The True History of Tom & Jerry

The True History of Tom & Jerry - or, The Day and Night Scenes, of Life in London from the Start to the Finish!

One notable effect of Life in London, particularly in its dramatised form must be recorded. It broke the heart of poor Billy Waters, the one-legged musical negro, who died in St. Giless workhouse, whispering with his ebbing breath, a mild anathema, which sounded very much like: Cuss him, dam TommeTomme Jerry! Poor Billy endeavoured, up to the period of his last illness, to obtain for a wife and two children what he termed, An honest living by scraping de cat-gut! by which he originally collected considerable sums of money at the West-end of the town, where his ribbon-decked cocked hat and feathers, with the grin on his countenance, and sudden turn and kick out of his wooden limb, and other antics and efforts to please, excited much mirth and attention, and were well rewarded from the pockets of John Bull. THE True History OF TOM AND JERRY; OR, The Day and Night Scenes, OF LIFE IN LONDON From the START to the FINISH! With a Key to the Persons and Places, Together with a Vocabulary and Glossary of the Flash and Slang Terms, occuring in the course of the work. BY CHARLES HINDLEY, Editor of The Old Book Collectors Miscellany; or, a Collection of Readable Reprints of Literary Rarities Works of John Taylorthe Water Poet, The Roxburghe Ballads, The History of the Catnach Press, The Curiosities of Street Literature, The Book of Ready Made Speeches, Life and Times of James Catnach, late of the Seven Dials, Ballad Monger, Tavern Anecdotes and Sayings, etc. London: CHARLES HINDLEY, 41, Booksellers Row, St. Clement Danes, Strand, W.C. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 43504
Author: Egan, Pierce
Release Date: Aug 19, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Hindley, Charles, -1893, Moncrieff, W. T. (William Thomas), 1794-1857

Illustrator: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 , Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856