Chapter III: Part II: Commencement of the Crusade

Work begun 48 Letter to _The Standard_ and _Daily Chronicle_ 51 Leading Article in _The Standard_ 53 Correspondence in _The Standard_ 59 Mr. Leland's Letter, &c., &c. 60 My Reply 66 _Leicester Free Press_ 69 Article in _The Derby Daily Telegraph_ 70 ,, _The Figaro_ 73 Letter in _The Daily News_ 75 Mr. Gorrie's Letter 78 My Reply 79 Leading Article in _The Standard_ 82 _May's Aldershot Advertiser_ 87 Article in _Hand and Heart_ 90 Article in _The Illustrated London News_ 91 Leading Article in _The Daily News_ 92 Social Science Congress Paper 95 Article in _Birmingham Daily Mail_ 102 ,, _The Weekly Dispatch_ 106 ,, _The Weekly Times_ 109 ,, _The Croydon Chronicle_ 117 ,, _Primitive Methodist_ 119 ,, _Illustrated London News_ 121 ,, _The Quiver_ 126 Letter in _Daily News_ and _Chronicle_ 127 Article in _Christian World_ 129 ,, _Sunday School Chronicle_ 132 ,, _Unitarian Herald_ 134 ,, _Weekly Times_ 135

Part III.

THE TREATMENT THE GIPSIES HAVE RECEIVED IN THIS COUNTRY.

The Social History of our Country 142 Acts of Parliament concerning the Gipsies 145 Treatment of the Gipsies in Scotland, Spain, and Denmark 150 Efforts put forth to improve their Condition 155 His Majesty George III. and the Dying Gipsy 161 Mr. Crabb at Southampton in 1827 164 Fiction and the Gipsies 166 Hubert Petalengro's Gipsy Trip to Norway 169 Esmeralda's Song 174 George Borrow's Travels in Spain 177 Romance and Poetry about the Gipsies 183 Dean Stanley's Prize Poem 190

Part IV.

GIPSY LIFE IN A VARIETY OF ASPECTS.

Persecution, Missionary Efforts, and Romance 192 The Gipsy Contrast and _Punch_ 193 Gipsy Slang 195 Rees and Borrow's Description of the Gipsies 199 Leland among the Russian Gipsies 201 Burning a Russian Fortune-teller 203 A Welsh Gipsy's Letter 208 Ryley Bosvil and his Poetry: a Sad Example 213 My Visit to Canning Town Gipsies 220 Article in _The Weekly Times_ 222 My Son's Visit to Barking Road 227 Mrs. Simpson, a Christian Gipsy 228