In Fcap. 8vo, each volume containing a Map of the District.

CLOTH 1/6 NET, LEATHER 2/-NET EACH.

NOTE A Survey of London, a record of the greatest of all cities—this was the work on which Sir Walter Besant was engaged when he died. He said of it himself, “This work fascinates me more than anything I’ve ever done. Nothing at all like it has ever been attempted before.” Two of the volumes in this great work were to be devoted to a perambulation of London, street by street, and enough has been done to warrant its publication in the form originally intended; but in the meantime it is proposed to select some of the most interesting of the districts, and to publish them as a series of booklets, interesting alike to the local inhabitant and the student of London, because it is in these street associations that the chief charm of London lies. The difficulty of finding a general title for the series was very great, but the solution has been found in the words of the man who loved London, and made himself her chronicler. The work “fascinated” him, and it was because of these historical associations that it did so; these links between past and present in themselves largely constitute “The Fascination of London.” SPECIMEN FRONTISPIECE VOLUMES CHELSEA CLERKENWELL
AND ST. LUKE’S HACKNEY
& STOKE NEWINGTON
[in the Press. HAMMERSMITH HAMPSTEAD
AND MARYLEBONE HOLBORN
AND BLOOMSBURY KENSINGTON MAYFAIR
BELGRAVIA AND
BAYSWATER SHOREDITCH
AND THE EAST END
[In the Press. STRAND THE THAMES WESTMINSTER

PRESS OPINIONS

“We have here, in fact, just what will give people who do not know their London a new interest in every walk they take, and indicate to those who want more the lines on which their studies may be conducted.”—Times.

“It is scarcely necessary to write any words of commendation when the great knowledge of the editor and the literary charm with which he always writes of London are taken into consideration.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“The book, and the series of which it is a part, will be welcomed by those who already possess that detailed knowledge of London and its associations in which Sir Walter Besant delighted, and a perusal of its pages by those less fortunate will do much to add to the number of his disciples.”—County Council Times.

“This is a very pleasant little book, the work of a competent observer, who knows what to look for and how to deal with what he finds.”—The Spectator.

“Delightful guides. They are just the handbooks to make walks in London interesting, for they re-people every street with the figures which have lived in it in the past.”—The Pilot.

“We fancy that even the most observant and studious lover of the metropolis will find much in these dainty little volumes to instruct and surprise him. The glamour of bygone years and the spirit of to-day jostle each other on every page.”—Christian World.