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

Part V.

THE SAD CONDITION OF THE GIPSIES, WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR THEIR
IMPROVEMENT.

Gipsy Beauty and Songsters 237
Gipsy Poetry 239
Smart and Crofton 239
A Little Gipsy Girl's Letter 242
Scotch Gipsies 243
Gipsy Trickery 244
My Visit to the Gipsies at Kensal