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Watchmen (Cassell's Family Paper, 1860)

Men Who Face Death: The Postman (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1875)

Police 'Prentices, by G.F. Millin (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1875)
What it takes to become a London "Bobby".

Workers by Night, by George Manville Fenn (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1877)
London's night workers, including bricklayers, sweepers, Thames police patrols, firemen, cabmen and more.

Clerkships in the Customs (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1878)

Appointments in the Excise (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1879)

The Government Telegraph Service, by J. Munro (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1879)

The Lower Division of the Civil Service (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1879)

How I Obtained My Appointment, by A Lady Civil Servant (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1893)
Tips for women on obtaining a Civil Service clerkship.

People Who Face Death: Firemen, by A.E. Bonser (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1894)

How the Other Half Lives: The Policeman, by Wilfred Wemley (English Illustrated Magazine, 1895A)

How a Girl Can Train for a Sanitary Inspectorship, by Josepha Crane (Girl's Own Paper, 1896)
This article is particularly intriguing for the syllabus of courses and topics covered under the umbrella of "sanitary inspection." (Health and Safety is not a totally modern innovation!)

Women Clerkships in the Civil Service (Girl's Own Paper, 1901)
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