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The mysteries and miseries of the great metropolis : with some adventures in the country, being the disguises and surprises of a New-York journalist

Title
The mysteries and miseries of the great metropolis : with some adventures in the country, being the disguises and surprises of a New-York journalist / By "A.P.," the amateur vagabond ; with illustrations from photographs by Gurney.
Author
Pember, Arthur.
Publication
New York : D. Appleton, 1874.

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Description
v, 462 p. : front. (port.) 11 pl.; 24 cm.
Alternative Title
Amateur vagabond
Subject
  • Crime and criminals > New York
  • New York (N.Y.) > Poor
Contents
The purlieus of Water street after dark -- The amateur beggar -- After the gambling and panel houses -- A visit to Davy Jones\u0027s locker -- The bogus doctor -- The amateur curb-stone singer -- Life on the Erie canal -- Night and morning in the Tombs -- String \u0027em up -- The model coster-monger -- Down in a coal-mine -- Life in a circus -- A ride on an engine -- A night in an underground lodging-house -- The spirit-medium -- Painting à la mode -- The poor prisoner -- The life of a tramp -- The beggars\u0027 banquet -- "Been to the mines, sir?" The peep-show man -- Up and down Mont Blanc.
LCCN
09023188
OCLC
  • ocm06907824
  • SCSB-5676898
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries