The Greatest Plague of Life, or The Adventure of a Lady in Search of a Good Servant (Illustrated Edition)

📘 Brothers Augustus (1826-75) and Henry (1812-87) Mayhew were both journalists and authors who wrote several books in collaboration with one another, including this humourous work first published in 1847 which includes 12 full-page illustrations by British caricaturist and book illustrator George Cruikshank (1792-1878). Henry Mayhew was one of the co-founders of the satirical magazine Punch in 1841, and also an advocate of social reform. His extensive series of articles in the Morning Chronicle were later compiled into the book series London Labour and the London Poor (1851), a groundbreaking and influential survey into the city's poor.