...offer any opinion here, either as to the benefit or otherwise of the creed in question. As I had shewn how the English costermonger neither had nor knew...all the simplicity and impartiality of history.'' — Vol. ip 108. Speaking of the women street-sellers of London, Mr. Mayhew thus describes the state...

...either as to the benefit or otherwise of the creed in question. As I had shown how English costermongers neither had nor knew any religion whatever, it became...give the reader a view of the religion of the Irish street sellers." * And Mr. Mayhew writes of the English coster-mongers — " Not three in one hundred...

...without curtseying to. Of course I detail these matters as mere facts, without desiring to ofl'erany opinion here, either as to the benefit or otherwise...Irish street-sellers. In order to be able to do so аз truthfully as possible, I placed myself in communication with those parties who were in a position...

...details may be brief — for as to the great majority, religion is almost a nonentity. As I had shewn how the English Costermonger neither had nor knew...in all the simplicity and impartiality of history." This is the testimony of an English Protestant gentleman, but a man of enlarged, liberal, aad enlightened...

...moral, intellectual, and physical condition ' of the Irish street-folk. ' As I had shown,' says he, ' how the English costermonger neither had nor knew...best information on the subject. The result is given in all the simplicity and impartiality of history.'1 Almost all the street-Irish are Roman Catholics....