CONTENTS

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THE FIRST VOLUME.

INTRODUCTION.

Different Impressions of London on different Passengers and Minds.

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- Extendibility of its Interest to all. - London before the Deluge!

Its Origin according to the fabulous Writers and Poets.-First

historical Mention of it. Its Names - British, Roman, Saxon,

and Norman London.. General Progress of the City and of

Civilisation.-Range of the Metropolis as it existed in the Time

of Shakspeare and Bacon.- Growth of the Streets and Suburbs

during the later Reigns. Merry London" and " Merry

England." - Curious Assertion respecting Trees in the City

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CHAPTER I.

ST. PAUL'S, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

The Roman Temple of Diana-the first Christian Church. - Old

St. Paul's. Inigo Jones's Portico. Strange Usages of former

Times. Encroachments on the Fabric of the Cathedral. Paul's

Walkers. Dining with Duke Humphrey.. Catholic Customs.-

The Boy-Bishop. — The Children of the Revels. Strange Cere-

mony on the Festivals of the Commemoration and Conversion of

St. Paul.- Ancient Tombs in the Cathedral. - Scene between

John of Gaunt and the Anti-Wickliffites. - Paul's Cross. — The

Folkmote. The Sermons.-Jane Shore.

and Protestantism. - London House.

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See-Saw of Popery

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Charnel. - The

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St. Paul's School. - Desecration of the Cathe-

dral during the Commonwealth. The present Cathedral.

Christopher Wren.- Statue of Queen Anne

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CHAPTER II.

ST. PAUL'S AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Children's

Mr. Newberry's.

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The Church of St. Faith.—Booksellers of the Churchyard. — Mr.

Johnson's.

Books. Clerical

Names of Streets near St. Paul's. - Swift at the Top of the Cathe-

dral. - Dr. Johnson at St. Paul's. Paternoster Row. - Panyer's

Alley.Stationers' Hall.. Almanacks. — Knight-Riders' Street.

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-Armed Assemblies of the Citizens. Doctors' Commons. - The

Heralds' College. Coats of Arms.-Ludgate.-Story of Sir

Stephen Forster. - Prison of Ludgate. - Wyatt's Rebellion.-

The Belle Sauvage Inn.. Blackfriars. Shakspeare's Theatre.

Accident at Blackfriars in 1623.—Printing-house Square. —“ The

Times.". Baynard's Castle. Story of the Baron Fitzwalter.

Richard III. and Buckingham. — Diana's Chamber. - The Royal

Wardrobe. Marriages in the Fleet. Fleet Ditch.

Dunciad

Burning of the Pope. - St. Bride's Steeple. - Milton.-Illuminated

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Clock. Melancholy End of Lovelace the Cavalier. Chatterton.

Generosity of Hardham, of Snuff Celebrity. — Theatre in Dorset

Garden. Richardson, his Habits and Character. - Whitefriars,

or Alsatia. The Temple-its Monuments, Garden, &c.

Eminent Names connected with it. Goldsmith dies there.-

Boswell's first Visit there to Johnson. -Johnson and Madame de

Boufflers. Bernard Lintot. - Ben Jonson's Devil Tavern.

Other Coffee-houses and Shops. - Goldsmith and Temple-bar.

Shire Lane, Bickerstaff, and the Deputation from the Country.

The Kit-Kat Club.- Mrs. Salmon.- Isaac Walton. Cowley.-

Chancery Lane, Lord Strafford, and Ben Jonson.-Serjeants

Inn. Clifford's Inn. - The Rolls Sir Joseph Jekyll. - Church

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of St. Dunstan's in the West. - Dryden's House in Fetter Lane.

-Johnson, the Genius Loci of Fleet Street. - His Way of Life.

- His Residence in Gough Square. Johnson's Court, and Bolt

Court. Various Anecdotes of him connected with Fleet Street,

and with his favourite Tavern, the Mitre

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CHAPTER IV.

THE STRAND.

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Ancient State of the Strand. - Butcher Row. Death of Lee, the

dramatic Poet.-Johnson at an Eating House. - Essex Street. -

House and History of the favourite Earl of Essex.

Visit there.

Club.

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Essex, General of the Parliament. - Essex Head

Devereux Court. Grecian Coffee-House. -Twining the

accomplished Scholar. - St. Clement Danes. - Clement's Inn. -

Falstaff and Shallow. - Norfolk, Arundel, Surrey, and Howara

Streets. Norfolk House.- Essex's Ring and the Countess of

Nottingham. William Penn. Birch. Dr. Brocklesby. —

Congreve, and his Will. — Voltaire's Visit to him. Mrs. Brace-

girdle. — Tragical End of Mountford the Player.— Ancient Cross.

Maypole. — New Church of St. Mary-le-Strand. — Old Somer-

set House. Henrietta Maria and her French Household..

Waller's Mishap at Somerset Stairs.- New Somerset House.

Royal Society, Antiquarian Society, and Royal Academy. - Death

of Dr. King.. Exeter Street. -Johnson's first Lodging in London.

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Art of living in London. Catherine Street. Unfortunate

Women.

Exeter Change. — Bed and Baltimore. -

- Wimbledon House. - Lyceum and Beef-steak Club.--

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The Savoy. - Anecdotes

of the Duchess of Albemarle.. Beaufort Buildings. Lillie the

Perfumer. Aaron Hill. Fielding. -

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Cecil and Salisbury Streets.- Durham House. — Raleigh. — Pen-

nant on the Word Place or Palace. New Exchange. — Don

Pantaleon Sa. - The White Milliner. — Adelphi.— Garrick and

his Wife. Beauclerc. Society of Arts, and Mr. Barry. — Bed-

ford Street. George, Villiers, and Buckingham Streets. York

House and Buildings. - Squabble between the Spanish and French

Ambassadors.-Hungerford Market. Craven Street. - Franklin.

Northumberland House. Duplicity of Henry, Earl of North-

ampton.-Violence of Lord Herbert of Cherbury. - Percy, Bishop

of Dromore. Pleasant Mistake of Goldsmith

CHAPTER V.

LINCOLN'S INN, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

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Lincoln's Inn.- Ben Jonson's Bricklaying. Enactments against

Beards.Oliver Cromwell, More, Hale, and other eminent Students

of Lincoln's Inn. - Lincoln's Inn Fields, or Square. Houses there

built by Inigo Jones. - Pepys's Admiration of the Comforts of Mr.

Povey. Surgeons' College. — Sir Richard and Lady Fanshawe,

and Lord Sandwich. - Execution of the patriotic Lord Russell,

with an Account of the Circumstances that led to and accompanied

it, and some Remarks on his Character. Affecting Passages from

the Letters of his Widow. Ludicrous Story connected with

Newcastle House

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ILLUSTRATIONS.

ENGRAVED BY C. THURSTON THOMPSON, FROM DRAWINGS BY J. W. ARCHER AND C. T. THOMPSON.

VOLUME I.

London from Southwark, before the Great Fire.
From a Print by Hollar

Frontispiece

West Front of Old St. Paul's, with Inigo Jones's
Portico

Baynard's Castle, from the River, 1640

Stone in Panyer Alley, marking the highest Ground in

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the City

Interior of the Round Part of the Temple Church,

previous to the recent Restorations

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House in Bolt Court, Fleet Street, the last Residence

Old Northumberland House, from the River. Temp.

Exeter Change as it appeared just before it was pulled down

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Newcastle House, N. W. corner of Lincoln's Inn

Fields, 1796

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