Sketches of London Life and Character (1849) contains the following: Acrobats by Albert Smith, The Opera by Shirley Brooks, The Street Beggar by Angus B. Reach, The Casino by Albert Smith, Music in the Drawing-Room by John Oxenford, Music in the Streets by Albert Smith, Covent Garden Market by Charles Kenney, The Crossing Sweeper by Albert Smith, Carmen and Coal-Heavers by Thomas Miller, The Orange-Girl by An Old Playgoer, A Sketch From the West-End by Albert Smith, Thieves by James Hannay, A Plate of Heads by Horace Mayhew, Marriage in High Life by Charles Stuart Savile, The Lounger in Regent Street by Angus B. Reach, Easter and Whitsun Holidays by Albert Smith, The Coulisses by Shirley Brooks, The Barmaid by J. Stirling Coyne, Vauxhall by Albert Smith, Fancy-Balls by Robert B. Brough, The Potato-Can by J. Stirling Coyne, Foreign Gentlemen in London by Shirley Brooks and The Parks by Albert Smith.