A new selection from Henry Mayhew\'s pioneering work on the lives of the London Poor in Victorian England, with original illustrations, illuminating introduction and additional material.
November 2012 marks the bicentenary of Mayhew\'s birth..
It\'s a cross-section from his four original volumes, and the introduction gives fascinating insight into the book\'s influence on his contemporaries such as Dickens and Kingsley.
A new selection from Henry Mayhew\'s pioneering work on the lives of the London Poor in Victorian England, with original illustrations, illuminating introduction and additional material