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CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER I.
Position - Population-Historical Summary- Local Divisions-Local Management-Public Works-Supply of Food-Supply of Water-Drinking Fountains-Drainage— Fires-Police-Gas-lighting-Cemeteries-Meteorology
CHAPTER II
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HOTELS-LODGINGS RESTAURANTS and DINING ROOMS--Coffee Houses—
Hackney Carriages-Tolls-Omnibus Routes
CHAPTER III.
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RAILWAY STATIONS-Electric Telegraph Companies-Commissionaires
Parcels Delivery Company-Patents-Foreign Money
CHAPTER IV.
43-52
ROYAL PALACES IN LONDON.-Buckingham Palace-St. James'
Palace-Marlborough House-Whitehall-Kensington Palace . 53
CHAPTER V.
THE TOWER.-History-Traitor's Gate-Wakefield Tower-Horse
Armoury-White Tower-Salt Tower-Jewel House-Regalia
-Martin Tower-New Barracks-Tower Chapel-Beauchamp
Tower-Bell Tower-Lieutenant's Lodgings
CHAPTER VI.
THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND WESTMINISTER HALL
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73
CHAPTER VII.
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL-WESTMINSTER ABBEY-CHURCHES AND
CHAPELS.
81
CHAPTER VIII.
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC OFFICES.-General Post
Office-Mint-Somerset House-Treasury Buildings-Horse
Guards-Admiralty-Burlington House-Trinity House-
Heralds' College
CHAPTER IX.
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.-Bank of England-Royal Exchange-
Stock Exchange-Custom House-Coal Exchange
CHAPTER X.
MUSEUMS.-British Museum-Museum of College of Surgeons-
Museum of Practical Geology-United Service Museum-India
Museum-Missionary Museum
CHAPTER XI.
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137
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SOCIETIES CONNECTED WITH SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS.—
Royal Society-Royal College of Physicians-Society of Anti-
quaries-Society of Arts-Royal Academy of Arts-Royal In-
stitution - Linnæan Society-Geological Society-Royal Geo-
graphical Society - Royal Asiatic Society, Sion College-
Institution of Civil Engineers-Royal Institute of British Archi-
tects-Royal Society of Literature-Royal Agricultural Society
-Smithfield Club-Libraries
169
CHAPTER XII.
GARDENS BELONGING TO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES.-Royal Horticul-
tural Society's Gardens-Royal Botanic Society's Gardens,
Regent's Park Zoological Gardens
CHAPTER XIII.
PUBLIC PICTURE GALLERIES.-National Gallery-South Kensington
Museum-Soane Museum-National Portrait Gallery-Annual
Exhibitions of Pictures, etc.
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185
CHAPTER XIV.
PRIVATE MANSIONS AND PICTURE GALLERIES.-Apsley House-
Argyle House-Bridgewater House-Chesterfield House-
Devonshire House-Grosvenor House-Holland House-Lam-
beth Palace-Lansdowne House-Northumberland House-
Stafford House-Other Private Galleries .
CHAPTER XV.
CLUBS.-Army and Navy Club-Athenæum Club-Carlton Club-
City Club-Conservative Club-Garrick Club-Guards' Club-
Junior United Service Club-Oriental Club-Oxford and Cam-
bridge Club-Reform Club-Travellers' Club-Union Club-
United Service Club-University-White's-Brooks'-Boodle's
-Chess Clubs
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205
CHAPTER XVI.
THEATRES, CONCERT ROOMS, AND PLACES OF PUBLIC AMUSEMENT.
-Adelphi Theatre-Astley's Amphitheatre-Covent Garden
Theatre-Drury Lane Theatre-Haymarket Theatre-Her Ma-
jesty's Theatre-Lyceum Theatre-Marylebone Theatre-Olym-
pic Theatre-Pavilion Theatre-Princess' Theatre-Sadler's
Wells Theatre-Standard Theatre-Surrey Theatre-Victoria
Theatre-Exeter Hall, St James' Hall, etc.-Polytechnic Insti-
tution-Tussaud's Exhibition of Wax-works, etc.-Bazaars
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CHAPTER XVII.
