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Excerpt from Midnight Scenes and Social Photographs: Being Sketches of Life in the Streets, Wynds, and Dens of the City The writer of the following Sketches does not wish the reader to imagine that their appearance arises from any supposed literary excellence, but rather because it is presumed they will be found to contain facts and observations not without value on a subject of great and increasing interest, viz., the condition of the poor, and the classes generally inhabiting the lower depths of society. Should the "Photographs" present a tone painfully dark and gloomy, it will be remembered that most of them have been taken by moonlight, from the "night side" of the city. They are not creations of the brain, but so far as the writer's knowledge of the art extends - they are truthful. Highly-wrought pictures, and more exciting incidents, gathered from the experience of a week, month, or year, might have been produced; but as they occurred, so have they been given. With many imperfections, of which no one can be more sensible than the writer, he commits his sketches to the public, hoping they may be the means of deepening the already deep interest felt in the subject of "Life in the Streets, Wynds, and Dens of the City." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.