Translated anthology of 'London Letters' written by Russian foreign correspondents which makes available for the first time in English the Russian perspective on early twentieth-century London life.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Note on the Text
Note on Monetary Values
List of Abbreviations
Introduction

I. Foreigners in London

Korney Chukovsky, 'On Foreigners'
Korney Chukovsky, 'The British Museum'
Korney Chukovsky, [Anti-Alien Sentiment]
Korney Chukovsky, 'The Union of Peoples'
Korney Chukovsky, 'Whitechapel'
Isaak Shklovsky, 'In the Russian Quarter'

II. London Labour and the London Poor

Korney Chukovsky, 'Beggars in London'
Korney Chukovsky, 'Sandwich Men'
Korney Chukovsky, 'The College Anniversary'
Korney Chukovsky, 'The College Anniversary (Continued)'
Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Whitechapel'
Isaak Shklovsky, from 'The Working Quarter'
Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Richard Kelly'

III. London at Home and at Leisure

Semyon Rapoport, Summary of 'English Workmen at Leisure: A Sketch of Working-class Amusements in London'
Semyon Rapoport, Summary of 'The Story of One Street: The Domestic Life of the Poorest Stratum of the London Population'
Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Frankie'
Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Father Christmas'
Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Mr Muir'
Samuil Marshak, 'At the Children's Exhibition'
Samuil Marshak, 'Under the Railway Bridge'

IV. London Streets and Public Life

Korney Chukovsky, 'The Dog Trial'
Korney Chukovsky, 'Barrack-room Philanthropy'
Korney Chukovsky, 'Spiritualism in England'
Korney Chukovsky, 'Public Meetings in Hyde Park'
Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Sects'
Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Imperialism'
Isaak Shklovsky, from 'An Election'
Isaak Shklovsky, from 'Queen Victoria'
Isaak Shklovsky, from 'The Beck Case'

Bibliography

Index

Edited by Anna Vaninskaya; Translated by Anna Vaninskaya and Maria Artamonova