PAGE HOTEL CHARGES viii GENERAL DESCRIPTION 9 A FIRST GLANCE AT THE CITY 15 A FIRST GLANCE AT THE WEST-END 27 PALACES AND MANSIONS, ROYAL AND NOBLE 33 HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT; WESTMINSTER HALL; GOVERNMENT OFFICES 40 ST. PAUL’S; WESTMINSTER ABBEY; CHURCHES; CHAPELS; 47 CEMETERIES BRITISH AND SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUMS; SCIENTIFIC 62 ESTABLISHMENTS NATIONAL GALLERY; ROYAL ACADEMY; ART EXHIBITIONS 68 COLLEGES; SCHOOLS; HOSPITALS; CHARITIES 70 THE TOWER; THE MINT; THE CUSTOM HOUSE; THE GENERAL 77 POST-OFFICE THE CORPORATION; MANSION HOUSE; GUILDHALL; MONUMENT; ROYAL 84 EXCHANGE THE TEMPLE; INNS OF COURT; COURTS OF JUSTICE; PRISONS 90 BANKS; INSURANCE OFFICES; STOCK EXCHANGE; CITY COMPANIES 93 THE RIVER; DOCKS; THAMES TUNNEL; BRIDGES; PIERS 97 FOOD SUPPLY; MARKETS; BAZAARS; SHOPS 109 CLUBS; HOTELS; INNS; CHOP-HOUSES; TAVERNS; COFFEE-HOUSES; 116 COFFEE-SHOPS THEATRES, CONCERTS, AND OTHER PLACES OF AMUSEMENT 121 PARKS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS; ZOOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL, AND 125 HORTICULTURAL GARDENS ALBERT HALL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 129 OMNIBUSES; CABS; RAILWAYS; STEAMERS 136 SHORT EXCURSIONS— UP THE RIVER 143 DOWN THE RIVER 154 CRYSTAL PALACE, &C. 162 APPENDIX. TABLES, LISTS, AND USEFUL HINTS— Suburban Towns and Villages, within Twelve Miles’ 169 Railway-Distance Chief Omnibus Routes 171 Tramways 173 Clubs and Club-Houses 173 The London Parcels’ Delivery Company 174 Money-Order Offices, and Post-Office Savings-Banks 175 London Letters, Postal and Telegraph System 175 Reading and News-Rooms 176 Chess-Rooms 177 Theatres 177 Concert Rooms 178 Music Halls 178 Modes of Admission to Various Interesting Places 179 Principal, Public, and Turkish Baths 180