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Engraved half-title

Illustrated with line drawings and eight colour plates by Leo Bates. "First published in this edition 1949.".

First ed.; cf. Quayle. Added title page, engraved; other illustrations engraved by Pearson.
Publisher's advertisements: [2] p. at end.
Eighth Thousand on title page.
Frontispiece pasted to inside of top board

A collection of stories originally published in the British children's weekly magazine Our darlings.

Special Collections copy signed by the author.

Ed. by Charles Booth.
This work was also re-arranged, continued and published in 9 volumes with title 'Life and labour of the people in London.'.

Opening address delivered before the Royal Statistical Society, November, 1893.