This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Ruthven Encounters a Street Child at the City Court
The dramatic novelist Ruthven attends a crowded police court where a starving girl Peg O Reilly, aged about thirteen in looks, is charged with stealing three onions. Ruthven observes the scene with compassion as the magistrate scorns hunger as a defense and questions the girl’s guardians and vaccination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kad
Ruthven
Hamilton
Shore
Strand
London
Lord Lupton
Cissy Vanilla
Mrs. Flutterley
Signora Scandalati
Peccadillo Street
Peg O'Reilly
A. B