Curiosities of Street Literature
by Various
About this book
This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The collection contains sensationalist and sometimes comical stories about criminal conduct, love, the Royal Family, politics, as well as gallows' literature. Gallow's literature (confessions, verses etc. relating to individuals condemned to public execution) were often sold at the execution. As a collection these broadsides are a reminder of how important the printer was at this time -- it is surely no coincidence that the printers are printed at the end of every broadside, while the authors remain anonymous. - Summary by kathrinee
Chapters (99)
11.1 Introductory remarks about cocks, catchpennies, street drolleries etc.
21.2 Two Murders
31.3 Trial, Rape, and Murder
41.4 A Murder, a Murder of his Wife
51.5 Punishment for Murder and a Man, Hanged, Now Alive
61.6 Liverpool Tragedy, Massacre
71.7 London Fire, Fatal Thunderstorm
81.8 Scarborough Tragedy, a Wager
91.9 Gossip, Secrets: Loveletters and The Unfaithful Husband Found Out, and a Hopeful Loveletter
101.10 The Story of the Yorkshire Knight in Three Parts
111.11 Faithful lovers, a Quarrel, and an Apparition
121.12 A Catastrophe, and the Secrets of A Lord and Lady
131.13 Two Elopements and a Funny Love Affair
141.14 The Blasphemer, Warning to a Publican
151.15 An Apparition and Particulars of Fortune Telling
161.16 A Four-Day Trance and a Sleep-Walker
171.17 Dialogue between Death and a Sinner, Railroad to Heaven and to Hell
181.18 A Loveletter to a Sailor, A Maid and the Amorous Squire, The "Taking Off" of Prince Albert's Inexpressibles
191.19 Battle of Pea Soup, and the Great Old Goat
201.20 Adventures Looking for Mother Clifton, Selling a Wife
211.21 The Perpetual Almanack, a Tounge-Twister Tale
221.22 Female Teasing, Trademan's Hymn, The Register
231.23 Rent Day, Cooking a Wife, and Various Other Things at an Auction
241.24 The Last of the "Cocks," Suicide of an Artist and Letters Found on his Body
252.1 Introduction to Political and Royal Broadsides, the King
262.2 Three Accounts of Queen Victoria
272.3 Queen Victoria's Marriage and An Assassination Attempt!
282.4 Royal Childbirth and a Celebration of the Queen
292.5 An Intruder Breaks into Queen Victoria's Bedroom and A Song about the Queen
302.6 Three Accounts of the Birth of the Prince of Wales.
312.7 A Visit to the Queen, a Royal Exchange, a Royal Marriage
322.8 A Scene in the Election (farce), Speling Book for the Unions
332.9 The Times and John Bull v. the Pope's Bull
342.10 A Political Catechism and Famine Fast Day
352.11 Three Political Texts
362.12 Three Accounts of Political Affiliations, Reform, and Elections
372.13 Political Thanksgiving and the Rights of Women
382.14 A Reform Alphabet and Two Irish Questions
392.15 A New Bill and a New Act of Parliament
402.16 Street Laws, the Poor Law, Death of a Pauper
412.17 Two Catechisms: the Soldier's and the Drunkard's, and Two Poems About the Drunkard
422.18 Beer House Act and Two Poems: Brave Nelson and Battle of Waterloo
432.19 Four Songs about the Price of Food, Politics, and Laws
442.20 Five Songs about the Irish Liberator, Poverty, and the Elction
452.21 Four Songs about England, the Election, and the Death of Wellington
462.22 Six Songs about Battles, Florence NIghtingale, and International Affairs
472.23 Fours Songs about Cobden, Naval Battle, Lament, and Reform
482.24 Three Songs about Reform
492.25 Three More Songs about Reform
502.26 Two Songs about Fenians and Explosion
512.27 Trading Bill and Election
523.1 Introduction to Division 3 and The Female Husband
533.2 Shakespeare's House, a Costume, Manchester and Preston Guild
543.3 A Prophesy, Grace Darling, a Championship, and an Accident on the Ice
553.4 Foreigners in England and Financial Hardships
563.5 And Agricultural Show, a Lunacy Case, and an Old Marquis and his Wife
573.6 Two Marriages and One Affair
583.7 Strike of Tailors, The Parson, Night in a Workhouse
593.8 The Ghost, The Wiched Woman, The Artful Girl
603.9 The She-He Barman, Beauty and Match-Making, the Convent
613.10 The Flitch of Bacon, Lord Mayor's Show, and a Boat Race
623.11 Three discussions of Fashion: Petticoats, Crinolines and Chignons.
633.12 The Velocipede, The Lord Mayor's Show, The Queen Opens a Viaduct
643.13 Cabman Flags, a Divorce Case, and Volunteer Review
653.14 A Parson Outwitted and the He-She Ladies
664.1 Introdction to part 4 and The Life and Execution of Sir John Oldcastle
674.2 The Dying Speeches and Execution of Seven Conspirators
684.3 The Execution of Luke Hutton
694.4 The Exectution of Conspirators and of Sir Walter Raleigh
704.5 The Executions of Thomas Armstrong and William Nevison
714.6 Trial and Executions of James Lowry, John Swan, and Elizabeth Jeffryes
724.7 Execution of Six Unfortunate Malefactors and John Austin
734.8 Trials and Executions of April 11, John Hogan, and Joseph Richards
744.9 Old Bailey Intelligence and Execution of Eight Convicts
754.10 Executions of Unforunate Sailors and Richard Parker
764.11 The Executions of Mary Nott and James Nesbett
774.12 Sentences of Prisoners of September 11, 1822 and the Death of Ann Williams
784.13 The Confessions and Executions of John Thurtell, C.T. White, and Amelia Roberts
794.14 The Confession and Execution of William Corder, Bishop and Williams
804.15 The Confession and Execution of James Greenacre and F.B. Courvoisier
814.16 The Executions of Robert Blakesley and Verses on Daniel Good
824.17 The Executions of James Bloomfield Rush and John Gleeson Wilson
834.18 An Execution and a Tragedy: Six Children Murdered by their Mother
844.19 Execution of William Cogan and George Gardner
854.20 Execution of William G. Youngman and the Wigan Murder
864.21 The Execution of Priscilla Biggadike and Frederick Baker
874.22 Executions at Durham, Confessions and Executions of Samuel Wright and James Clitheroe
884.23 Two Murders on the Railway
894.24 The Chase, Capture and Execution of Franz Muller
904.25 Lamentation and Execution of James Longhurst and Miles Weatherhill
914.26 Sentence of Constance Kent and Confession and Executions of Stephen Forward
924.27 Execution of Pirates, Leigh and the Murder of a Child by a Schoolmistress
934.28 Farewell to the World of Richard Bishop and Lamentations of J. Mapp and H. Lingley
944.29 Executions of Alice Holt and the Murder of a Boy by his own Father
954.30 Lamentations of J. R. Jeffery, John Fletcher, Ann Lawrence
964.31 Executions of Michael Barrett, Allen, Gould, Larkin, and William Sheward
974.32 Executions of John Devine, Martin Brown, and Alexander Mackay
984.33 Murder of a Wife and Six Children and Executions of F. Hinson and J. Rutterford
994.34 The Heroes of the Guillotine and Gallows
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