Curses of London; 1869; James Greenwood

— The Terrible Sights of London; 1870; Thomas Archer

— Episodes in an Obscure Life; 1871; Richard Rowe

— London : A Pilgrimage; 1872; Gustave Dore & Blanchard Jerrold

— The Wilds of London; 1874; James Greenwood

— In Strange Company; 1874; James Greenwood

— Mystic London; 1875; Charles Maurice Davies

— Street Life in London; 1877; J.Thomson and Adolphe Smith

— Days and Nights in London; 1880; J. Ewing Ritchie

— Low-Life Deeps, 1881; James Greenwood

— Life in the London Streets; 1881; Richard Rowe

— The Great Army of London Poor; 1882; Thomas Wright [Wright's pseudonym 'The River-side Visitor']

— Bitter Cry of Outcast London; 1883; W.C.Preston / A.Mearns

— How the Poor Live; 1883; George R. Sims

— Homes of the London Poor; 1883 (2nd ed)Octavia Hill

— Mysteries of Modern London; 1883; James Greenwood [Greenwood's pseudonym 'One of the Crowd']

— Odd People in Odd Places;1883; James Greenwood

— Toilers in London; 1883; James Greenwood [Greenwood's pseudonym 'One of the Crowd']

— In the Slums; 1884; D. Rice-Jones

— London at Midnight; 1885; Henry Vigar-Harris

— The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon; 1885; W T Stead

— Dottings of a Dosser; 1886; Howard Goldsmid

— Horrible London; 1889; George R. Sims

— Tempted London; [c.1889]; Anon.

— Toilers in London; or Inquiries concerning Female Labour in the Metropolis; 1889; Anon

— The Pinch of Poverty; 1892; Thomas Wright [Wright's pseudonym 'The River-side Visitor']

— The Horse World of London; 1893; W.J.Gordon

— Round London : Down East and Up West; 1894; Montagu Williams Q.C.

— London Up to Date; 1895; George Sala

— Life in West London; 1897; Arthur Sherwell

— A Looker-on in London; 1899; Mary H. Krout

— The Hooligan Nights; 1899; Clarence Rook

— London and Londoners in the 1850s and 60s; 1924; Alfred Rosling Bennett