D, Esq., was the artist for the sketches in the _Illustrated
London News_, and HERBERT JOHNSON, Esq., was the artist for the sketches
in the _Graphic_.

I also tender my warmest thanks to the Press generally for the help
rendered to me during the crusade so far, without which I should have
done but little.

TO THE MOST HONOURABLE
THE PEERS AND MEMBERS
OF THE
HIGH COURT OF PARLIAMENT.

I have taken the liberty of humbly dedicating this work to you, the
object of which is not to tickle the critical ears of ethnologists and
philologists, but to touch the hearts of my countrymen on behalf of the
poor Gipsy women and children and other roadside Arabs flitting about in
our midst, in such a way as to command attention to these neglected,
dark, marshy spots of human life, whose seedlings have been running wild
among us during the last three centuries, spreading their poisonous
influence abroad, not only detrimental to the growth of Christianity and
the spread of civilisation, but to the present and eternal welfare of the
children; and, what I ask for is, that the hand of the Schoolmaster may
be extended towards the children; and that the vans and other temporary
and movable abodes in which they live may be brought under the eye and
influence of the Sanitary Inspector.

Very respectfully yours,
GEORGE SMITH,
_Of Coalville_.

_April_ 30_th_, 1880.

INDEX.

Part I.

RAMBLES IN GIPSYDOM.

PAGE

Origin of the Gipsies and their Names 1
Article in _The Daily News_ 8
The Travels of the Gipsies 9
Acts of Parliament relating to the Gipsies 16
Article in _The Edinburgh Review_ 23
,, _The Saturday Review_ 25
Professor Bott on the Gipsies 29
The Changars of India 32
The Doms of India 33
The Sanseeas of India 35
The Nuts of India