The City Corporation-Guildhall-Mansion House-City Companies
and their Halls
219
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE THAMES: ITS ORIGIN, TIDES, ETC.-Port of London-On the
River from Chelsea to Hungerford-From Hungerford to London
Bridge From London Bridge to Greenwich-River Steamers . 233
CHAPTER XIX.
THE BRIDGES.-Battersea Park Bridge - Blackfriars' Bridge—
Charing Cross Bridge-Lambeth Bridge-London Bridge-
Southwark Bridge - Vauxhall Bridge - Waterloo Bridge--
New Westminster Bridge-The Tunnel
243
CHAPTER XX.
THE DOCKS.-Commercial Docks-East India Docks-London
Docks-St. Katherine's Docks-Surrey Docks-West India
Docks-Victoria Docks
249
CHAPTER XXI.
THE COURTS OF LAW.-Civil Courts-The Lord Chancellor and
the Courts of Chancery-Courts of Queen's Bench, the Common
Pleas, and the Exchequer-Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council-County Courts-Criminal Courts-Central Criminal
Courts-Old Bailey-Middlesex Sessions House
CHAPTER XXII.
INNS OF COURT.-Lincoln's Inn-The Inner Temple-Gardens-
Church-The Middle Temple-Old Hall-New Library-Gray's
Inn-Minor Inns
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CHAPTER XXIII.
CRIMINAL PRISONS.-Bridewell-Holloway Prison-Coldbath Fields
Prison-Middlesex House of Detention-Millbank Prison-New-
gate-Pentonville Prison-Debtors' Prisons
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, HOSPITALS, ETC.-Chelsea Hospital-
Foundling Hospital-General Hospitals for Diseases-St. Bar-
tholomew's-St. Thomas'-University College-Westminster—
Charing Cross-Great Northern-St. George's-Guy's-King's
College-St. Mary's-Middlesex-Royal Free Hospital-Hos-
pitals for Special Diseases-Bethlehem Hospital-Cancer Hos-
pital-Consumption Hospitals-Fever Hospital-St. Luke's-
Ophthalmic-Orthopedic-Small Pox-Spinal Hospitals
CHAPTER XXV.
EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS.-Charter-House-Christ's Hospital
-Gresham College-King's College and School - Merchant
Tailors' School-New College-St. Paul's School-Westminster
School-University College-University of London
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CHAPTER XXVI.
PUBLIC MARKETS.-Covent Garden-Floral Hall-Smithfield-Bil-
lingsgate-Metropolitan Cattle Market-Tattersall's
CHAPTER XXVII.
Breweries and other Industrial Establishments
CHAPTER XXVIII.
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THE PARKS.-Battersea Park-The Green Park-Hyde Park-Ken-
sington Gardens-St. James' Park-Kennington Park-Vic-
toria Park
295
CHAPTER XXIX.
PRINCIPAL STREETS IN THE CITY.-Fleet Street-Temple Bar-
Ludgate Hill and Street-St. Paul's Churchyard-Chancery
Lane-Holborn-Newgate Street-Aldersgate Street-Cheap-
side, and the Poultry-Streets by the Bank of England-Moor-
gate Street, and Finsbury-Threadneedle Street-Cornhill-
Bishopsgate Street and Crosly Hall-Lombard Street-Fenchurch
Street-King William Street-London Stone-Old City Mansion 303
CHAPTER XXX.
PRINCIPAL STREETS AND SQUARES WEST OF THE CITY.-Tra-
falgar Square-The Strand-Lincoln's-Inn Field-Leicester
Square-Whitehall-Westminster-Pall Mall-St. James' Street
Piccadilly-Bond Street-Regent Street-Oxford Street.
CHAPTER XXXI.
COLUMNS AND STATUES IN THE OPEN AIR.-Monument-Nelson
Column-York Column-Westminster Column-Statues
CHAPTER XXXII.
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EXCURSIONS INTO THE ENVIRONS OF LONDON.-Greenwich-Wool-
wich-Crystal Palace-Dulwich Picture Gallery-Epsom-Kew-
Gardens-Richmond-Hampton Court-Windsor Castle . 341