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Half a crown buys an itinerant beggar's story of his life: leaving a snug English farm for Victoria's gold fields he makes money for a time, spending it freely and eventually marrying. His luck runs out, his house burns down, his wife dies and he starts to drink. He turns to begging but does not make a good living until he is lamed by being run over by a cart when drunk. His tale includes vignettes of other well-known beggars in Melbourne and throughout Victoria. Very interesting in parts; competent throughout. (PB)
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