* * * "LONDON PLAYGROUNDS."--Drury Lane, Lyceum, Haymarket, Toole's, &c., &c. The respective managers say they prefer to see these crammed, and object to all "open spaces." Transcriber Notes: Passages in italics were indicated by _underscores_. Small caps were replaced with ALL CAPS. Throughout the dialogues, there were words used to mimic accents of the speakers. Those words were retained as-is. The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs and so that they are next to the text they illustrate. Errors in punctuations and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected unless otherwise noted. On page 14, the open single quotation mark was replaced with a double quotation mark. On page 18, the open single quotation mark was replaced with a double quotation mark. On page 22, the open single quotation mark was replaced with a double quotation mark. On page 24, there is a missing open rounded bracket, but the location where that bracket should be placed is unclear.