CHAPTER XVIII.

Circus Slang—Its Peculiarities and Derivation—Certain 305–318 Phrases used by others of the Amusing Classes—Technicalities of the Circus—The Riders and Clowns of Dickens—Sleary’s Circus—Circus Men and Women in Fiction and in Real Life—Domestic Habits of Circus People—Dress and Manners—The Professional Quarter of the Metropolis

CIRCUS LIFE

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CIRCUS CELEBRITIES.

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