Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF GEORGE R. SIMS
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## ROGUES AND VAGABONDS
## THE MYSTERIES OF MODERN LONDON
## HOW THE POOR LIVE, AND HORRIBLE LONDON
A CRITIQUE OF SOCIALISM
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
ROGUES AND VAGABONDS
By George R. Sims
1892
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THE WRECK OF THE ‘BON ESPOIR.’
CHAPTER II. TOPSEY TURVEY SEES A GHOST.
CHAPTER III. MR. EDWARD MARSTON MEETS AN OLD FRIEND.
CHAPTER IV. NO. FIFTEEN, LITTLE QUEER STREET.
CHAPTER V. MISS DUCK HAS A WORD TO SAY.
CHAPTER VI. AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE.
CHAPTER VII. A CHAT OVER OLD TIMES.
CHAPTER VIII. MR. DUCK’S NEW LODGERS.
CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING GERTIE HECKETT, A KIND LADY, A GOOD DOG, AND A WICKED BIRD.
CHAPTER X. IN WHICH GRIGG AND LIMPET EXPLAIN.
CHAPTER XI. A VERY NICE OLD GENTLEMAN.
CHAPTER XII. GOES INTO A LITTLE FAMILY HISTORY.
CHAPTER XIII. THE MASTER OF EDEN VILLA.
CHAPTER XIV. JABEZ SEES THE GHOST.
CHAPTER XV. MR. GURTH EGERTON COMES TO LIFE.
CHAPTER XVI. LIMPET, JUNIOR, TRANSACTS SOME BUSINESS.
CHAPTER XVII. SMITH AND CO. AT WORK.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE FORGED CHEQUE.
CHAPTER XIX. GERTIE MAKES A PROMISE.
CHAPTER XX. GERTIE MAKES A DISCOVERY.
CHAPTER XXI. GURTH EGERTON BECOMES AMBITIOUS.
CHAPTER XXII. MR. JABEZ DISSEMBLES.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE ADRIANS AT HOME.
CHAPTER XXIV. OLD SWEETHEARTS.
CHAPTER XXV. GEORGE HAS ‘THE STRAIGHT TIP.’
CHAPTER XXVI. PECULIAR BEHAVIOUR OF MR. SETH PREENE.
CHAPTER XXVII. THE PRODIGAL’S RETURN.
CHAPTER XXVIII. SQUIRE HERITAGE MAKES A WILL.
CHAPTER XXIX. THE BURGLARY AT THE HALL.
CHAPTER XXX. HOW FATHER AND SON MET AGAIN.
CHAPTER XXXI. IS SLIGHTLY RETROSPECTIVE.
CHAPTER XXXII. FATHER AND DAUGHTER.
CHAPTER XXXIII. HUNTED DOWN.
CHAPTER XXXIV. A BUNCH OF VIOLETS.
CHAPTER XXXV. MRS. ADRIAN’S CONVERSION.
CHAPTER XXXVI. RIVALS.
CHAPTER XXXVII. SMITH AND CO. START IN A NEW LINE.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. RUTH ANSWERS A LETTER.
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE GOLD ROBBERY.
CHAPTER XL. THE ADRIANS GO OUT TO TEA.
CHAPTER XLI. AN AFTERNOON CALL.
CHAPTER XLII. A DUEL OF WORDS.
CHAPTER XLIII. THE GREAT BLANKSHIRE BANK.
CHAPTER XLIV. A JOURNEY’S END.
CHAPTER XLV. A FRIEND IN NEED.
CHAPTER XLVI. SMITH AND CO. DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP.
CHAPTER XLVII. MR. JABEZ MAKES A DISCOVERY.
CHAPTER XLVIII. MR. SETH PREENE EXECUTES A LITTLE COMMISSION.
CHAPTER XLIX. MR. MARSTON GOES TO CHURCH.
CHAPTER L. FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE.
CHAPTER LI. EXIT EDWARD MARSTON.
CHAPTER LII. AN ESCAPED CONVICT.
CHAPTER LIII. SHAKSPEARE’S NURSE.
CHAPTER LIV. AT HERITAGE HALL.
CHAPTER LV. THE ARREST.
CHAPTER LVI. A RESCUE.
CHAPTER LVII. SQUIRE HERITAGE HAS A BAD ATTACK.
CHAPTER LVIII. DR. OLIVER BIRNIE’S NEW PATIENT.
CHAPTER LIX. A VISITOR FOR RUTH.
CHAPTER LX. A SECRET MEETING.
CHAPTER LXI. A LATE VISITOR FOR MR. EGERTON.
CHAPTER LXII. A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.
CHAPTER LXIII. EDWARD MARSTON GOES HOME.
CHAPTER LXIV. GURTH AND HECKETT.
CHAPTER LXV. MR. JABEZ DUCK DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF AT LAST.
CHAPTER LXVI. BESS MAKES A CONFESSION.
CHAPTER LXVII. GERTIE’S BIBLE.
CHAPTER LXVIII. GERTIE GAINS HER HERITAGE.
CHAPTER LXIX. AND LAST.
THE MYSTERIES OF MODERN LONDON
By George R. Sims
1906
CONTENTS
THE MYSTERIES OF MODERN LONDON
CHAPTER I—A NOTE OF INTRODUCTION—WHERE WE SHALL GO AND WHAT WE SHALL SEE
CHAPTER II—BY THE WATERSIDE
CHAPTER III—AT THE FASHIONABLE HOTEL
CHAPTER IV—IN A COMMON LODGING-HOUSE
CHAPTER V—THE WAYS OF CRIME
CHAPTER VI—IN THE CITY OF REFUGE
CHAPTER VII—BEHIND THE SCENES
CHAPTER VIII—THE HOUSES OF TRAGEDY
CHAPTER IX—LUNATICS AT LARGE
CHAPTER X—"FROM INFORMATION RECEIVED"
CHAPTER XI—THE MYSTERY OF MONEY SPENT
CHAPTER XII—THE UNKNOWN FATE
CHAPTER XIII—THE FAMILY SKELETON
CHAPTER XIV—THE ROMANCE OF POVERTY
CHAPTER XV—THE GARDEN OF GUILT
CHAPTER XVI—THE BLACK SHEEP
CHAPTER XVII—CHILDREN AND CRIME
CHAPTER XVIII—BEHIND BRICK WALLS
CHAPTER XIX—THE SOCIAL MASK
CHAPTER XX.—THE SINS OF THE FATHERS
CHAPTER XXI.—THE ROMANCE OF REALITY
CHAPTER XXII.—SOME CONTRASTS
CHAPTER XXIII.—AT DEAD OF NIGHT
CHAPTER XXIV—THE UNDIVULGED SECRET
HOW THE POOR LIVE, AND HORRIBLE LONDON
By George R. Sims
1889
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
HORRIBLE LONDON.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
