# Household words, No. 21, August 17, 1850

Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 [Editor]

Genre: English literature -- Periodicals

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78191

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Household+words%2C+No.+21%2C+August+17%2C+1850+Dickens&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The unblushing individual who inflated the first bubble prospectus in the early days of Railway scheming must regard, if he be still in existence (and we have good reason to believe that he lives, a prosperous gentleman), with superlative amazement the last Report of Her Majesty’s Railway Commissioners.

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-21-august-17-1850-78191/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-21-august-17-1850-78191/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-21-august-17-1850-78191/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-21-august-17-1850-78191/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-21-august-17-1850-78191/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-21-august-17-1850-78191/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-21-august-17-1850-78191/chapters/7/index.md)