Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 427

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Title: Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 427 Volume 17, New Series, March 6, 1852

Author: Various

Editor: Robert Chambers and William Chambers

Release Date: December 8, 2005 [EBook #17256]

Language: English

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CHAMBERS' EDINBURGH JOURNAL

CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS, EDITORS OF 'CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE,' 'CHAMBERS'S EDUCATIONAL COURSE,' &c.

No. 427. NEW SERIES. SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1852. PRICE 1½ _d._

THE CHARITABLE CHUMS' BENEFIT CLUB.

The 'Mother Bunch' public-house stands modestly aside from the din, traffic, and turmoil of a leading London thoroughfare, and retires, like a bashful maiden, from the gaze of a crowd to the society of its own select circle. It is situated in a short and rather narrow street, leading from an omnibus route running north from the city to nowhere in particular--or, if particulars must be given, to that complicated assemblage of carts, cabs, and clothes-lines; of manure heap

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