Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, TO WHICH IS ADDED A MODERN FLASH DICTIONARY CONTAINING ALL THE
CANT WORDS, SLANG TERMS, AND FLASH PHRASES NOW IN VOGUE, WITH
A LIST OF THE SIXTY ORDERS OF PRIME COVES, The whole Forming a
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
CONTENTS
Dens of London EXPOSED.
CHAPTER I. COMMON LODGING HOUSES, CADGERS, and c., and c.
CHAPTER II. ST. GILES'S THE CADGER'S HEAD-QUARTERS.
CHAPTER III. THE CADGING HOUSE.
CHAPTER IV. A BEGGAR'S REPAST.
CHAPTER V. AN EVENING MEAL A FEAST FOR AN ALDERMAN.
CHAPTER VI. A QUIET SCENE.
CHAPTER VII. A LITTLE LITERARY CONVERSATION.
CHAPTER VIII. THE GAMING TABLE.
CHAPTER IX. AN UNDER-DEPUTY.
CHAPTER X. THE RETURN; AND A LITTLE UNKNOWN.
CHAPTER XI. THE LIFE OF LOW LIFE; OR THE GLORIOUS FINISH OF THE WEEK.
CHAPTER XII. ONE NOISE SUBSTITUTED FOR ANOTHER. THE CLAMOURS
CHAPTER XIII. THE CLOSE OF THE NIGHT.
FLASH DICTIONARY.
THE SIXTY ORDERS OF PRIME COVES.
ANNALS OF
FASHIONABLE GALLANTRY, A COLLECTION OF
REMARKABLE TRIALS FOR DIVORCE, and c., With many curious Anecdotes of Supreme Bon Ton.
FOOTNOTES
Transcriber’s Note: Archaic spellings have been retained; obvious errors of spelling and punctuation have been corrected.
The original order of the entries in the Flash Dictionary has been preserved.
A table of contents has been added for the reader’s convenience.
