Produced by Curtis Weyant and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Case Western Reserve University Preservation Department Digital Library) +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected in | | this text. For a complete list, please see the bottom of | | this document. | | Text printed using the Greek alphabet in the original book | | is shown as follows: [Greek: pistis] | +------------------------------------------------------------+ MYSTIC LONDON: OR, PHASES OF OCCULT LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS. BY REV. CHARLES MAURICE DAVIES, D.D. AUTHOR OF "ORTHODOX" AND "UNORTHODOX LONDON," ETC. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." _Hamlet._ LONDON: TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND. 1875. [_All rights of Translation and Reproduction are reserved._] LONDON: SAVILL, EDWARDS AND CO., PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET, COVENT GARDEN. CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. LONDON ARABS 1 II. EAST LONDON ARABS 11 III. LONDON ARABS IN CANADA 21 IV. WAIFS AND STRAYS 29 V. A LUNATIC BALL 38 VI. A BABY SHOW 51 VII. A NIGHT IN A BAKEHOUSE 58 VIII. A LONDON SLAVE MARKET 67 IX. TEA AND EXPERIENCE 73 X. SUNDAY LINNET-SINGING 85 XI. A WOMAN'S RIGHTS DEBATE 92 XII. AN OPEN-AIR TICHBORNE MEETING 100 XIII. SUNDAY IN A PEOPLE'S GARDEN 108 XIV. UTILIZING THE YOUNG LADIES 116 XV. FAIRLOP FRIDAY 122 XVI. A CHRISTMAS DIP 129 XVII. BOXING-DAY ON THE STREETS 134 XVIII. THE VIGIL OF THE DERBY 141 XIX. THE WIFESLAYER'S "HOME" 150 XX. BATHING IN THE FAR EAST 157 XXI. AMONG THE QUAKERS 164 XXII. PENNY READINGS 172 XXIII. DARWINISM ON THE DEVIL 179 XXIV. PECULIAR PEOPLE 198