Chapter XVIII: The Stones of London 447

INDEX 473

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CROSSING AT PICCADILLY CIRCUS _Frontispiece_

SANDWICH-BOARD MEN 6

THE SHOEBLACK 11

WHEN THE STRAND IS UP 16

WATERLOO BRIDGE 22

SIGHTSEERS 34

THE "TOP" SEASON 40

AN UNDERGROUND STATION 53

CLOTHFAIR 57

ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S, SMITHFIELD 66

FIGHTING COCKS 85

ST. PAUL'S FROM THE RIVER 87

ST. MICHAEL'S, PATERNOSTER ROYAL 96

A BEEFEATER 102

CRICKET IN THE STREET. THE LOST BALL 127

A COUNTY COURT 130

PEPYS AND HIS WIFE 140

LINCOLN'S INN 152

FETTER LANE 157

A RAILWAY BOOKSTALL 163

THE CITY TRAIN 165

BANK HOLIDAY 171

IN REGENT STREET 180

PICCADILLY 182

SPESHUL! 187

VICTORIA TOWER, WESTMINSTER 206

ANGLERS IN THE PARKS 211

KENSINGTON PALACE AND THE ROUND POND 214

EARL'S COURT 221

THE GERMAN BAND 239

THE PAVEMENT ARTIST 249

MUDIE'S 267

THE "GODS" 281

ICE-CREAM BARROW 291

THE ORGAN-GRINDER 293

A SALE AT CHRISTIE'S 298

THE DOG FANCIER!!! 304

IN THE CHARING CROSS ROAD 306

SATURDAY NIGHT SHOPPING 313

AN AERATED BREAD SHOP 321

A SKETCH IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE 325

AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY 339

RECRUITING SERJEANTS BY THE NATIONAL GALLERY 345

AT THE CLUB 359

WYCH STREET 365

CRICKET IN THE PARKS 385

ROTTEN ROW 389

ROTTEN ROW 391

THE SERPENTINE, HYDE PARK 393

TEA IN KENSINGTON GARDENS 396

A FOUNTAIN IN ST. JAMES'S PARK 398

THE REFORMER 403

A JURY 414

'BUS DRIVER 415

INSIDE 419

"BENK, BENK!!" 421

THE HANSOM 424

A DOORSTEP PARTY 428

HOP-SCOTCH 433

THE RETURN, BANK HOLIDAY 435

FLOWER GIRLS 438

THE MEN IN BLUE 447

THE HORSE GUARDS 456

"I confess that I never think of London, which I love, without thinking of that palace which David built for Bathsheba, sitting in hearing of one hundred streams,--streams of thought, of intelligence, of activity. One other thing about London impresses me beyond any other sound I have ever heard, and that is the low, unceasing roar one hears always in the air; it is not a mere accident, like a tempest or a cataract, but it is impressive, because it always indicates human will, and impulse, and conscious movement; and I confess that when I hear it I almost feel as if I were listening to the roaring loom of time."--_Lowell._

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