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A LONDON MOSAIC

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WRITINGS OF W. L. GEORGE

_NOVELS_

CALIBAN
BLIND ALLEY
THE STRANGERS’ WEDDING
THE SECOND BLOOMING
A BED OF ROSES
THE CITY OF LIGHT
ISRAEL, KALISCH
(_American Title_: UNTIL THE DAY BREAK)
THE MAKING OF AN ENGLISHMAN
(_American Title_: THE LITTLE BELOVED)
OLGA NAZIMOV (SHORT STORIES)

_MISCELLANEOUS_

WOMAN AND TO-MORROW
DRAMATIC ACTUALITIES
ANATOLE FRANCE
THE INTELLIGENCE OF WOMAN
A NOVELIST ON NOVELS
(_American Title_: LITERARY CHAPTERS)
EDDIES OF THE DAY

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HYDE PARK]

A LONDON MOSAIC

Text by

W. L. GEORGE

Pictures by

PHILIPPE FORBES-ROBERTSON

New York Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers

Copyright, 1921

Manufactured in Great Britain

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. PRELUDE 1

II. PLAYGROUNDS 13

III. THE FRIENDLY BOWL 35

IV. WANDERERS 43

V. SOUPS AND STEWS 61

VI. IN SEARCH OF VICE 75

VII. THE POOR 85

VIII. STONES 99

IX. CAFÉ ROYAL 119

ILLUSTRATIONS

HYDE PARK _Frontispiece_
_Facing page_
THE REGENT CANAL AT MAIDA HILL 6

CUMBERLAND HAY-MARKET 9

THE PUB 38

FLOWER-GIRL 48

THE HEART OF THE CITY 56

SOHO MARKET 64

THE SAVOY 68

SHOPPING 72

THE CHELSEA ARTS BALL 84

SHEPHERD’S MARKET 92

THE TUBE, 9.30 A.M. 103

AN ABSENT DESERT: THE CROMWELL ROAD 109

BEASTS AT THE ZOO 113

THE CAFÉ ROYAL 122

PRIVATE VIEW: THE A.A.A. 126

THE GOOD INTENT, CHELSEA 131

I
PRELUDE