brevity of description, we have in so doing studiously kept in view the judicious advice of the author of "Hudibras," who, for apparently the special instruction of guide-book writers, once truthfully declared :—

"As 'tis a greater mystery in the art

Of painting to foreshorten any part

Than draw it out, so 'tis in books the chief
Of all perfections to be plain and brief."

CONTENTS.

London as it Was.

Being a concise Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Metro-

polis, from the earliest period to the present time.

London as it Es.

With a few suggestions to Strangers on their arrival

PART 1.-THE CITY.

DISTRICT I.-The City, Ancient and Modern-The City Companies

-St. Paul's Cathedral-Its Early History-The present Structure

-Charges of Admission-The Monuments-The Library-The

Model Room-The Great Bell-The Clock-The Whispering Gal-

lery-The Outer Galleries-The Ball and Cross-The Crypt-St.

Paul's School-The General Post-office-Statistics of Letters-

Goldsmiths' Hall Cheapside-Bow Church - City of London

School-The Guildhall-Bucklersbury, &c.

DISTRICT II.-The Mansion House-St. Stephen's Walbrook-

The Bank of England-The New Royal Exchange-Lloyd's-The

Stock Exchange-Lothbury-Cornhill-The East India House-

The Museum-Crosby Hall-The South Sea House-The Hall of

Commerce-The Excise Office-Modern Improvements and An-
tiquities

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DISTRICT III.-Doctors' Commons-Herald's College-Southwark

Bridge Queenhithe -Vintry- Whittington's Tomb-London

Stone-Merchant Tailors' School-King William Street-The

Monument London Bridge-Thames Street-The New Coal

Exchange-Billingsgate-The Custom House The Tower-The

Armories-The Jewel Office-The Batteries and the Parade-

Tower Hill-The Trinity House-The Mint

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DISTRICT IV.-Stationers' Hall-Warwick Lane-Newgate Mar-

ket-Christ's Hospital - Newgate-The Old Bailey-Central

Criminal Court-St. Sepulchre's-The Compter-Smithfield Mar-

ket-Bartholomew's Hospital-St. John's Gate-The Charter-

House-Aldersgate Street-Whitecross Street-Panyer Alley-

Holborn Hill-The Fleet-St. Andrew's Church-Ely Place-

Ancient Law Courts-Holborn Bars

DISTRICT V.-The "Times" Printing Office-Apothecaries' Hall

-Blackfriars Bridge-Bridewell-St. Bride's Church-Fleet Street

-St. Dunstan's-Chancery Lane-The Rolls-Temple Bar-The

Temple The Inner Temple-The Middle Temple-The Temple

Church-The Temple Gardens

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PART II.-THE EAST.

DISTRICT I.-St. Katharine's Docks-The London Docks-The

Tobacco Warehouses-The Wine Vaults-Wapping-The Thames

Tunnel-Shadwell-Limehouse-The West India Docks-Black-

wall-The East India Docks-The London and Blackwall Railway

DISTRICT II.-Aldgate-Hounsditch-The Minories-Goodman's

Field's-Whitechapel-Whitechapel Road-Jews' Burial Ground

-The London Hospital-Mile End Road-Bancroft's Almshouses

-Bethnal Green-Bonner's Fields-Victoria Park-Shoreditch-

Norton Folgate-Bishopsgate Without-Finsbury Circus-London

Institution-Roman Catholic Chapel, Moorfields

PART III.-THE WEST.

DISTRICT I.-Temple Bar to Charing Cross-St. Clement's Church

-Clement's Inn-Strand Lane-The New Church-Somerset

House-King's College-Waterloo Bridge-The Savoy-Exeter

Hall-Hungerford Bridge and Market-Charing Cross Hospital-

West Strand-Trafalgar Square-The Nelson Column-The Na-

tional Gallery-The Royal Academy, &c. &c.

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DISTRICT II.-Charing Cross-The Admiralty-Horse Guards-

Whitehall The Treasury - Government Offices-Westminster

Bridge Palace Yard-Westminster Hall-St. Margaret's-West-

minster Abbey-Poet's Corner-The Chapels-Dean's Yard-

The Cloisters-The Chapter House-Westminster School-The

Old House of Commons-The New Houses of Parliament-The

Royal Entrance-The Victoria Tower-The House of Lords-

The House of Commons-Millbank-The Penitentiary-Vauxhall

Bridge-Pimlico

DISTRICT III.-Charing Cross-Pall Mall East-The Haymarket

-The Club Houses-Pall Mall-St. James's Palace-St. James's

Street-St. James's Park-The Green Park-Buckingham Palace

-Hyde Park Corner-Apsley House-Hyde Park-Kensington

Gardens - Holland House-Piccadilly-Albemarle Street-The

Royal Institution-Mansions of the Nobility.

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DISTRICT IV.-Charing Cross to Leicester Square-Regent Street

-Hanover Square-Oxford Street-Langham Place-Polytechnic

Institution-Portland Place-Soho Square-New Oxford Street-

St. Giles's-in-the-Fields-Interesting Monuments-Seven Dials

-Drury Lane-Long Acre-Covent Garden Market-Bow Street

-Theatres-Lincoln's Inn Fields-Sir John Soane's Museum-

The New Lincoln's Inn Hall-Royal College of Surgeons-Museum

of the College-Gray's Inn, Holborn-Bedford Row-Red Lion

Square, &c.

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PART IV.-THE NORTH.

DISTRICT 1.- Tottenham Court Road-Great Russell Street-The

British Museum-The Natural History Department-The Egyptian

Antiquities-The Elgin Marbles-The Nimroud Marbles, &c.-

The Reading-room and Library-London University College-

The New Road-Regent's Park - Botanic Gardens Villas-

Zoological Gardens-St. John's Wood-Paddington-Marylebone

-Fitzroy Square-Euston Square-Terminus of the North Western

Railway-St. Pancras New Church-Burton Crescent-Guildford

Street-The Foundling Hospital, &c.

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DISTRICT II.-Gray's Inn Lane-King's Cross-Cold Bath Fields

-House of Correction-Sadler's Wells-The New River-Pen-

tonville-Model Prison-Caledonian Asylum-Copenhagen Fields

-Islington-Canonbury-Highbury-City Road-Old Street Road

-St. Luke's-Bunhill Row-Artillery Ground-Clerkenwell, &c. 196

PART V.-THE SOUTH.

London Bridge-The Borough-St. Saviour's Church-St. Olave's-

Railway Stations-St. Thomas's Hospital - Guy's Hospital—

Bermondsey-Old Inn-St. George the Martyr-The Mint-

Prisons-Newington Causeway-Surrey Zoological Gardens—

London Road-The Blind School-St. George's Cathedral-Beth-

lehem Hospital-Blackfriars Road-Waterloo Road-Kennington

Road Vauxhall Gardens - Old Lambeth Church - Lambeth

Palace-The Lollard's Tower-Astley's Theatre-Stamford Street

-Bankside-Barclay's Brewery-Borough Market-Conclusion

203

APPENDIX.

List of Parish Churches in London, with the Names of their Ministers 221

List of Dissenting Chapels, with the Names of their Ministers :-

Public Offices in London, with the Hours of Attendance

234

INDEX

238