CONTENTS.
| [THE FIRST PART.] | |
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| [CHAP. I.] | |
IN WHICH THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO SOME OF THE AUTHOR’SFRIENDS.—THE ENGLISHMAN’S CASTLE. | [1] |
| [CHAP. II.] | |
Street Life.—CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MASSES.—FASHIONABLEQUARTERS.—HOW MR. FALCON SAID GOOD BYE TO HIS CUSTOMERS.—THECROSSING IN HOLBORN.—MOSES AND SON.—ADVERTISINGVANS.—THE PUFFING MANIA, ITS PHASES ANDCAUSES. | [12] |
| [CHAP. III.] | |
The Squares.—Lincoln’s Inn. | [25] |
| [CHAP. IV.] | |
Up the Thames.—Vauxhall.—THE RIVER SIDE.—VIEWS OF THERIVER.—THE TIDES.—THE BRIDGES.—THE TEMPLE ANDSOMERSET HOUSE.—ENTRANCE TO VAUXHALL.—BRITISHDECORATIVE GENIUS.—SOMEBODY RUNS AWAY WITH DR.KEIF.—MAGIC.—NELSON AND WELLINGTON.—THE CIRCUS.—THEBURNING OF MOSCOW.—AN EPISODE AT THE TEATABLE. | [31] |
| [CHAP. V.] | |
The Police.—THE LONDON POLICE.—JOURNEY FROM PARIS TOLONDON.—THE POLITICS OF THE FORCE.—ITS MODE OFACTION ILLUSTRATED.—DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE POLICEIN ENGLAND AND ON THE CONTINENT.—DETECTIVES.—ROOKERIES.—THEPOLICEMAN AS A CITIZEN. | [45] |
| [CHAP. VI.] | |
Newgate and its Neighbourhood.—RIVERS UNDER GROUND.—DIVISIONOF LABOUR.—EXECUTIONS.—THE PEOPLE’S FESTIVALS.—PREDILECTIONFOR CRIMINAL CASES.—STATISTICS OFNEWGATE.—PATERNOSTER-ROW.—SMITHFIELD.—SELF-GOVERNMENT,ITS BRIGHT AND DARK SIDES. | [58] |
| [CHAP. VII.] | |
Street Life.—The Post-office.—LONDON AND THE OCEAN.—HOWYOU MAY ATTACK THE REPUTATION OF EITHER.—THEMETROPOLIS “EN NEGLIGÉE.”—THE POST-OFFICE.—THEMODERN LETTER-WRITER.—MONEY ORDERS.—PENNY STAMPS,THEIR USE AND ABUSE.—JOHN BULL AND THE CHANCELLOROF THE EXCHEQUER.—HOW MR. BULL IMPOSES UPON THATRESPECTABLE FUNCTIONARY.—WHAT IS A NEWSPAPER.—THEGREAT HALL OF THE POST-OFFICE AT SIX P.M. | [67] |
| [CHAP. VIII.] | |
Sunlight.—Moonlight.—Gaslight.—THE SUN AND THE LONDONERS.—MYSTERIESOF THE FOG.—HARVEST MOONS.—GAS.—HOWTHE CLIMATE WORKS.—FLANNELS.—ENGLISH DINNERSAND FRENCH THEATRICALS.—CURRENT PHRASES. | [82] |
| [CHAP. IX.] | |
The City Capitol.—THE LORD MAYOR’S RETREAT.—THE NINTHOF NOVEMBER.—CITY PROCESSIONS.—“THE TIMES” AND THECITY.—THE STOCK EXCHANGE.—A PIECE OF SELF-GOVERNMENT.—LLOYD’S.—RETURNTO SIR JOHN, AND SOME OF THEOPINIONS OF THAT WORTHY. | [89] |
| [CHAP. X.] | |
Hyde Park.—PILGRIMAGE TO THE FAR WEST.—OXFORD-STREET.—HYDE-PARKIN THE SEASON.—ROTTEN ROW.—THE DUKEAND THE QUEEN.—THE FRONT OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—DR.KEIF ENTERS, MAKES A SPEECH ON BRITISH LOYALTY,AND EXIT.—THE IRON SHUTTERS OF APSLEY HOUSE.—THEBRITISH GENERAL AND THE RIOTERS. | [103] |
