190. Waiting for the Tide, 634 191. Ruins, Tail Piece, 635 192. "The Times" Office, 650 193. The Sub-Editors' Room, "Daily Telegraph" Office, 651 194. Portrait of James Anthony Froude, 639 195. Portrait of Algernon Charles Swinburne, 641 196. Portrait of John Stewart Mill, 643 197. Portrait of Benjamin Disraeli, 644 198. Portrait of John Ruskin, 637 199. Portrait of Charles Kingsley, 645 200. Portrait of Anthony Trollope, 647 201. Tail Piece, 652 202. Initial Letter, 655 203. Half-Penny Soup House, (Full Page,) 653 204. A Pawn-Broker's Shop, 656 205. A Third Class Railway Carriage, 659 206. Tail Piece, 662 207. Map of London, -- [Illustration: Contents] CHAPTER I. THE MISTRESS OF THE WORLD. View from the Cupola of St. Paul's Cathedral--Population of London--Its Wealth and Poverty--Interesting Statistics, 18 CHAPTER II. THE SILENT HIGHWAY. The Thames Embankment--The Tunnel--The Subway--Tunnel Thieves--Pneumatic Railway, 24 CHAPTER III. THE DOCKS, SHIPPING, AND COMMERCE. Custom-House Duties--Immense Wine Vaults under the Docks--Hoisting and Discharging Cargoes--London and West India Docks--Opposition to the New Dock System--Dock Laborers, 28 CHAPTER IV. PALACES OF LONDON. St. James--Whitehall--Buckingham Palace--Magnificence of the Queen's Residence--The Grand Staircase--Queen's Library--The Famous _John Brown_, 42 CHAPTER V. HIDDEN DEPTHS. Underground Life--A Friendly Visit among Thieves and Pick-Pockets--The Midnight Feast, 58 CHAPTER VI. DEBATING CLUBS AND COGERS' HALL. Society of Cogers--The Most Worthy Grand--News of the Week--Interesting Debates--Irish Orator and Scotch Presbyterian--Liberals and Conservatives--"Where are we now?"--Farce and Tragedy, 76 CHAPTER VII. CLUBS AND CLUB HOUSES.