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
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