| [CHAP. XI.] | |
The Quarters of Fashion.—THE BEAUTIES OF NATURE.—FASHIONABLEQUARTERS.—LONDON IN 1752.—ST. JAMES’S PALACE.—PASTAND PRESENT.—PALL MALL.—THE LAND OF CLUBS.—MRS.GRUNDY ON THE CLUBS.—ST. JAMES’S PARK.—BUCKINGHAMPALACE.—WATERLOO PLACE.—TRAFALGAR-SQUARE. | [112] |
| [CHAP. XII.] | |
Gentlemen and Foreigners.—ONE OF DR. KEIF’S ADVENTURES.—MANNERSAND CUSTOMS OF OLD ENGLAND.—A NEW ACQUAINTANCE.—ENGLISHFlegeljahre.—THE ORDINANCES OFFASHION.—OUR FRIEND’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.—THE GENTLEMAN’SOCCUPATIONS AND ECCENTRICITIES.—FOREIGNERS.—JOHNBULL ON FOREIGNERS GENERALLY.—STRIFE ANDPEACE. | [121] |
| [THE SECOND PART.] | |
| [CHAP. I.] | |
Down the Thames.—RIVER SCENE AT LONDON BRIDGE.—COLLIERSFROM NEWCASTLE.—THE CUSTOM-HOUSE.—THE POOL.—THEDANGERS OF THE THAMES.—AN ENGLISHMAN AFLOAT.—RE-APPEARANCEOF DR. KEIF AND MR. BAXTER.—BOATINGSCENES.—THE THAMES TUNNEL.—PRIVATE DOCKS.—HOWENGLISHMEN BUILD SHIPS FOR FOREIGNERS.—GREENWICH.—OLDSOLDIERS IN ENGLAND AND GERMANY.—HOTELS ANDPOT-HOUSES.—GREENWICH PARK. | [135] |
| [CHAP. II.] | |
The Theory of Locomotion.—WHEN DOCTORS DISAGREE, ETC.—CLIMATEVARIETIES OF LONDON.—LOCOMOTION.—ITS MODESAND DIFFICULTIES.—RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PEDESTRIANS.—CARRIAGES.—CAB-LAWAND LAWLESSNESS.—CABMENAND WATERMEN.—NOTES OF AN OMNIBUS PASSENGER.—DRIVERSAND CONDUCTORS.—STAGE-COACHES.—METROPOLITANRAILWAYS. | [154] |
| [CHAP. III.] | |
The Quarters of Royalty and Government.—WHITEHALL, PASTAND PRESENT.—DOWNING STREET.—PARIS AND LONDON.—ENGLISHAND FRENCH STATESMEN.—THE DIFFERENCE.—THEADMIRERS OF FRANCE.—ENGLISH RESPECT FOR THE ARISTOCRACY. | [171] |
| [CHAP. IV.] | |
Westminster.—The Parliament.—THE ABBEY.—THE HALL.—ANM.P.’S LIFE.—THE NEW HOUSES.—THEIR STYLE, CORRIDORS,AND LIBRARIES.—THE SUFFERINGS OF THE PUBLIC.—THESPEAKER.—SIR JOHN AND DR. KEIF IN THE GALLERY.—LADIESAND REPORTERS.—THE TABLE OF THE HOUSE.—THESERGEANT-AT-ARMS.—PARLIAMENTARY ETIQUETTE.—THETWO HOUSES.—DISRAELI.—PALMERSTON.—SIR JOHNPRAISETH THE LATTER.—COLONEL SIBTHORP.—LORD JOHNRUSSELL.—PUBLIC SPEAKING IN ENGLAND. | [181] |
| [CHAP. V.] | |
The Periodical Press.—Its Mechanism and Distribution.—THEENGLISH PRESS GENERALLY.—THE “TIMES” AND THE OTHERJOURNALS.—THE EVENING PAPERS.—THE PUBLICATION OFTHE MORNING PAPERS.—ANTICIPATION OF NEWS.—SPECIALTRAINS.—PUBLICATION OF WEEKLY PAPERS.—THE READINGPUBLIC.—ADVANTAGES OF WEEKLY PAPERS.—THE PROVINCIALPRESS.—WHY IT CANNOT FLOURISH.—TRANSMISSIONOF NEWSPAPERS.—THE NEWSVENDERS.—A SCENE IN THE“GLOBE” OFFICE.—YOUNG HOPEFUL, THE NEWSBOY.—MR.SMIRKINS, THE PARTY-MAN—THE NEWSVENDER’S EXCHANGE. | [203] |
