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1. What are the six categories the author separated the London street people into and how did these street people generally earn their living?

Author Henry Mayhew separated London street people into six categories: sellers, buyers, finders, performers, artisans and laborers. All of these were unlicensed entrepreneurs with no fixed place of business, who conducted their trade on the sidewalks or streets of England's greatest city.

2. What types of generalizations did Mayhew make about the London street people and how did this reflect Victorian thinking on industrialization?

Mayhew made sweeping generalizations about the different types of street people, and often relied on stereotypes. For example, he claimed that all blind musicians were highly religious while all "mechanics" or skilled laborers were melancholy, suffering from chronic depression. This reflected the Victorian belief that machines, cities and industrialization in general were unhealthy, at least for the lower classes.

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