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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, 1875.

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Description
v, 462 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill.; 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.
OCLC
  • ocm08502587
  • SCSB-5676903
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries