CURIOSITIES OF CIVILIZATION.
CURIOSITIES OF CIVILIZATION.
REPRINTED FROM THE
“QUARTERLY” & “EDINBURGH” REVIEWS.
BY
ANDREW WYNTER, M.D.
SEVENTH EDITION.
LONDON:
ROBERT HARDWICKE, 192, PICCADILLY,
AND ALL BOOKSELLERS.
[The Right of Translation is reserved.]
TO THE READER.
The following Essays have been reprinted from the pages of the Quarterlyand Edinburgh Reviews, with the kind permission of their proprietors. Itmay be necessary, however, to state that, with the exception of the paperon the “Mortality in Trades and Professions,” which was published in theEdinburgh Review of January, 1860, the whole of them have appeared inthe Quarterly Review during the last six years. The date of each essayis given in the list of contents; but, where necessary, corrections havebeen made, so as to bring each article up to the knowledge of the presentday.
A. W.
Coleherne Court, Old Brompton.
August, 1860.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE. | |||
| ADVERTISEMENTS | (1855) | 1 | |
| FOOD AND ITS ADULTERATIONS | (1855) | 53 | |
| THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS | (1855) | 93 | |
| RATS | (1857) | 128 | |
| LUNATIC ASYLUMS | (1857) | 150 | |
| THE LONDON COMMISSARIAT | (1854) | 200 | |
| WOOLWICH ARSENAL | (1858) | 245 | |
| SHIPWRECKS | (1858) | 288 | |
| LODGING, FOOD, AND DRESS OF SOLDIERS | (1859) | 325 | |
| THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH | (1854) | 349 | |
| FIRES AND FIRE INSURANCE | (1855) | 401 | |
| THE POLICE AND THE THIEVES | (1856) | 451 | |
| MORTALITY IN TRADES AND PROFESSIONS | (1860) | 499 | |
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