Produced by Eric Eldred, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team LONDON FILMS BY W. D. HOWELLS [Illustration: HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT] CONTENTS I. METEOROLOGICAL EMOTIONS II. CIVIC AND SOCIAL COMPARISONS, MOSTLY ODIOUS III. SHOWS AND SIDE-SHOWS OF STATE IV. THE DUN YEAR'S BRILLIANT FLOWER V. THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE STREETS VI. SOME MISGIVINGS AS TO THE AMERICAN INVASION VII. IN THE GALLERY OF THE COMMONS VIII. THE MEANS OF SOJOURN IX. CERTAIN TRAITS OF THE LONDON SPRINGTIME X. SOME VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY SIGHTSEEING XI. GLIMPSES OF THE LOWLY AND THE LOWLIER XII. TWICE-SEEN SIGHTS AND HALF-FANCIED FACTS XIII. AN AFTERNOON AT HAMPTON COURT XIV. A SUNDAY MORNING IN THE COUNTRY XV. FISHING FOR WHITEBAIT XVI. HENLEY DAY XVII. AMERICAN ORIGINS--MOSTLY NORTHERN XVIII. AMERICAN ORIGINS--MOSTLY SOUTHERN XIX. ASPECTS AND INTIMATIONS XX. PARTING GUESTS ILLUSTRATIONS HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT FLEET STREET AND ST. DUNSTAN'S CHURCH THE CARRIAGES DRAWN UP BESIDE THE SACRED CLOSE SUNDAY AFTERNOON, HYDE PARK ROTTEN ROW A BLOCK IN THE STRAND ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL WESTMINSTER ABBEY THE HORSE GUARDS, WHITEHALL WESTMINSTER BRIDGE AND CLOCK TOWER A HOUSE-BOAT ON THE THAMES AT HENLEY THE CROWD OF SIGHT-SEERS AT HENLEY THE TOWER OF LONDON ST. OLAVE'S, TOOLEY STREET LONDON BRIDGE THE ANCIENT CHURCH OF ST. MAGNUS THE EAST INDIA HOUSE OF CHARLES LAMB'S TIME CHURCH OF THE DUTCH REFUGEES BOW-BELLS (ST. MARY-LE-BOW, CHEAPSIDE) STAPLE INN, HOLBORN CLIFFORD'S INN HALL ANCIENT CHURCH OF ST. MARTINS-IN-THE-FIELDS HYDE PARK IN OCTOBER THAMES EMBANKMENT I METEOROLOGICAL EMOTIONS