# Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 727, December 1, 1877

Author: Various; Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 [Editor]; Chambers, William, 1800-1883 [Editor]

Genre: Chambers's Edinburgh Journal

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51784

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## Summary

In walking through any part of the metropolis--be it in the City, the West End, or any part of the suburbs north or south--you will, especially if early in the day, see men with wheeled trucks drawn by donkeys, and laden with fish, vegetables, or other articles for sale to the inhabitants. Rough as they are in appearance, and poor as may be their commercial outset, these are a useful class of persons; and looking to the vastness of the population crowded within a wide but yet limited space, one has a difficulty in knowing how the ordinary life of many individuals could get on without them. A small town could manage pretty well with a few shops. But in the metropolis, in which there are no...

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/chambers-s-journal-of-popular-literature-science-and-art-no-727-05e16e41/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/chambers-s-journal-of-popular-literature-science-and-art-no-727-05e16e41/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/chambers-s-journal-of-popular-literature-science-and-art-no-727-05e16e41/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/chambers-s-journal-of-popular-literature-science-and-art-no-727-05e16e41/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/chambers-s-journal-of-popular-literature-science-and-art-no-727-05e16e41/chapters/5/index.md)