Produced by Colin Bell, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN LONDON MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED LONDON . BOMBAY . CALCUTTA . MADRAS MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK . BOSTON . CHICAGO DALLAS . SAN FRANCISCO THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd. TORONTO [Illustration: _Crossing at Piccadilly Circus._] _HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN LONDON_ BY MRS. E. T. COOK WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HUGH THOMSON AND F. L. GRIGGS MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1920 _COPYRIGHT._ _First Edition_, 1902. _Reprinted_, 1903, 1907, 1911, 1920. CONTENTS CHAPTER I HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS 1 CHAPTER II THE RIVER 22 CHAPTER III RAMBLES IN THE CITY 53 CHAPTER IV ST. PAUL'S AND ITS PRECINCTS 84 CHAPTER V THE TOWER 100 CHAPTER VI SOUTHWARK, OLD AND NEW 121 CHAPTER VII THE INNS OF COURT 137 CHAPTER VIII THE EAST AND THE WEST 162 CHAPTER IX WESTMINSTER 187 CHAPTER X KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA 210 CHAPTER XI BLOOMSBURY 238 CHAPTER XII THEATRICAL AND FOREIGN LONDON 273 CHAPTER XIII LONDON SHOPS AND MARKETS 298 CHAPTER XIV THE GALLERIES, MUSEUMS, AND COLLECTIONS 324 CHAPTER XV HISTORIC HOUSES AND THEIR TENANTS 358 CHAPTER XVI RUS IN URBE 385 CHAPTER XVII THE WAYS OF LONDONERS 414 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