Contents: Vol. 1. Introduction and preface, The age of inquiry, 1795-1850
Vol. 2. Wandering tribes, 1850-1885
Vol. 3. People of the Abyss, 1885-1910
Vol. 4. The soul of London, 1905-1908, The million peopled city, 1815-1855
Vol. 5. Heathenism at home, 1855-1880. Vol. 6. In darkest England, 1880-1900, Index.
The metropolitan poor : semi-factual accounts, 1795-1910. ISBN 1851965246. Published by Pickering & Chatto in 1999. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.