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INTRODUCTION.

Different Impressions of London on different Passengers and Minds -- Extendibility of its Interest to all -- London before the Deluge! -- Its Origin according to the fabulous Writers and Poets -- First historical Mention of it -- Its Names -- British, Roman, Saxon, and Norman London -- General Progress of the City and of Civilization -- Range of the Metropolis as it existed in the Time of Shakspeare and Bacon -- Growth of the Streets and Suburbs during the later Reigns -- "Merry London" and "Merry England" -- Curious Assertion respecting Trees in the City 1

ST. PAUL'S AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

The Roman Temple of Diana: the first Christian Church -- Old St. Paul's -- Inigo Jones's Portico -- Strange Usages of former Times -- Encroachments on the Fabric of the Cathedral -- Paul's Walkers -- Dining with Duke Humphrey -- Catholic Customs -- The Boy-Bishop The Children of the Revels -- Strange Ceremony on the Festivals of the Commemoration and Conversion of St. Paul -- Ancient Tombs in the Cathedral -- Scene between John of Gaunt and the Anti-Wickliffites -- Paul's Cross -- The Folkmote -- The Sermons -- Jane Shore -- See-Saw of Popery and Protestantism -- London House -- The Charnel -- The Lollards' Tower -- St. Paul's School -- Desecration of the Cathedral during the Commonwealth -- The present Cathedral -- Sir Christopher Wren -- Statue of Queen Anne 23

ST. PAUL'S AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

FLEET STREET.

Burning of the Pope -- St. Bride's Steeple -- Milton -- Illuminated Clock -- Melancholy End of Lovelace the Cavalier -- Chatterton -- Generosity of Hardham, of Snuff Celebrity -- Theatre in Dorset Garden -- Richardson, his Habits and Character -- Whitefriars, or Alsatia -- The Temple -- Its Monuments, Garden, &c. -- Eminent names connected with it -- Goldsmith dies there -- Boswell's first Visit there to Johnson -- Johnson and Madame de Boufflers -- Bernard Lintot -- Ben Jonson's Devil Tavern -- Other Coffee-houses and Shops -- Goldsmith and Temple-bar -- Shire Lane, Bickerstaff, and the Deputation from the Country -- The Kit-Kat Club -- Mrs. Salmon -- Isaac Walton -- Cowley -- Chancery Lane, Lord Strafford, and Ben Jonson -- Serjeant's Inn -- Clifford's Inn -- The Rolls -- Sir Joseph Jekyll -- Church of St. Dunstan in the West -- Dryden's House in Fetter Lane -- Johnson, the Genius Loci of Fleet Street -- His Way of Life -- His Residence in Gough Square, Johnson's Court, and Bolt Court -- Various Anecdotes of him connected with Fleet Street, and with his favourite Tavern, the Mitre 84

THE STRAND.

Ancient State of the Strand -- Butcher Row -- Death of Lee, the dramatic Poet -- Johnson at an Eating-House -- Essex Street -- House and History of the favourite Earl of Essex -- Spenser's Visit there -- Essex, General of the Parliament -- Essex Head Club -- Devereux Court -- Grecian Coffee-House -- Twining, the accomplished Scholar -- St. Clement Danes -- Clement's Inn -- Falstaff and Shallow -- Norfolk, Arundel, Surrey, and Howard Streets -- Norfolk House -- Essex's Ring and the Countess of Nottingham -- William Penn -- Birch -- Dr. Brocklesby -- Congreve, and his Will -- Voltaire's Visit to him -- Mrs. Bracegirdle -- Tragical End of Mountford the Player -- Ancient Cross -- Maypole -- New Church of St. Mary-le-Strand -- Old Somerset House -- Henrietta Maria and her French Household -- Waller's Mishap at Somerset Stairs -- New Somerset House -- Royal Society, Antiquarian Society, and Royal Academy -- Death of Dr. King -- Exeter Street -- Johnson's first Lodging in London -- Art of living in London -- Catherine Street -- Unfortunate Women -- Wimbledon House -- Lyceum and Beef-steak Club -- Exeter Change -- Bed and Baltimore -- The Savoy -- Anecdotes of the Duchess of Albemarle -- Beaufort Buildings -- Lillie, the Perfumer -- Aaron Hill -- Fielding -- Southampton Street -- Cecil and Salisbury Streets -- Durham House -- Raleigh -- Pennant on the Word Place or Palace -- New Exchange -- Don Pantaleon Sa -- The White Milliner -- Adelphi -- Garrick and his Wife -- Beauclerc -- Society of Arts, and Mr. Barry -- Bedford Street -- George, Villiers, and Buckingham Streets -- York House and Buildings -- Squabble between the Spanish and French Ambassadors -- Hungerford Market -- Craven Street -- Franklin -- Northumberland House -- Duplicity of Henry, Earl of Northampton -- Violence of Lord Herbert of Cherbury -- Percy, Bishop of Dromore -- Pleasant mistake of Goldsmith 131

