, 1873-03-09
in the warehouses;, pawnbrokers' shops, prisons,
and slums Of that great metropolis.
sPESNT-AwTrer

" PESNT-AwfU1sn
1s his subject. Penny-Awfu1, it must be AZ.
planned, is one OF those fnnunerable pestlentia1
publications which recount, for the delect,tio,
of the Juvenile s!reet-Arabs of London all tht
careers of crime Which the imagination ar thf
police records afford:
It il not difficult to trace back tha ~v41 In ,o+
t.a ol1gn" AZ teass quarter Of century ago it oc
10 aisfE Pnefie,tion sGn,
financially great SUCCESS. This excited tha ~
pidtty Of other speculatoEs in whose eyes
OF It's value though 50 begrimed viii nsst
ed weekly "penorshs" that should be "a ssynrv ~
the morbid tastes Of tho young and ignorant "a te
1snowned oa bsi1ey chronlelo ITSELF Tho task wss BY
no meang difficult one when was found the enrit
to set about It, The NeTgate Calendar was ts sfter
all but dry and Legal record Of tho trials Of rornea
at most in addition, brief aketch of the conytced
onea previous career, and few observations on hts
most remarkable a. M esplois After ~ there really
education and intellect love in book is romance.
Here then was grand aeld! What could be eaaier
and redip inthe most vivid scarlet and weave Into
# the rainbow hues of nson7 What was there @ that
Dnvai, :and Me- Richard rurpip and c,ldea %hieh
the Calendar readera SO .groedilv dovoured,
out ooassue might ses, b. ads ssro
when the professional romancemongcr, with tho VIC
TINS all for an inkstand, for Ink and tho as
| o*+oaAA4 O"66SA E.
| tozics7 Inc great thing to ahow what the New
gate Calendar had failed to show It was ali very well
thieves the thing do was to make It clear that rea
ing was an honorable business, and that ali theyes
persons to be respected on account at eaat Of
the rsks they ran and the pers they dangy faced
In the pursuit Of their ordinary calling Again in
recording the achievements Of robbers of superior
he slo5sss Of ~ III Ssh~sy 1s sESis V!snE Eess ese
| istence, whereas AZ was well known
Ike Mr. TuYtln INV phf
just cndleas round Of daring, dashng adventure
e bs s41 eu r
th1t could not b TOO generally Known that Fosaea
fair and that sweethearts ere 20 true to each
other and enjoy such una1loysd felicity. gentlemen
Of The stamp Of csp Frsbrand who lace ruiles
aud aGects horror for tho low operation OF cutting
professional thing to send bullet whizing into
human skulD and bu1on', fascinating Molly ca:purse
Mr. Greenwood gives passage from ono Of
these Ponny-Awfuls, to show the nature OF their
tea chings:
"WAat's the good o being honest :" is the mcra1
sentiment that the PennyAwful author puts into tlo
on.a 9 e hs her: Joe e !; FL IN hs dssahe
good Of being honest ?" says Joc Who is presiding a
banquet consulting Of he richest meats, and a.
esns and rhs hens, s na i tso ona
who slaves from morning til night for haf bcllyful
casa Shoes that don't Keep lis toes out out Of The % mud
and ali that be may be called good boy and haye =
slfas s,r &c oud aughteE and cries q
a-growtng in ms I'd pson tho blessed thing" more
sS peat9 of hs bsn1 e
aweete,rts, and TINT Kind Of fun, and I'll got BY max
HS.a ,2s aR in peS4e sas,a III
his glass in his hand Ton finger Of which there
spa5ted valuable bic rms part Of the produce Of the
well that them ours and mkaops, the honest boys Of
London do rot know what joly, easy, devilmay-
have many ot tain to our Inc tha Il would % be
bad for the trade."
It may % asked. who arc the "authors," the tai
ented gentlemen who find 1t labor of love to dis
doings Of iexd women and "fsst" men, and Of The The
ntng and the victinizng Of the innocent and
Pectins7 AZ, who are they : Few things would
. hundred thousand or so Of those VINO waate their
time and money In the purchase and pe-usal Penny
Awfns and exhibit to them the sort Or is whose
hands is entrusted the preparation Of the precious
haahes. Before such an exhibition could take pl.ce,
howsvHr,, a,, fer dseency,s sake, r. should BE-
end shave bis neglected muzzie: likewise II should @
probably have to and him to wear md very pos
proprietor does not treat him literally 70 be sure be
L not worthy Of great amount Of consadezat1on be-
has been brought to his present degraded state By
bis own mtsdoinEs Az for talent, he has none At an
never had nothing more than nero accidental liter
b 6 pas 81 a9tnc eg
order docs d3e osaa " @rie9
Either he has lodgings In some dirty court coao .;
Or % I e s0tea IL a ugs eaa
he proprietor viaits him. and they have pot Of ale
nd dsa pes togshtee@ M @ 91o in bis splendid s1
ak over the ue1t number Of Selma the seduced
md very often there heard violent language that
mora aavor in the next batch 81 COPY than ths
ast, aud the meek author beseeching little respect
aaney hs bis as Too s
Ibont it" says he, only bear this in mind. know
that goes down best With e.n and what's most Eelish
,e1t number, III knock OF hnlfa-erown, and make
he t1p for the week six instead Of
Henry Holbeach FeviewE
am. DARw1ys LAST BOOB,
Expression In Man and Animals, /" and draws
udicrous picture, at Mr.. Darwin's expense, OF
he manner in which be made his "eeveral
'oung children the subjects Of scientific obser-
alton:
In one place Mr. Darwins words clearly imply that
kept note-book In which he recorded his ideas Of
assng expressions on the faces Of hts own infants
1act dates at which they first smiled, aobbed shed
mrs. How many children he has is question whi=h
rn amable iraniaess SIX almost invites % speculation
g, for example, on p:ge 2a7: "severa1 years ago,
.g x1' e3s s1g .Szs.s y ;sns aoss s<' .o%sbink r
,gethor the ground but the distance great
or me to ask what they about Therefore throw
p my open hands with extended fingers sboye my |
ed aud as soon as had done this became con-
:ious Of the action then waited, without saying
ord, to sea II my children had nnderstood this ges-
1Eo and Is they came running TO me they cried out
[rs Parttngton said, Il" It's wonderful wcrld-my
usband knowed q woman hsd eighteen children IN
70 yesrs, five children in eighteen ycars mint
Ire which," And certainly these words sereral Of
young children" do suggest brood large enough
furnish ample field of investigation Tor IN n y
uiring mind. There Is nothing really and finally :
crous In ones akng notes OF the facts nearest to
>, and using them for scientific purposes. took Il
lch notes when was u boy, and yet possess the r.
'cors Of them, but could not do it now and find
cannot help laughing At other peoples doing it, The
:sder may be amused by some illustrative extracts
ON Mr. Darw1n's volume:
Page 60. 1t is curous how early in Ito the nodn
ton Of the voice becomes expressive With any OF
children under the age Of two years. clearly per- e
lived that his huruph Of assent vas rendered by =
light modulatton strongly emphatic; and that BY II
eculiar whine his negative expressed Obstinate deter II
inatiou." t
Page 1853. "Infants, whilst young do not ehed u
ars weep, il wolf known to nurses aud medical p
en Thfs circumstance ia not exclusively due to the u
crymal glands being yet incapable Of secreting 10
hrst noticed this fact from having accident
" TOh coat the q