ABSTRACT

InmylastLetterIcommencedanaccountofthestreetperformersand showmen.Therearealargeclassofindividuals,Isaid.whoobtaintheir livingintheopenair.Somesellsomething-othersperformorshow something-othersdosomething(assweepcrossings,deliverbills,hold horses,carryboards,&c.)- andothers,again,mendormakesomethingbywayofgainingasubsistence.TheftrstareHucksters,orstreet tradesmen;thesecondareMountebanks,orstreetperformers;thethird WorkingPedlars,orstreetartisans;andthefourth,streetLabourersor Jobbers.