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| Bankside in 1648 | [Frontispiece] |
| Strand Cross, 1547 | [61] |
| Courtyard of an Old Tavern | [81] |
| A Barber's Shop in 1492 | [119] |
| Whitehall in the Reign of James I. | [137] |
| Old House in Southwark | [141] |
| The Strand, 1660 | [143], [144] |
| Whitefield's Tabernacle, 1736 | [147] |
| Gorleston Pier | [155] |
| The Lifeboat | [177] |
| The Champs-Élysées | [219] |
LONDON'S ENCHANTMENT
I want the hum of my working brothers—
London bustle and London strife.
H. S. Leigh.
Let them that desire "solitary to wander o'er the russet mead" put on their clump boots and wander.
I prefer the Strand.
The Poet's customary meadow with its munching sheep and æsthetic cow, his pleasing daisies and sublimated dandelions, his ecstatic duck and blooming plum tree, are all very well in their way; but there is more human interest in Seven Dials.