London Labour and the London Poor Volume IV
THIEVES SWINDLERS Part 17 Prostitute Thieves
This episode, part 17 focusing on prostitute thieves, is from Volume IV of Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor. The 1862 cyclopaedia, co-authored by Bracebridge Hemyng, John Binny, and Andrew Halliday, examines the condition and earnings of those who will not work…