Chapter XII

St. James's Park and its Associations -- Unhealthiness of the
Place and Neighbourhood -- Leper Hospital of St. James -- Henry
the Eighth builds St. James's Palace and the Tilt-Yard --
Original State and Progressive Character of the Park -- Charles
the First -- Cromwell -- Charles the Second; his Walks,
Amusements, and Mistresses -- The Mulberry Gardens -- Swift,
Prior, Richardson, Beau Tibbs, Soldiers, and Syllabubs --
Character of the Park at present -- St. James's Palace during
the Reigns of the Stuarts and two first Georges -- Anecdotes of
Lord Craven and Prince George of Denmark -- Characters of Queen
Anne and of George the First and Second -- George the First and
his Carp -- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Sack of Wheat --
Horace Walpole's Portrait of George the First -- The Mistresses
of that King and of his Son -- Mistake of Lord Chesterfield --
Queen Caroline's Ladies in Waiting -- Miss Bellenden and the
Guineas -- George the Second's Rupture with his Father and with
his Son -- Character of that Son -- Buckingham House --
Sheffield and his Duchess -- Character of Queen Charlotte --
Advantages of Queen Victoria over her Predecessors 431

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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

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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 26

"Paul's Cross and Preaching there" 51

Ludgate 69

Baynard's Castle, from the River, 1640 78

Stone in Panyer Alley, marking the highest Ground in the City 83

Interior of the Round Part of the Temple Church, previous
to the recent Restorations 101

House in Bolt Court, Fleet Street, the last Residence of
Dr. Johnson, 1810 125

Old Somerset House, from the River 167

The Savoy Palace, from the River 172

Inigo Jones's Water Gate, York Stairs 183

Old Northumberland House, from the River. Temp. Charles I. 186

Exeter Change as it appeared just before it was pulled down 192

Newcastle House, N. W. corner of Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1796 222

Old Palace of Whitehall, from the River. Temp. Charles I.,
from a Print of the Period 225

Old Houses in Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields,
1817 226

The Theatre in Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1810 236

Printing Press at which Franklin worked 256

Craven House, Drury Lane, 1800 258

Entrance Front of Old Drury Lane Theatre in Brydges
Street, erected by Garrick 266

Entrance to old Covent Garden Theatre, 1794 305

Inigo Jones's Church and Covent Garden. Temp. James II.
From a Print of the Period 325

House in St. Martin's Street, Leicester Square, formerly the
Residence of Sir Isaac Newton, 1810 354

The Village of Charing. From Aggas's Map, 1578 356

Scotland Yard, as it appeared in 1750. From a Print after
Paul Sandby 374

Old Gate of Whitehall Palace, designed by Holbein. From
a Print by Hollar 401

The Banqueting House, Whitehall 419

St. James's Palace, 1650, from a Print by Hollar 435

The Initial Letters and Tail-pieces designed by J. W. ARCHER
and C. T. THOMPSON. (The Initial Letter to Chapter XII.
represents the Conduit at St. James's.)

THE TOWN.