‘Of facts and figures such as these this valuable book will be found full to overflowing, and it is calculated, therefore, to interest all kinds of readers, from the student to the dilettante, from the romancer in search of matter to the most voracious student of “Tit-Bits.”’—The Athenæum.
‘Stimulating, edifying, interesting, horrifying, in turns, the book has not a dull moment.... As it is the best, it will surely prove the most prized and popular of modern books on London.’—Notes and Queries.
‘The work is copiously illustrated with reproductions of old prints, and is altogether a delightful and fascinating guide to the Metropolis at an eventful period of its history.’—Pall Mall Gazette.
‘Of the present lordly quarto volume it may be said that it fairly represents that “Survey” which Sir Walter Besant conceived, and which he used to refer to as his magnum opus. It is a worthy literary monument to his deep knowledge and love of London.’—The Academy.
‘Besant’s interesting and valuable book.’—Manchester Guardian.
‘It is assuredly a delightful book to lose oneself in, and so to think one’s way back into a simpler and perhaps, after all, a merrier England.’—The Bookman.
‘A book to be treasured and studied.... The work as a whole is a notable achievement, and will stand as the classical authority on eighteenth century London.’—The Speaker.
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ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, 4, 5, & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.
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