Walter Besant

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FIFTY YEARS AGO.

CHAPTER I. GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND, AND THE COLONIES.

CHAPTER II. THE YEAR 1837.

CHAPTER III. LONDON IN 1837.

CHAPTER IV. IN THE STREET.

CHAPTER V. WITH THE PEOPLE.

CHAPTER VI. WITH THE MIDDLE-CLASS.

CHAPTER VII. IN SOCIETY.

CHAPTER VIII. AT THE PLAY AND THE SHOW.

CHAPTER IX. IN THE HOUSE.

CHAPTER X. AT SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY.

CHAPTER XI. THE TAVERN.

CHAPTER XII. IN CLUB- AND CARD-LAND.

CHAPTER XIII. WITH THE WITS.

CHAPTER XIV. JOURNALS AND JOURNALISTS.

CHAPTER XV. THE SPORTSMAN.

CHAPTER XVI. IN FACTORY AND MINE.

CHAPTER XVII. WITH THE MEN OF SCIENCE.

CHAPTER XVIII. LAW AND JUSTICE.

CHAPTER XIX. CONCLUSION.

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FIFTY YEARS AGO

BY
WALTER BESANT
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