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The mysteries and miseries of the great metropolis, with some adventures in the country : being the disguises and surprises of a New-York journalist.

0000; Gale Group; Linguagem: English

Autores

Pember, Arthur.,

Resumo

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. Book.

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