From Girls' Own Paper - 1888-1889

"'The happiness of London,' says Dr. Johnson, 'is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it.' This is one way of looking at it, and true enough so far as it goes... But there is another side not to be ignored. To many... the first city in the world is a place of hard work, little pay, and still less enjoyment. Victims of pitiless and incessant competition, they are struggling through life with small pleasure in the past and with little hope for the future," writes the author. A classic example, surely, of how little things change?

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