![]() From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Horsley, the last Chaplain to Clerkenwell Prison. To all of which is added an anonymous but authentic 'Autobiography of a Thief' written in the late 1870s for the Rev. Sims, Doss Chidderdoss of 'The Pink 'Un' and the celebrated Anon. Reynolds, Bulwer-Lytton, Pierce Egan, Leman Rede, Bon Gaultier, John Labern, W.E. Remove The Newgate garland or flowers of hemp. Among other contributing authors are : Harrison Ainsworth, G.W.M. The Newgate garland or flowers of hemp.etcHanchant W. ![]() ![]() It includes all the verses known to be extant of the celebrated Jack Fireblood, upon the remains of whose projected 'Flowers of Hemp' (the rightful authorship of which is here for the first time properly established) the book is based. The book features a selection of verses from Victorian canting and flash literature and from the popular songs of the period. ![]()
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