| [CHAP. VI.] | |
The Bank.—APPEARANCE OF THE BANK.—WANT OF RESPECT INTHE PRESENCE OF PUBLIC FUNCTIONARIES.—THE PUBLICAT THE BANK.—MYSTERIOUS COMFORTS.—ENGLISH TASTE.—THEWONDERS OF MACHINERY.—A STRANGE LIBRARY.—PRINTINGTHE NOTES.—HIDDEN PALACES.—THE TREASURY.—BADSOVEREIGNS—DR. KEIF, AND WHY THE ENGLISHKNOW NOTHING WHATEVER OF THE AFFAIRS OF GERMANY. | [217] |
| [CHAP. VII.] | |
Four-and-twenty Hours at the Times Office.—CROSSING THE ROAD.—THEOWNERS OF THE “TIMES.”—ITS SOUL; ITS EDITORS.—DIFFERENCEBETWEEN THE “TIMES,” EDITORS AND THE“REDACTEURS” OF GERMAN NEWSPAPERS.—THE POLITICSOF THE “TIMES.”—HOW THEY WRITE THE “LEADERS.”—SECRETS.—LETTERSTO THE EDITOR.—THE MANAGER’SDEPARTMENT.—WHAT THE EDITORS DO.—THE PARLIAMENTARYCORPS.—THE REPORTER’S GALLERY AND REFECTORY.—DIVISION,DISCIPLINE, AND OCCUPATION OF THEREPORTERS.—MR. DOD.—THE SUMMARY-MAN.—THE STAFF.—THEPENNY-A-LINERS.—SOCIAL POSITION OF ENGLISHJOURNALISM. | [231] |
| [CHAP. VIII.] | |
A Frenchman’s Notions.—DR. KEIF AT DINNER WITH AFRENCHMAN.—MONS. GUERONNAY.—GRAND INTERNATIONALCONTEST.—AN ARMISTICE.—SIR JOHN SERMONISES.—THEGLORY OF FRANCE AND THE DOWNFALL OF ENGLAND.—SUNDRYREMARKS ON THE OPERA AND THE BRITISH FEMALE;ON ENGLISH MUSIC AND FRENCH POLITICS.—SIR JOHN ATRUE JOHN BULL.—A CONTROVERSY ON THE STAIRS. | [250] |
| [CHAP. IX.] | |
The Theatrical Quarters.—THE THEATRES.—THE POOR MAN’SSUNDAY.—GROUPS FOR HOGARTH.—DR. KEIF AND MR. BAXTERAT THE OLYMPIC.—TRAGEDY AND COMEDY IN ENGLAND.—MR.AND MRS. KEELEY.—MR. WIGAN.—MR. KEAN AND THEBRIMLEYS.—METHODISM.—A PENNY THEATRE.—THE PANTOMIMES.—THEBALLET.—THE STAGE IN ENGLAND AND GERMANY.—MATERIALISM.—DRURY-LANEAT 11-45 P.M.—MERRYOLD ENGLAND.—DRURY-LANE AT 1 A.M. | [265] |
| [APPENDIX]. | |
| CORRESPONDENCE. | |
| [Letter I.]—SIR JOHN TO DR. KEIF | [287] |
| [Letter II.]—DR. KEIF TO SIR JOHN | [289] |
SAUNTERINGS IN AND ABOUT LONDON.
| THE FIRST PART. |
CHAPTER I.
IN WHICH THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO SOME OF THE AUTHOR’S FRIENDS.—THE ENGLISHMAN’S CASTLE.
“ARE you aware, honorable and honored Sir John,” said Dr. Keif, as he moved his chair nearer to the fire, “are you aware that I am strongly tempted to hate this country of yours?”
“Indeed!” replied Sir John, with a slight elongation of his good-humoured face. “Really, Sir, you are quick of feeling. You have been exactly two hours in London. Wait, compare, and judge. There are thousands of your countrymen in London, and none of them ever think of going back to Germany.”
“And for good reasons too,” muttered the Doctor.