Palace and Hovel; Or, Phases of London LifeKirwan, Daniel Joseph
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Palace and Hovel; Or, Phases of London Life
Kirwan, Daniel Joseph
London (England) -- Description and travel; London (England) -- Social life and customs
Aristocratic Members--Entrance and Subscription Fees--How Managed
and Supported--Architectural Splendor--Choice Wines and Luxurious
Dinners--Interesting Statistics--A Model Kitchen--Heavy Swell
Club, 92
CHAPTER VIII.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
Its Dimensions and Architectural Construction--Its Wealth and Immense
Revenues--The Burial-Place of the Kings and Queens--Magnificence of
their Tombs--Tomb of Shakespeare--Tomb of Milton--Tomb of Mary
Queen of Scots--Coronation of William the Conqueror--The Massacre, 107
CHAPTER IX.
THE COSTERMONGERS AND RAG FAIR.
The New Cut--Heathenism of the Costers--Marriage Relation--Old
Clothes District--Petticoat Lane--Congress of Rags--Modus
Operandi of Selling, 128
CHAPTER X.
FROM NEWGATE TO TYBURN.
Dying for an Idea--Execution of Barrett--Man in the Mask--Famous
Criminals--Pestiferous Prison--The Old Bailey Court--Hotel
Regulations--Drinking from St. Giles' Bowl, 145
CHAPTER XI.
DOCTORS' COMMONS.
Marriage Licenses--Divorces--Ecclesiastical Court--High Court of
Admiralty--Paying the Piper--Legal Scoundrelism--The Last Will and
Testaments of Shakespeare, Milton, and of Napoleon Bonaparte--The
Forgotten Sailor, 159
CHAPTER XII.
THE BOHEMIANS OF LONDON.
Carlisle Arms--A Pint of Cooper--Cockerell's Lodgings--Fitz and Dawson,
or the Radical and Conservative Reporter--The Short Hand
Reporter--Dawson's Story--A Song from the Speaker--Beautiful Potato, 167
CHAPTER XIII.
TOWER, PALACE, AND PRISON.
Its History and Dimensions--Council Chamber--Jolly Bishops and Royal
Prisoners--The Traitor's Gate--Anne Boleyn--Princess Elizabeth--Heroism
of Lady Jane Grey upon the Scaffold--The Crown Jewels--What
can be seen for a Sixpence, 183
CHAPTER XIV.
CADGERS OF LONDON BRIDGE.
Under the Arches--Vagrancy and Pauperism--The Family Gathering--The
Cadger's Meal--A Confirmed Vagrant--The Girl Molly--The
Hopeful Son--The Cadger's Story, 207
CHAPTER XV.
THE LUNGS OF LONDON.
Regent's and Hyde Parks--Dimensions of the Public Parks and Gardens--What
they Contain--Bathing in Hyde Park--Richmond Park with its
Forests and Hunting Grounds--Hampton Court Park--Its Labyrinth--The
Crystal Palace--Veteran Musicians--Greenwich Park--Grand Observatory, 216
CHAPTER XVI.
THE RAKES OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.
Vagabonds in Kingly Robes--Prince of Wales and his Personal
Friends--The Prince and the London Brewer as Firemen--Lord Carington
as a Coachman--His Cowardly Assault upon Greenville Murray--The Prince
and Cabman--Infamy of the Prince--A Mad King, 226
CHAPTER XVII.
FAST YOUNG ENGLAND.
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