Chapter I: Front Matter

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RAMBLES IN
DICKENS’ LAND

BY ROBERT ALLBUT

WITH INTRODUCTION BY
GERALD BRENAN
AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY
HELEN M. JAMES

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LONDON
S. T. FREEMANTLE
217 PICCADILLY
1899

NOTICE

_The several Extracts from the Works of Dickens contained in this Manual_, _are used for the better illustration of the text_, _by kind permission of Messrs._ CHAPMAN & HALL.

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Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON and Co.
At the Ballantyne Press

CONTENTS

PAGE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vii INTRODUCTION ix AUTHOR’S PREFACE xxv RAMBLE I CHARING CROSS TO LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS 1 RAMBLE II LINCOLN’S INN TO THE MANSION HOUSE 15 RAMBLE III CHARING CROSS TO THAVIES INN, HOLBORN CIRCUS 31 RAMBLE IV HOLBORN CIRCUS TO TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD 43 RAMBLE V BANK OF ENGLAND TO HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE 67 RAMBLE VI EXCURSION TO CHATHAM, ROCHESTER AND GADSHILL 82 RAMBLE VII EXCURSION TO CANTERBURY AND DOVER 103 RAMBLE VIII EXCURSION TO HENLEY-ON-THAMES 116 RAMBLE IX BY GREAT EASTERN ROUTE FROM LONDON TO YARMOUTH 128 RAMBLE X LONDON TO DORKING AND PORTSMOUTH 141 APPENDIX 150 INDEX 167

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

HENLEY-ON-THAMES _Frontispiece_ _To face page_ OLD ROMAN BATH 10 THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 12 FOUNTAIN COURT, TEMPLE 21 DOORWAY IN STAPLE INN 48 THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 53 TAVISTOCK HOUSE 56 THE DRAWING-ROOM, DEVONSHIRE HOUSE 61 THE “LEATHER BOTTLE,” COBHAM 84 EASTGATE HOUSE, ROCHESTER 89 RESTORATION HOUSE, ROCHESTER 90 GADSHILL PLACE 99 THE HOME OF AGNES 112 THE “KING’S HEAD,” CHIGWELL 129 THE “GREAT WHITE HORSE,” IPSWICH 132 DICKENS’ BIRTHPLACE 145 “THE SPANIARDS,” HAMPSTEAD HEATH 152