CONTENTS.

[I.]—[ST. MARGARET’S CHURCH, WESTMINSTER][1]
[II.]—[THE WESTMINSTER TOBACCO-BOX—The Westminster Play][9]
[III.]—[ASHBURNHAM HOUSE—THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, &c.][16]
[IV.]—[WESTMINSTER ABBEY][26]
[V.]—[THE ADELPHI AND THE STRAND][38]
[VI.]—[THE ROMAN BATH—COVENT GARDEN][49]
[VII.]—[THE NATIONAL GALLERY][57]
[VIII.]—[SIR JOHN VANBRUGH AND ST. MARTIN’S LANE][68]
[IX.]—[PICCADILLY, BOND STREET, AND ALBERT GATE][78]
[X.]—[LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS][92]
[XI.]—[THE OLD INNS—CLIFFORD’S, STAPLE’S, BARNARD’S][99]
[XII.]—[DICKENS IN LONDON][114]
[XIII.]—[WATERLOO BRIDGE, THE LAW COURTS, ST. PAUL’S, ETC.][122]
[XIV.]—[OLD SUBURBAN MANSIONS][145]
[XV.]—[OLD TOWN MANSIONS][154]
[XVI.]—[OLD SQUARES][170]
[XVII.]—[THE OLD TAVERNS][176]
[XVIII.]—[TAVERNS][183]
[XIX.]—[CITY WALKS][195]
[XX.]—[THE OLD CITY HALLS][206]
[XXI.]—[ALLHALLOWS, ST. OLAVE’S, ELY CHAPEL, ETC.][211]
[XXII.]—[OLD ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S, ST. HELEN’S & OTHER CHURCHES][221]
[XXIII.]—[WREN’S CHURCHES][232]
[XXIV.]—[MODERN CHURCHES][240]
[XXV.]—[THE CHARTERHOUSE—THE NEW RIVER][249]
[XXVI.]—[CANONBURY TOWER][253]
[XXVII.]—[THE QUEEN ANNE STYLE—OLD DOORWAYS][258]
[XXVIII.]—[CHELSEA AND FULHAM][266]
[XXIX.]—[PUTNEY—FULHAM][272]
[XXX.]—[CHISWICK, KEW, RICHMOND, AND THEIR SUBURBS][277]
[XXXI.]—[WILLIS’S ROOMS—THE PALACES][293]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

[Houses of Parliament][Frontispiece.]
[Garden of Ashburnham House ][facing p. 18]
[Adelphi Terrace ][“38]
[Entrance to the Roman Bath ][“49]
[The Old Roman Bath, Strand ][“50]
[Covent Garden ][“53]
[St. Etheldreda’s Church ][“217]
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[The Cloisters, Westminster Abbey][2]
[Lambeth Palace][8]
[In Little Dean’s Yard][13]
[Tablet, Emanuel Hospital][15]
[The Staircase, Ashburnham House][17]
[The Blewcoat School, Westminster][19]
[Emanuel Hospital][21]
[Westminster Abbey][27]
[The Nightingale Monument][32]
[The Water Gate][46]
[The National Gallery][57]
[Statue of General Gordon in Trafalgar Square][69]
[St. Anne’s Church, Soho][72]
[Across the Hall, Dorchester House][82]
[The Red Drawing Room, Dorchester House][84]
[Statue of Sidney Herbert, by Foley][90]
[Sir John Soane’s Museum][94]
[Old Gateway, Lincoln’s Inn][97]
[A Corner of Lincoln’s Inn][98]
[Old Doorway, 24, Carey Street][100]
[Gateway, Staple Inn][102]
[King’s Bench Walk][103]
[Barnard’s Inn][106]
[Clifford’s Inn][107]
[Gray’s Inn][108]
[The Fountain, Middle Temple][109]
[Fountain Court, Temple][110]
[Hall and Library, Gray’s Inn][111]
[Gray’s Inn Hall][112]
[Garden Gate, Gray’s Inn][113]
[Doughty Street][120]
[The Law Courts][131]
[St. Paul’s Cathedral][135]
[Chimney Piece, by Steevens][140]
[The Duke of Wellington’s Monument, St. Paul’s][141]
[Cromwell’s House, Highgate][147]
[Fairfax House, Putney][148]
[Raleigh House][151]
[Room in The Sir Paul Pindar Tavern][158]
[Sir Paul Pindar’s House][159]
[Room in Sir Paul Pindar’s House][160]
[Berkeley Square][173]
[Mansion in Cavendish Square][175]
[The White Hart][178]
[The George Inn, Borough][180]
[The Old Cock Tavern][187]
[The Magpie and Stump, Portsmouth Street][194]
[Fresh Wharf and St. Magnus’ Steeple][198]
[College Hill—Whittington’s House][199]
[View of the Tower from London Bridge][201]
[St. Giles’, Cripplegate][203]
[Old Doorways, Laurence Pountney Hill][205]
[Brewer’s Hall Courtyard][207]
[Allhallows, Barking][212]
[St. Olave’s, Hart Street][213]
[The Savoy Chapel][214]
[The Savoy][215]
[The Crypt, St. Etheldreda’s][216]
[Old Roman Font in Crypt of St. Etheldreda’s][217]
[Doorway, St. Helen’s][221]
[St. Helen’s][223]
[St. Etheldreda’s][225]
[Gateway to Great St. Helen’s and Almshouses][227]
[Belfry, St. Helen’s Church][229]
[Monument of Sir William Pickering][230]
[Steeple of St. Mary-le-Bow][233]
[Steeple of St. James][235]
[St. Stephen’s, Walbrook][236]
[St. Mary Woolnoth][238]
[Interior of the Oratory][243]
[Confessional in the Oratory][244]
[Our Lady’s Altar in the Oratory][245]
[The Sanctuary, Farm Street][247]
[Old Charterhouse][251]
[Doorway, 70, Grosvenor Street][260]
[Doorway, Painter Stainers’ Hall][262]
[Extinguishers, Berkeley Square][263]
[Old Doorway, Whittington’s House][264]
[Cheyne Walk][267]
[Old Putney Bridge][273]
[Hogarth’s House, Chiswick][278]
[Maid of Honour Row, Richmond][281]
[Church Row, Hampstead][289]
[Grand Staircase, Buckingham Palace][295]
[Millais’s Studio][297]
[Alma Tadema’s Former Studio][299]
[Herkomer’s Studio][301]

INTRODUCTION.

THE subject of London, old and new, has ever offered a charm and even fascination, attested by the countless works which crowd the shelves of the library. The entries under the word “London” fill nearly a volume of the British Museum catalogue. These old folios and quartos, grey and rusted like the churches and halls they celebrate, have a dilapidated, decayed tone, as though they also wanted “restoring”; and there is a welcome quaintness and sincerity in the style of such antiquaries as Northuck, Strype, Stowe, Pennant, and others, which contrast with the more prosaic tone of the modern handbooks. These old scribes belonged to that amazing and unrequited class, “the county historian”: such were honest, laborious Whitaker and Plot. There is nothing more pathetic than the record of these unselfish enthusiasts, who, after collecting subscriptions and devoting their lives and life-blood to these huge quartos, generally ruined themselves by the venture. Now, long after they have mouldered away, their huge tomes fetch large prices at auction; or some dapper editor of our day re-issues them, with airy notes of his own, taking care to point out the various “blunders” of the poor departed Dryasdust who laboured so faithfully and so modestly.