Transcribed from the [1894?] Willsons’ edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org INCIDENTS IN A GIPSY’S LIFE BY GEORGE SMITH. * * * * * THE ROYAL EPPING FOREST GIPSIES THE GROUNDS, INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION LIVERPOOL. * * * * * WILLSONS’, NEW WALK PRINTING WORKS, LEICESTER. * * * * * THE FOLLOWING NOTABLE PERSONS HAVE PAID A VISIT TO MY PEOPLE. H.M. QUEEN VICTORIA. PRINCE VICTOR. SON OF THE KHEDIVE OF EGYPT. LORD LATHOM, High Chamberlain. LORD POLTIMORE. LORD CAMPBELL. LORD MONKS. LORD MAYO. LORD CLONMELL. LORD FARNHAM. LATE DUKE OF MACLIN. MARQUIS & MARCHIONESS OF TWEEDALE. SIR DAVID (Mayor of Liverpool) and LADY RADCLIFFE. SIR A. B. WALKER, Bart. SIR JOHN MAXWELL STIRLING. ALSO SON OF THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER. BISHOP OF THE ISLE OF MAN. LETTER FROM GOVERNOR WALPOLE of I.O.M. 10 LETTERS FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. And at the GREAT CARNIVAL of 1894, principal Citizens of Glasgow. PREFACE. My idea in writing this little pamphlet is to enlighten the minds of people as to the mode of living, and the customs of our tribe; and I think the reader will be convinced that we are not the desperadoes that some people think, but, on the other hand, honest living and a christian race; always ready to do good. To young men especially, if they follow my career they will find that my success in life is due to being straight-forward and honest in all my dealings; firm purpose of mind; and an object to gain; the result is success, and I hope it may prove a benefit to the rising generation. Shortly, I shall produce a full Biography of my life. Yours faithfully, GEORGE SMITH. THE LIFE OF A GIPSY. Many writers have spent months and years of _their_ lives in studying the language, character, and customs of the Romany Rye. Many able pens have written volumes on the subject. For my part I simply give an unvarnished statement of facts, as they occur to me, so that my readers may glean some little information as to the general life and incidents in the career of a gipsy.