LINCOLN'S INN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Lincoln's Inn -- Ben Jonson's Bricklaying -- Enactments against Beards -- Oliver Cromwell, More, Hale, and other eminent Students of Lincoln's Inn -- Lincoln's Inn Fields, or Square -- Houses there built by Inigo Jones -- Pepys's Admiration of the Comforts of Mr. Povey -- Surgeons' College -- Sir Richard and Lady Fanshawe, and Lord Sandwich -- Execution of the patriotic Lord Russell, with an Account of the Circumstances that led to and accompanied it, and some Remarks on his Character -- Affecting Passages from the Letters of his Widow -- Ludicrous Story connected with Newcastle House 192

Great Queen Street -- Former fashionable Houses there -- Lewis and Miss Pope, the Comedians -- Martin Folkes -- Sir Godfrey Kneller and his Vanity -- Dr. Radcliffe -- Lord Herbert of Cherbury -- Nuisance of Whetstone Park -- The Three Dukes and the Beadle -- Rogues and Vagabonds in the Time of Charles II -- Former Theatres in Vere Street and Portugal Street -- First appearance of Actresses -- Infamous deception of one of them by the Earl of Oxford -- Appearance of an avowed Impostor on the Stage -- Anecdotes of the Wits and fine Ladies of the Time of Charles, connected with the Theatre in this Quarter -- Kynaston, Betterton, Nokes, Mrs. Barry, Mrs. Mountford, and other Performers -- Rich -- Joe Miller -- Carey Street and Mrs. Chapone -- Clare Market -- History, and Specimens, of Orator Henley -- Duke Street and Little Wild Street -- Anecdotes of Dr. Franklin's Residence in those Streets while a Journeyman Printer 225

DRURY LANE, AND THE TWO THEATRES IN DRURY LANE AND COVENT GARDEN.

COVENT GARDEN CONTINUED AND LEICESTER SQUARE.

Bow Street once the Bond Street of London -- Fashions at that time -- Infamous frolic of Sir Charles Sedley and others -- Wycherly and the Countess of Drogheda -- Tonson the Bookseller -- Fielding -- Russell Street -- Dryden beaten by hired ruffians in Rose Street -- His Presidency at Will's Coffee-House -- Character of that Place -- Addison and Button's Coffee-House -- Pope, Philips, and Garth -- Armstrong -- Boswell's introduction to Johnson -- The Hummums -- Ghost Story there -- Covent Garden -- The Church -- Car, Earl of Somerset -- Butler, Southern, Eastcourt, Sir Robert Strange -- Macklin -- Curious Dialogue with him when past a century -- Dr. Walcot -- Covent Garden Market -- Story of Lord Sandwich, Hackman, and Miss Ray -- Henrietta Street -- Mrs. Clive -- James Street -- Partridge, the almanack-maker -- Mysterious lady -- King Street -- Arne and his Father -- The four Indian Kings -- Southampton Row -- Maiden Lane -- Voltaire -- Long Acre and its Mug-Houses -- Prior's resort there -- Newport Street -- St. Martin's Lane, and Leicester Square -- Sir Joshua Reynolds -- Hogarth -- Sir Isaac Newton 306

CHARING CROSS AND WHITEHALL.

WOLSEY AND WHITEHALL.

Regal Character of Whitehall -- York Place -- Personal and Moral Character of Wolsey -- Comparison of him with his Master, Henry -- His Pomp and Popularity -- Humorous Account of his Flatterers by Sir Thomas More -- Importance of his Hat -- Cavendish's Account of his household State, his goings forth in Public, and his entertainments of the King 382

Henry the Eighth -- His Person and Character -- Modern Qualifications of it considered -- Passages respecting him from Lingard, Sir Thomas Wyatt, and others -- His additions to Whitehall -- A Retrospect at Elizabeth -- Court of James resumed -- Its gross Habits -- Letter of Sir John Harrington respecting them -- James's Drunkenness -- Testimonies of Welldon, Sully, and Roger Coke -- Curious Omission in the Invective of Churchill the Poet -- Welldon's Portrait of James -- Buckingham, the Favourite -- Frightful Story of Somerset -- Masques -- Banqueting House -- Inigo Jones and Ben Jonson -- Court of Charles the First -- Cromwell -- Charles the Second -- James the Second 395

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

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

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

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 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

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 TOWN.

INTRODUCTION.

Different impressions of London on different passengers and minds -- Extendibility of its interest to all -- London before the Deluge! -- Its origin according to the fabulous writers and poets -- First historical mention of it -- Its names -- British, Roman, Saxon, and Norman London -- General progress of the city and of civilisation -- Range of the Metropolis as it existed in the time of Shakspeare and Bacon -- Growth of the streets and suburbs during the later reigns -- "Merry London" and "Merry England" -- Curious assertion respecting trees in the city.

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