Hamilton & Co.'s premises, Old Court House Street Old view of Clive Street Present view of Clive Street, showing Chartered Bank's premises on the right middle centre. 12, Dalhousie Square, East, showing West End Watch Co.'s premises Smith, Stanistreet & Co.'s premises, Dalhousie Square, East McLeod & Co.'s new premises, Dalhousie Square, West Alliance Bank of Simla Building erected by Martin & Co. containing these offices Writers' Buildings and Holwell Monument Esplanade East, showing tank now filled in Old view of Esplanade, East, showing Dharamtala Tank The Sir Stuart Hogg Market Chowringhee, showing Tanks opposite Lindsay Street and Bengal Club Modern view of Esplanade, East, showing Tramway Junction and Shelter View of Tramway Company's Esplanade Junction before shelter was built Grand Hotel The five houses in Chowringhee that formed the nucleus of the Grand Hotel W. Leslie & Co.'s premises, Chowringhee W. Leslie & Co.'s premises, Chowringhee Esplanade Mansions, built by Mr. Ezra on the site of Scott Thomson's Corner Thacker, Spink & Co.'s new premises, completed in 1916 Walter Locke & Co.'s premises, Esplanade, East Mackintosh Burn & Co. and Morrison and Cottle's premises, Esplanade, East Bristol Hotel, Chowringhee Corporation Street, showing Hindustan Buildings--Proprietors, Hindustan Co-operative Insurance Society, Ld. Old site of the present Continental Hotel, Chowringhee Hotel Continental, Chowringhee The Old United Service Club Present-day view of United Service Club Park House, Park Street, William Heath's Premises The "Haunted" House, corner of Sudder Street, Chowringhee G.F. Kellner & Co.'s premises in Chowringhee. Army and Navy Stores, Chowringhee Chowringhee Mansions, built on the site of Old United Service Club Hall & Anderson's premises, at the corner of Park Street Old Bengal Club New Bengal Club Bishop's Palace, Chowringhee [Illustration: _Photo. by Calcutta Phototype Co_ Old view of Government House, North aspect] [Illustration: Old view of Government House, South aspect _Photo by Johnston & Hoffmann_] RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD CALCUTTA PART I. Personal. When I first came to Calcutta things were entirely different to the present day. There was, of course, a very much smaller European population, and every one was consequently pretty well known to every one else, but at the same time the cleavage between the different sections of society was much more marked than it is now. Members of the Civil Service were very exclusive, holding themselves much more aloof than the "heaven-born" do to-day; the military formed another distinct set; while the mercantile people, lawyers, barristers, and others not in any government service, had their own particular circle. This marked cleavage did not, however, prevent the different "sets" from having quite a good time, and as I have said, even if they did not mix together very closely and intimately, we all in a way knew each other.