Metropolitan Poor Vol 6

This is a collection of primary materials on the metropolitan poor. It includes the writings of urban travellers and social reformers, and contains writings from the last five years of the 18th century, that is, from the time when the poor were first discovered as endemic to the nation. VOLUME 6 In darkest England, 1880-1900; J. Ewing Ritchie, Extracts from Days and nights in London (1880) Stories and episodes of Home Mission Work (1881) T. C. Garland, Extracts from Leaves from my log (1882) Anon. [A. Mearns], The bitter cry of outcast London (1883) Anon., Down in the depths of outcast London (1884) One dinner a week, and Travels in the East (1884) D. Rice Jones, Extracts from In the slums (1884) Anon. [A. Mearns], Extracts from Light and shade (1885) T. G. Barnardo, Extracts from Something attempted, something done(1889) W. H. Booth, Extracts from In darkest England and the way out(1890) H. Walker, Extracts from East London (1896) J. Salter Index