Author: ARCHER Thomas
Title: The Pauper, the Thief, and the Convict; Sketches of Some of Their Homes, Haunts, and Habits
Description: London, Groombridge and Sons 1865 239pp 20x13, rebacked in brown cloth over textured boards Very good, dedication from the binder (1977) on ffep Journalistic study of poverty and criminality, probably more designed to raise a frisson of excitement in his middle class readers than to effect social change, but nonetheless an interesting first hand account of poor houses, prisons and the like.

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