1st Edition
Paved with Gold The Romance and Reality of the London Street
By Augustus Mayhew
Copyright 1972
480 Pages
by
Routledge
480 Pages
by
Routledge
480 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1971. Part of the Library of eight volumes on Victorian Times, this was subtitled as 'an unfashionable novel' when published. Toward the end of his short but informative preface to Paved With Gold, first published in book form in 1858, Augustus Mayhew states that the descriptions of boy-life in the streets, the habits and customs of donkey-drivers, the peculiarities of trampdom... Read more
New Introduction, Preface, The Romance Preceding the Reality Book I Yond Workhouse and Father Parish Book II Childhood in the Streets Book III The Road to Ruin
Biography
Augustus Mayhew (1826-1875) was the youngest of seven sons of a well-to-do London solicitor. With second edition introduction by ANNE HUMPHERYS Herbert H. Lehman College, New York
