“Of the thousand millions of human beings that are said to constitute the population of the entire globe, there are—socially, morally, and perhaps even physically considered—but two distinct and broadly marked races, viz., the wanderers and the settlers.”

About Henry Mayhew

Journalist • English

Henry Mayhew was a pioneering English journalist, social researcher, and playwright born in London. He is most famous for co-founding the satirical magazine Punch in 1841 and for his monumental work, London Labour and...