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Mystic London; or, Phases of occult life in the Metropolis

by Charles Maurice Davies

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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"Mystic London; or, Phases of Occult Life in the Metropolis" by Rev. Charles Maurice Davies is an exploration of the various facets of life in late 19th century London, presented as an observational account. The book delves into the underbelly of the metropolis, focusing particularly on its marginalized communities and the struggles they face within a busy urban landscape. It is likely to captivate readers interested in social issues, philanthropy, and the hidden lives of the city's inhabitants." "The opening of the narrative introduces the author’s journey into the grim realities faced by destitute children, who he refers to metaphorically as "London Arabs." He begins his exploration in the Seven Dials area, a notorious part of London, where he encounters ragged school children attending evening classes and adults engaged in various forms of survival amidst poverty. Through his observations at institutions like the Ragged School and Soup Kitchen, he highlights the efforts being made to rescue these "young Arabs" from their dire circumstances, revealing both the challenges and hopeful initiatives aimed at transforming their lives. Davies conveys a blend of sympathy and a call to action for those who can assist in addressing the plight of the city's vulnerable youth." (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology, Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics, Occultism and esotericism, Prophecy, oracles, and revelation, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “occult” and “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the title, “occult” in the description, “Occultism” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Occultism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Occultism”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Occultism”· via Open Library
    • “occult”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “occult”· in title
    • “occult”· in description
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from bavarian-state-library matched “Magie” and “Zauberei”.

    • “Magie”· via Bavarian State Library Digital Collections
    • “Zauberei”· via Bavarian State Library Digital Collections
  • Astrology

    Controlled discovery queries from bavarian-state-library matched “Astrologie”.

    • “Astrologie”· via Bavarian State Library Digital Collections
  • Prophecy, oracles, and revelation

    Controlled discovery queries from bavarian-state-library matched “Weissagungen”.

    • “Weissagungen”· via Bavarian State Library Digital Collections
  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Mysticism”. Retained metadata contains “Mysticism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Mysticism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Mysticism”· via Open Library
    • “Mysticism”· in subject

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Editions

4 editions cataloged here.

HathiTrust catalog record

1875———Public view

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

London: Tinsley Brothers, 1875

1875———Source listed online copy

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

Digitized image count: 424; Extent: 4 Bl. 406 S.; Shelfmark: Phys.m. 39 f

1875London : Tinsley; London : Tinsley Brothers; London Tinsley Brothers; Tinsley; Tinsley BrothersEnglish—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • B3Kat identifier: BV020167649
  • Bavarian State Library shelfmark: Phys.m. 39 f
  • Contributing institution: New York Public Library
  • Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
  • Digitization license: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellcome Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Holding institution or provenance: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • Publication place: London
  • Scanner: google
  • Scanner: ttscribe8.euston.archive.org
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): DA688 .D25
  • Source-reported rights: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="ugc nofollow">This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark</a>
  • Source-reported rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: London: Tinsley Brothers, 1875
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