London's Shadows: The Dark Side of the Victorian City

by Gray, Drew D.

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  Index

  Table of Contents

  Acknowledgements

  List of Illustrations

  Creating the `Myth' of Jack the Ripper

  2 Murder and Mayhem in Victorian London: The Whitechapel Murders of 1888 in Context

  3 East Meets West: The Contrasting Nature of Victorian London and the Mixed Community of the East En

  4 Read All About It! Ripper News and Sensation in Victorian Society

  5 The Bitter Cry of Outcast London: Poverty, Charity and the Fear of Revolution

  6 City of Dreadful Delights: Vice, Prostitution and Victorian Society

  7 Crime and the Criminal Class in Late Victorian London

  8 Watching the Detectives: The Police and the Hunt for Jack the Ripper

  9 London's Shadows: The Darker Side of the Victorian Capital

  Notes

  Bibliography

  Index

  1 `The nemesis of neglect', Punch, September 1888 18

  2 `Is he the Whitechapel murderer?' The Illustrated Police News, September 1888 39

  3 `Useful Sunday literature for the masses' Punch, September 1849 98

  4 `The latest murder, Moonshine, November 1890 105

  5 `The Unemployed and the Police, Moonshine, October 1887 136

  6 `The real starver of the poor - John Bull vainly endeavors to relieve the distress, Fun, November

  7 `Whitechapel, 1888; Punch, October 1888 173

  8 `Military drill v. police duty', Funny Folks, September 1888 213

  9 `The dynamite explosions in London, The Graphic, January 1885 219

  10 `Blind-man's buff', Punch, September 1888 222

  7.1 Hearings at Thames Police Court, January 1887-December 1887 (Court Register 1) 176

  7.2 The nature of assault prosecutions at the Thames Police Court by summons, January to December 18

  7.3 Trials at the Old Bailey, 1850-1899 186

  7.5 Property offences at the Old Bailey, 1850-1899 by percentage occurrence 189

  Table of Contents

  Acknowledgements

  List of Illustrations

  Creating the `Myth' of Jack the Ripper

  2 Murder and Mayhem in Victorian London: The Whitechapel Murders of 1888 in Context

  3 East Meets West: The Contrasting Nature of Victorian London and the Mixed Community of the East En

  4 Read All About It! Ripper News and Sensation in Victorian Society

  5 The Bitter Cry of Outcast London: Poverty, Charity and the Fear of Revolution

  6 City of Dreadful Delights: Vice, Prostitution and Victorian Society

  7 Crime and the Criminal Class in Late Victorian London

  8 Watching the Detectives: The Police and the Hunt for Jack the Ripper

  9 London's Shadows: The Darker Side of the Victorian Capital

  Notes

  Bibliography

  Index

  1 `The nemesis of neglect', Punch, September 1888 18

  2 `Is he the Whitechapel murderer?' The Illustrated Police News, September 1888 39

  3 `Useful Sunday literature for the masses' Punch, September 1849 98

  4 `The latest murder, Moonshine, November 1890 105

  5 `The Unemployed and the Police, Moonshine, October 1887
136

  6 `The real starver of the poor - John Bull vainly endeavors to relieve the distress, Fun, November

  7 `Whitechapel, 1888; Punch, October 1888 173

  8 `Military drill v. police duty', Funny Folks, September 1888 213

  9 `The dynamite explosions in London, The Graphic, January 1885 219

  10 `Blind-man's buff', Punch, September 1888 222

  7.1 Hearings at Thames Police Court, January 1887-December 1887 (Court Register 1) 176

  7.2 The nature of assault prosecutions at the Thames Police Court by summons, January to December 18

  7.3 Trials at the Old Bailey, 1850-1899 186

  7.5 Property offences at the Old Bailey, 1850-1899 by percentage occurrence 189