, 1872-10-20

| vast number Of forms, some Of which NAV
! attempt to Indicate
.sHAy-BoArs ON THE THAMES
| floating to London IL the moonlight. with the
| dome Of ST. Paurs seen through thin mist, and
With forest of mastg on either side.-s te first
of the series which gets aay hold upon thoatten-
| ton. 4
" NIGHT SCENE At THE DocEs'
their way to spot at which their laboris secured
at q wretched rate. The docks are full Of char
acter. The "laborers" have amongst them
men Of various nationalities, and Of ali the social
! grades. Prodigal sons constantly end as dock
faborers Of, At least, have 3 taste OF that e1-
number would be found among the forlorn c1ea-
lures stretched on beds, with their heads to the
wall, inn
..s1snE,9a1gezh 2ss5. Y ICE =.
peeregrinations was one to refuge Of that kind,
TO which was invited BY the excellent people
who maintained it. There we're shiftless, idle
vagabonds, doubtless; hut there were also VIC
root to cover their heads. Dore does not repre-
sent more than the outward discomfort. The
sketch is general, and gives fair idea Of tho
scene.
No wonder the artist fingers
and seeks again and again to give Us g1impses Of
the Thames through tangles Of chains. aud
shafts. and ropes. aud cranes: Of crowded lanes.
with balss and boxes Swinging VI atevezy height ii
t6 6 ar aeS eeP g ang
low and dark, With streak Of silver liver water ] seen
through the stacks of goods beyond, and bales
suspended like spiders from their web; q
crooked, narrow street, with cranes over every
window, and tie sky netted with ropes, as from
the deck Of q brig; faring public-house,
with lively sailors party, issuing from brace
Of cabs; q breakdown, frinped by q crowd Of
adyisers closed. erass-groSn chnrchyard. With
ancient tombstopes living at ali angles. ike a
witch'a fangs. 10 gives Us
Bm1xosoArE,
where the mir is filled with the mingled odorg Of
fruit and fish. The herring merchant contends,
in this Araby, with the Wholesale vendor
depths, in which hasty men are
EATING as Dora GAYS sson their
thnmha ~ roonv ancien fiah warehouses and
frnit stores on the north. and onlv fisb every
where On the south; pyramids Of :hah:baakets
tint TocfeTstinp ] SWEARING and ar1;;nn Nhnt
hurrying, every One. Dore Lights 19'; npon ;places
onIy he high points Of which the sun ever
hits. and sketches them. He stops at the
wnrkIess of worI,-a-dav London. and they are
down, too, in his marvellous book. There is also
tho baked-potato man: tho water-c1ess girl:
the pale Workfolk. who fit to aud fro the
J..1 a IL,
Penny-lce oea1ef 1ne oplnm-snokets me oI9-
clotnes nes man, cnnaren lomnE aoous upon nis
Greasy treasure 9,' .nl1 Mmie ae:.a ne: WIZ VILE
ni6 neaFy silver spectacles -Po1sea upon
item and estimates it to q farthing. Strange
contrasts meet IN 1hese regions. Inc captain OF
tne inaamen elnows % me sweater Sc e. tfom the ne
clotnes-mart mar and the fagln OF tne tsaaad%en
renee. Nlthin sieht OF home-salnng neets, the
neeo.leWoman, m ~. % VINO Pe1s togeeneE @ G cheap nhety
Tor the SUNDAY wear OF the s1op-poy, "orks her
nea1t ou1:
1ore tr1es ms nano, ZOO, upon 1he
TOWN or MALr,
the massive drays, the prodlg1ous draymen
aIrayed IN their leather, and the whole domain
OF nre"er, covering an acre or land, and COM
Prislng several streets, pradSed by light iron
oIauges. " Me are no5, n. SAD 4 ". Johnson, as
e1Ie95or 10 19e brewer, Ih1ale; 70 seu parcel
~ poiete nuu saso, 9ut tne poten!1anty ol grow
lug 3Gn peyono tne oleaAeoa aVarlce'
sra sHatcbsa ~ ASo t5a a1aata OF
leai1ul N lts poVerty ana CRIME, ana YET NUN,
oe1ing .ts nnaoitaots 1 It Is sa!a oy me hundred
tnousann. MOI long age, frlnce Cha1!es bona