LONDON
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

1894

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CONTENTS.

LESSONPAGE
1. [The Foundation of London (I)][7]
2.[The Foundation of London (II)][10]
3.[Roman London (I)][13]
4.[Roman London (II)][16]
5.[After the Romans (I)][19]
6.[After the Romans (II)][23]
7.[After the Romans (III)][26]
8.[The First Saxon Settlement][29]
9.[The Second Saxon Settlement][32]
10. [The Anglo-Saxon Citizen][34]
11. [The Wall of London][38]
12. [Norman London][42]
13. [Fitzstephen's Account of the City (I)][45]
14. [Fitzstephen's Account of the City (II)][50]
15. [London Bridge (I)][54]
16. [London Bridge (II)][57]
17. [The Tower of London (I)][60]
18. [The Tower of London (II)][63]
19. [The Pilgrims][67]
20. [St. Bartholomew's Hospital][70]
21. [The Terror of Leprosy][74]
22. [The Terror of Famine][78]
23. [St. Paul's Cathedral (I)][82]
24. [St. Paul's Cathedral (II)][86]
25. [Paul's Churchyard][91]
26. [The Religious Houses][95]
27. [Monks, Friars, and Nuns][100]
28. [The London Churches][103]
29. [The Streets][106]
30. [Whittington (I)][110]
31. [Whittington (II)][115]
32. [Whittington (III)][118]
33. [Gifts and Bequests][121]
34. [The Palaces and Great Houses][124]
35. [Amusements][127]
36. [Westminster Abbey][131]
37. [The Court at Westminster][134]
38. [Justice and Punishments][137]
39. [The Political Power of London][140]
40. [Elizabethan London (I)][144]
41. [Elizabethan London (II)][147]
42. [Elizabethan London (III)][151]
43. [Trade (I)][155]
44. [Trade (II)][158]
45. [Trade (III)][164]
46. [Plays and Pageants (I)][168]
47. [Plays and Pageants (II)][170]
48. [Plays and Pageants (III)][173]
49. [Plays and Pageants (IV)][177]
50. [The Terror of the Plague (I)][180]
51. [The Terror of the Plague (II)][183]
52. [The Terror of Fire (I)][187]
53. [The Terror of Fire (II)][192]
54. [Rogues and Vagabonds][197]
55. [Under George the Second (I)][201]
56. [Under George the Second (II)][206]
57. [Under George the Second (III)][210]
58. [Under George the Second (IV)][214]
59. [Under George the Second (V)][218]
60. [The Government of the City (I)][222]
61. [The Government of the City (II)][226]
62. [The Government of the City (III)][228]
63. [London][230]
[Notes][235]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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1.The New Houses of Parliament: designed by Barry, opened 1852[Frontispiece]
2.Early British Pottery[9]
3.Roman London[15]
4.Remains of a Viking Ship, from a Cairn at Gokstad[22]
5.Martyrdom of St. Edmund by the Danes[31]
6.Saxon Horsemen[33]
7.Saxon Church at Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts[36]
8.City Gates[39]
9.Remains of the Wall[40]
10. Part of the Roman Wall at Leicester[41]
11. Tower in the Earlier Style. Church at Earl's Barton[44]
12. A Norman Ship[46]
13. Building a Church in the later Style[47]
14. Lay Costumes in the Twelfth Century[50]
15. Costume of Shepherds in the Twelfth Century[51]
16. Ecclesiastical Costume in the Twelfth Century[52]
17. Royal Arms of England from Richard I. to Edward III.[54]
18. Old London Bridge[57]
19. The Tower of London[61], [64]
20. A Bed in the Reign of Henry III.[67]
21. Interior of the Hall at Penshurst, Kent[71]
22. The Upper Chamber or Solar at Sutton Courtenay Manor-house[73]
23. The Lepers Begging[77]
24. London before the Spire of St. Paul's was burned; showingthe Bridge, Tower, Shipping, &c.[83]
25. Old St. Paul's, from the East[85]
26. Old St. Paul's on Fire[87]
27. West Front of St. Paul's CathedralChurch. (Built by Sir Christopher Wren)[89]
28. Paul's Cross[92]
29. Bermondsey Abbey[96]
30. Ruins of Gateway of Bermondsey Abbey[97]
31. Christ's Hospital[99]
32. Chepe in the Fifteenth Century[108]
33. Large Ship and Boat of the Fifteenth Century[111]
34. A Sea-Fight[113]
35. Durham, Salisbury, and Worcester Houses[125]
36. Bear-baiting[128]
37. Shooting at the Butts with the Long-bow[129]
38. Tomb of Edward III. in Westminster Abbey[132]
39. The Embarkation of Henry VIII. from Dover, 1520[141]
40. Coaches in the Reign of Elizabeth[148]
41. The City from Southwark[150]
42. South-east Part of London in the Fifteenth Century,showing the Tower and Wall[153]
43. King Edward VI.[159]
44. Sir Thomas Gresham[161]
45. First Royal Exchange[162]
46. Shipping in the Thames, circa 1660[166]
47. Sir Francis Drake, in his Forty-third Year[167]
48. The Globe Theatre[179]
49. Civil Costume about 1620[181]
50. Costume of a Lawyer[181]
Ordinary Civil Costume; temp. Charles I.:
51. A Countryman[185]
52. A Countrywoman[185]
53. A Citizen[187]
54. A Citizen's Wife[187]
55. A Gentleman[189]
56. A Gentlewoman[189]
57. Lud-gate on Fire[190]
58. Paul Pindar's House[191]
59. London, as Rebuilt after the Fire[193]
60. Coach of the latter half of the Seventeenth Century[195]
61. Waggon of the second half of the Seventeenth Century[195]
62. Ordinary Dress of Gentlemen in 1675[197]
63. Dress of Ladies of Quality[199]
64. Ordinary Attire of Women of the Lower Classes[199]
65. Group showing Costumes and Sedan Chair, about 1720[202]
66. Temple Bar, London[203]
67. Fleet Street and Temple Bar[205]
68. A Coach of the Middle of the Seventeenth Century[207]
69. View of School connected with Bunyan's Meeting House[209]
70. Grenadier in the time of the Peninsular War[211]
71. Uniform of Sailors, about 1790[213]
72. Costumes of Gentlefolk, about 1784[215]
73. Vessels unloading at the Customs House, at the beginningof the Eighteenth Century[217]
74. The Old Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, 1803[221]