Smells -- The river -- The streets -- The railways -- Buildings -- Practicalities -- Destitution and poverty -- The working class -- The middle class -- The upper class and royalty -- Domestic service -- Houses and gardens -- Food -- Clothes and so on -- Health -- Amusements -- The Great Exhibition -- The Crystal Palace at Sydenham -- Education -- Women -- Crimes and punishments -- Religion -- Death -- Appendices: What you got for your money -- Currency and measurements -- The Retail Price Index, 1840-1870.