According to Steven Marcus, it is virtually the only source for information on London’s houses of prostitution, in which Walter spent many hours. XXX I copied the manu*********** and destroyed the original. He was a book collector, writer, and bibliographer and, from the three volumes he published under his pseudonym Pisanus Fraxi, the expert on erotic books in his day. “Walter” claimed to be a close friend of the barrister in a famous case of the time, which they identify as the case of R v Richard Clarke in 1854. It was first published in a private edition of eleven volumes, at the expense of the author, including an imperfect index, which appeared over seven years beginning around 1888. Out of the aforesaid collection, presenting an amazing account which was first published in 1888,
