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Author Pember, Arthur, 1835-1886.

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

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 ADPML SPC  364.9747 Pem/Mam  LIB USE ONLY
Description v, 462 pages, 11 unnumbered plates : frontispiece (portrait) ; 24 cm
Contents The purlieus of Water street after dark.--The amateur beggar.--After the gambling and panel houses.--A visit to Davy Jones's locker.--The bogus doctor.--The amateur curb-stone singer.--Life on the Erie canal.--Night and morning in the Tombs.--String 'em 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' banquet.--"Been to the mines, sir?"--The peep-show man.--Up and down Mont Blanc
Subject Poor -- New York (State) -- New York.
Crime -- New York (State) -- New York.
Criminals -- New York (State) -- New York.
LC no. 09023188