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Privately reprinted 1999
The Curse Upon Mitre Square: A.D. 1530 - 1888
John Francis Brewer
Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1888
Lovell Company [New York], 1889
72pp. Reprinted 1999.
Ebook version published 2002.

Casebook Review:


Bizarre and sensationalistic booklet written in the midst of the Ripper crimes, suggesting links between the Catherine Eddowes murder and others in the Mitre Square vicinity during the previous three centuries. A curiosity at best.

Image of the American Lovell Company edition courtesy of www.hollywoodripper.com




Related pages:
  John Francis Brewer
       Message Boards: Curse Upon Mitre Square: A.D. 1530-1888 
       Press Reports: Penny Illustrated Paper - 3 November 1888 
       Press Reports: Star - 9 November 1888 
  Mitre Square
       Official Documents: Mitre Square - Census Listings 
       Press Reports: Boston Daily Globe - 10 December 1888 
       Press Reports: City Press - 1 December 1888 
       Press Reports: City Press - 28 November 1888 
       Press Reports: Echo - 10 October 1888 
       Press Reports: Evening News - 1 October 1888 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 13 November 1888 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 20 December 1865 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 29 November 1894 
       Victims: Catherine Eddowes 
       Victorian London: Mitre Square