Toilers in London; or, Inquiries concerning female labour in the metropolis. Being the second part of "Tempted London." Edited by the author of "Out of work"

British Weekly Commissioners, Margaret Elise Harkness

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4~7 TOILERS IN LONDON. by MA3SEY COLLEGE TOILERS IN LONDON; OR, FEMALECONCERNING LABOURINQUIRIES IN THE METROPOLIS. \t\xtQ BY THE "" BRITISH WEEKLY COMMISSIONERS. " theEdited Author Out Work" etc.by of of HODDER AND STOUGHTON, PATERNOSTER ROW.27, MDCCCLXXX1X. reserved."}[All right P Printed and& Londonby Hazell, Watson, Viney, Ld., Aylesbury. "7s it well that while we with inScience, gloryingrange the Time, children soak and blacken soul and sense inCity city slime ? the halts onThere among gloomy alleys Progress palsied feet, and cast our maidens the thousand on theCrime byhunger street. his herThere the Master sempstress ofscrimps haggard daily bread, a attic holds the and the dead!"There sordid livingsingle CONTENTS CHAP. KAGE II. FLOWER-GIRLS . II. MATCH-BOX MAKERS ....V 33 III. PALM-WORKERS 47 IV. BRUSH-MAKERS 58 68V. FUR-PULLERS VI. SLAVEYS 79 vii. SLAVEYS 91(continued) "A PERFECT SERVANT" IOIVIII. IX. SERVANTS UerSUS MISTRESSES 113 122X. MISTRESSES VCrSUS SERVANTS XL REGISTRY OFFICES 131 1XII. FOREIGN SERVANTS 14 SERVANTSXIII. LETTERS FROM !$! . . l6lXIV. EMIGRATION FOR SERVANTS . Vlll CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE / XV. FACTORY-GIRLS 172 XVI. CITY WORK-GIRLS 183 xvii. CITY .(continued} 193 SHIRT-MAKERSXVIII. EAST END .... 199 XIX. BARMAIDS 205 XX. EAST END TAILORESSES .... 215 XXI. LAUNDRESSES STRIKERS UPHOLSTERESSES 226 XXII. SEMPSTRESSES WEST END TAILORESSES 236 XXIII. BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS .... 245 XXIV. YOUNG WOMEN 258 CHAPTER I. FLOWER-GIRLS.

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• London
• Women
• Employment

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 8
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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4~7
TOILERS IN LONDON.by
MA3SEY COLLEGETOILERS IN LONDON;
OR,
FEMALECONCERNING LABOURINQUIRIES
IN THE METROPOLIS.
\t\xtQ
BY THE
"" BRITISH WEEKLY COMMISSIONERS.
"
theEdited Author Out Work" etc.by of of
HODDER AND STOUGHTON,
PATERNOSTER ROW.27,
MDCCCLXXX1X.
reserved."}[All rightP
Printed and& Londonby Hazell, Watson, Viney, Ld., Aylesbury.