Sunlight and shadow; . ngs in Childhood — Never had a Chance — Barnabas or Barab-bas? — After the Funeral — How the Boy became an Outcast —Vice and Crime — The Orphans Lot — Sixteen Hundred Waifs —Sleeping in an Iron Roller and in the Boot of an Omnibus — Wemust go to Business — Money-Making -— Diving in Sewers — Mud-Larks — Wagabones and Hactors — Street Arabs — Peelers Difficulties — Street-Boys AVit — Penny Merchants— Street Wares — Cheap Books — Raising the Wind, . 55 )S this book is intended for, and will beread principally by, Americans, I ven-ture to introduce many of my expe-riences an
Sunlight and shadow; . ngs in Childhood — Never had a Chance — Barnabas or Barab-bas? — After the Funeral — How the Boy became an Outcast —Vice and Crime — The Orphans Lot — Sixteen Hundred Waifs —Sleeping in an Iron Roller and in the Boot of an Omnibus — Wemust go to Business — Money-Making -— Diving in Sewers — Mud-Larks — Wagabones and Hactors — Street Arabs — Peelers Difficulties — Street-Boys AVit — Penny Merchants— Street Wares — Cheap Books — Raising the Wind, . 55 )S this book is intended for, and will beread principally by, Americans, I ven-ture to introduce many of my expe-riences and jottings in London andEngland. London is a fruitful theme; everyyear a fresh crop of material springsI do not say that he who has seenLondon has seen the world, but I do say,that to all of Anglo-Saxon origin on the face of thewide world, there is no city fuller of interest andexcitement than London. The traditions and archivesof our race are treasured there. To us, when we 55. 56 EXPLORING LONDON. cross the Atlantic, London holds out a friendly hand;and I say of London, as Cowper said of England, —for I have tasted its hospitality, partaken of its gen-erosity, and been familiar with its people, — London, with all thy faults, I love thee still. Yes; London, the great metropolis whose streetscenes so fascinated me; London, with its contrasts,its squalid poverty and its enormous wealth. I ex-plored London with great interest, becoming moreattracted with a closer acquaintance. How few knowLondon! Though I spent days and nights in myexplorations, I know but very little of the great me-tropolis. Out of America, I had rather live in Londonthan in any city in the world. You cannot know itby merely spending a few weeks in a lodging-houseor hotel, and doing the sights: you must simply skimming the surface, you know nothing,comparatively. It is a place that grows in interest onacquaintance. At first, it seems darker, duller, noisier
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