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Publish Date
1900
Publisher
Hurst & Blackett, ltd.
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First Sentence
"Every city has its "Underworld"; its scene of secrecy, of plotting, of vice and of within-and-without-the-law evil-doing, where loose living and political and financial plotting rub shoulders, afterwards frequently furnishing material for the Criminal Courts."
Table of Contents
I.
The Continental Underworld-Criminal and Otherwise
Page 15
II.
European Gamblers, Cheats and Just Adventurers
Page 43
III.
In the Underworld of London
Page 62
IV.
Diverse Tales of Underworld Life
Page 83
V.
In 'Frisco's Chinatown
Page 93
VI.
Clubmen of the Bar
Page 113
VII.
Yarns told in Various Bars
Page 151
1.
When the Clock Stopped
Page 151
2.
A Hank of Hair
Page 168
3.
"Nice Chap, if He Didn't Drink!"
Page 184
4.
Very Little Doonie and the Pleasant Rotter
Page 204
5.
Greater Love
Page 216
6.
"Curtain!"
Page 228
VIII.
An Old Man's Stories About Women
Page 249
1.
The Armenian Funeral
Page 250
2.
The Story of Jenny
Page 253
3.
Little Bobby
Page 263
IX.
Tales of Famous Londoners
Page 273
X.
Character Sketches of Modern Chelsea
Page 294
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