Henry Mayhew Quotes
Advice to persons about to marry - don't.
Citations
Mayhew, Henry. Punch's Almanack for 1845. Vol. 8, Punch Office, 1845, p. 1.
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Henry Mayhew was a journalist, playwright, and advocate of reform. He was one of the co-founders of the satirical magazine Punch in 1841, and was the magazine's joint editor, with Mark Lemon, in its early days. He is also known for his work as a social researcher, publishing an extensive series of newspaper articles in the Morning Chronicle that was later compiled into the book series London Labour and the London Poor (1851), a groundbreaking and influential survey of the city's poor.