Excerpt from Living London, Vol. 1: Its Work and Its Play, Its Humour and Its Pathos, Its Sights and Its Scenes
IN the london Docxs Entering the Docks Eager for Work Tallying Wool Bales Searching a Suspect Gauging Wine Casks Landing Fruit at Night athletic london A Start for a Challenge Cup Comic Costume Scramble (music-hall Sports, Herne Hill) Swedish Drill Exercises on Various Apparatus (german Gymnasium) Public Gymnasium (finsbury Park) Dancing Competition and Throwing the Hammer (scottish Gathering) A Boxing Bout (polytechnic, Regent Street) A Finish at the inter-'varsity Sports (queen's Club, vest Kensington)
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