Produced by Bruce Albrecht, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net The CHILDREN'S BOOK of LONDON BY G. E. MITTON WITH EIGHT FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR A. & C. BLACK, LTD., 4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.1 [Illustration: THE TOWER BRIDGE.] PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN _First Published 1903_ TO RENA, CU, AND ELFIE CONTENTS BOOK I LONDON AS IT IS CHAPTER PAGE I. LONDON CHILDREN 3 II. LONDON 16 III. THE KING'S PALACES 29 IV. TRAINS AND HORSES 42 V. CHILDREN AT SCHOOL 52 VI. LONDON MARKETS 64 VII. CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS 77 VIII. STREETS AND SHOPS 89 IX. DOGS AND CATS 105 X. ODDS AND ENDS 115 BOOK II HISTORICAL STORIES XI. KING EDWARD V 131 XII. TOURNAMENTS AND PAGEANTS 154 XIII. SIR THOMAS MORE 165 XIV. LADY JANE GREY 182 XV. GUNPOWDER PLOT 196 XVI. CHARLES I 204 XVII. THE GREAT PLAGUE AND FIRE 222 BOOK III THE SIGHTS OF LONDON XVIII. THE TOWER OF LONDON 241 XIX. THE TOWER OF LONDON--_continued_ 257 XX. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 270 XXI. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS--_continued_ 289 XXII. THE BRITISH MUSEUM 303 XXIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM 311 XXIV. WESTMINSTER ABBEY, ST. PAUL'S, AND THE CENOTAPH 332 XXV. THE MINT, THE BANK, AND THE POST OFFICE 353 XXVI. THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW AND OTHER THINGS 370 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE TOWER BRIDGE _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL AND BUCKINGHAM PALACE 30 TRAFALGAR SQUARE 132 THE TRAITORS' GATE, TOWER OF LONDON 180 THE CENOTAPH, WHITEHALL 216 ST. MARY-LE-STRAND AND BUSH HOUSE 244 THE CORONATION CHAIR, WESTMINSTER ABBEY 340 ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL 348 BOOK I LONDON AS IT IS THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF LONDON CHAPTER I LONDON CHILDREN