Entrance to the Adelphi Arches 120 The Fox-under-the-Hill 128 York House, York Stairs, and Durham House 136 York Stairs and Water Works 152 Pepys' Library, Buckingham Street, Adelphi 160 St Mary Rounceval, the Original Site of Northumberland House 168 Suffolk (subsequently Northumberland) House 176 The Strand Front of Northumberland House in 1752 184 Northumberland House, from the Gardens 208 The Ball-room, Northumberland House 224 The Drawing-room, Northumberland House 240 Charing Cross, before the building of Northumberland Avenue 256 The Lion, Northumberland House 272 [Illustration: AN ADAM DOOR.] The Literary History of the Adelphi and its Neighbourhood CHAPTER I Anthony Bek, Bishop of Durham--The Papal Legate and the Oxford Clergy--Henry III. and the Earl of Leicester--Prince Henry--The Author of _Philobiblon_--Edward III.--Thomas Hatfield--Henry VIII.--Cuthbert Tunstall--Cranmer at Durham House--Anne Boleyn--Henry VIII. and Anne of Cleves feast at Durham House--Dudley, Duke of Northumberland--Lady Jane Grey--Queen Mary--Queen Elizabeth--Philip Sidney--Sir Walter Raleigh--Elizabeth Throgmorton--Glanville _v._ Courtney--Thomas Egerton--Fire at Durham House--Raleigh and his Pipe.