CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I]
PAGE
Introduction[1]
[CHAPTER II]
Historical Sketch[21]
[CHAPTER III]
A Walk through the Tower[87]
[CHAPTER IV]
A Walk round the Tower[134]
[CHAPTER V]
Tower Hill[158]
[CHAPTER VI]
Allhallows Barking by the Tower[169]
[INDEX]:[A],[B],[C],[D],[E],[F],[G],[H],[I],[J],[K],[L],[M],[N],[O],[P],[Q],[R],[S],[T],[U],[V],[W],[Y].[215]

When our gallant Norman foes
Made our merry land their own,
And the Saxons from the Conqueror were flying,
At his bidding it arose,
In its panoply of stone,
A sentinel unliving and undying.
Insensible, I trow,
As a sentinel should be,
Though a queen to save her head should come a-suing;
There’s a legend on its brow
That is eloquent to me,
And it tells of duty done and duty doing.

“The screw may twist and the rack may turn,
And men may bleed and men may burn,
On London town and all its hoard
It keeps its solemn watch and ward!”

Within its wall of rock
The flower of the brave
Have perished with a constancy unshaken.
From the dungeon to the block,
From the scaffold to the grave,
Is a journey many gallant hearts have taken.
And the wicked flames may hiss
Round the heroes who have fought
For conscience and for home in all its beauty,
But the grim old fortalice
Takes little heed of aught
That comes not in the measure of its duty.

“The screw may twist and the rack may turn,
And men may bleed and men may burn,
On London town and all its hoard
It keeps its solemn watch and ward!”
Sir William Gilbert.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE
[1.][The White Tower (Keep), with the Lanthorn Tower in the Foreground, from the Tower Bridge][Frontispiece]
[2.][The Byward and Bell Towers, with the King’s House on the right, looking from the Traitor’s Gate][8]
[3.][Top of the Portcullis in Bloody Tower][24]
[4.][Portion of the Armoury, White Tower][40]
[5.][Panorama of the Tower and Greenwich in 1543, by Anthony van den Wyngaerde][48 and 49]
[6.][The Council Chamber in the King’s House][56]
[7.][Gateway of Bloody Tower with entrance to Jewel House (Wakefield Tower)][80]
[8.][Middle Tower (West Front)][90]
[9.][The Traitor’s Gate, from within][98]
[10.][The Bloody Tower and Jewel House (Wakefield Tower), looking East][104]
[11.][Interior of St. John’s Chapel in the White Tower, looking East][112]
[12.][The King’s House from Tower Green][120]
[13.][Principal Room, for State Prisoners, in the Beauchamp Tower][128]
[14.][Chaplain’s House, and Entrance to Church of St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower Green][132]
[15.][Part of a Bastion of Old London Wall, with Clock Tower of the White Tower][136]
[16.][East End of St. John’s Chapel in the White Tower, from Broad Arrow Tower][146]
[17.][The Tower from the Tower Bridge, looking West][150]
[18.][The Tower from Tower Hill][156]
[19.][The Block, Axe, and Executioner’s Mask][166]
[20.][A True and Exact Draught of the Tower Liberties, surveyed in the year 1597 by Gulielmus Haiward and J. Gascoyne][172 and 173]
[21.][The Tower from Great Tower Street (South Porch of Allhallows Barking)][184]
[22.][Church of Allhallows Barking by the Tower (East side of South Aisle)][202]
[Sketch Plan of the Tower at end of Volume.]

THE TOWER OF LONDON