The Newgate garland; or, Flowers of hemp ; being a choice noosegay gathered in the pleasant fields of such canting and flash literature as was written from approximately the hanging of those accomplished burkers, Messrs. Bishop and Williams, to the execution of that discreet practitioner, Thomas Neill, alias Cream, including all the verses known to be extant of that rare spirit, Jack Fireblood, who ... was, at the early age of twenty-seven, sacrificed to prejudice, at Edinburgh, 1841 / To all of which is added an anonymous but authentic Autobiography of a thief, written during the 'seventies in thieves' and prison slang. The whole diligently assembled and set forth for the delight of the family and the benefit of the public by W.L. Hanchant.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanchant, Wilfred Lewis
Other Authors: Martin, Theodore, 1816-1909
Language:English
Published: London : D. Harmsworth, 1932.
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Physical Description:150 pages ; 19 cm
Format: Book

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