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VOICES OF DAWN[1]

A dreadful sound is in his ears. — Job xv, 21.

There have never been so many fruit-peddlers and viand-peddlers of all sorts as at the present time — an encouraging sign of prosperity and the active circulation of money.

With the first glow of sunlight the street resounds with their cries; and, really, the famous "Book of London Cries" contains

  1. Item, July 22, 1881.