THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON

MAGIC
LONDON
BY NETTA SYRETT
ILLUSTRATED BY
HELEN JACOBS

THORNTON BUTTERWORTH LTD
15 BEDFORD ST. STRAND, LONDON W.C.2

Published 1922.

TO THE
LITTLE CITIZENS OF LONDON
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED

May they find a “Godmother” who will take them to all the
places visited by Betty, so that, like her, they may discover
they are really living in a Magic City.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
[ I][Magic London][13]
[Roman London]
[A Fairy Tale Museum]
[II] [The Middle Ages][43]
[The London of Dick Whittington]
[III] [In Tudor Days][81]
[The London of Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth]
[IV] [The Restoration][117]
[The London of Charles II and of Mr. Samuel Pepys]
[V] [The Eighteenth Century][145]
[The London of the Georges and of Dr. Johnson]