Mornings at Bow Street, 1875: A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports Which Have Appeared in the Morning Herald

by John Wight

Excerpt from Mornings at Bow Street, 1875: A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports Which Have Appeared in the Morning Herald

The magistrate asked him something of his history; to which he replied, that he was born at Great Marlow, in Buckinghamshire, where his father was a small farmer. There was a rare lot of us young ones, said he, running about the lanes, and paddling in the 0001 green ponds, like so many goslings. For myself, I was made a shoemaker of, by a gentleman who thought me too pretty for a plough-boy: and so I've been making shoes in London these last forty years but latterly I'm always so hot and dry, that I can make no more shoes, not I, and I'll take to the fields again.

Genres: History

322 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1824

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Reviews

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly entertaining little accounts of cases that came up before the magistrate in Bow Street. Many colorful characters described with Dickensian hilarity. It can be compared with The Pickwick Papers in style. Very funny!

[Nathan · Rating 1 out of 5]

A collection of somewhat uninteresting articles from a long time ago.

Pretty much a waste of time