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Through a series of over 700 detailed entries contained in 272 pages printed in facsimile from the original 1888 edition, we build up a living portrait of Victorian London, from the fashionable gentlemen's clubs of St James's to the markets and slums of the East End. The remarks on the principal buildings, the churches and great railway stations, the banks, theatres and sporting facilities are informative and well observed, the comments of someone who clearly knew London like the back of his hand, but equally revealing and very entertaining are the wealth of tips on social behaviour. There is essential advice on everything from the hiring of servants (a parlour maid's recommended salary was £12 per annum), the benefits of cycling (most welcome in view of the saving of cruelty to horseflesh), how to cope with milk contaminated with diptheria and typhoid, fogs (much appreciated by the predatory classes), through to avoiding the attention of carriage thieves. First published by Charles Dickens' son in the year after Queen Victoria celebrated her Golden Jubilee, this book is a mine of information for all lovers of London and its past. A companion volume Dickens' Dictionary of The Thames 1887 provides a similar look at the entire length of the Thames (except London) in the days when it was the world's most popular tourist resort and an annual season ticket on the railway between Windsor and Paddington cost as little as £18.00.
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