THE TOWER OF LONDON AGENTS AMERICA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64 & 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK AUSTRALASIA THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, MELBOURNE CANADA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD. 27 RICHMOND STREET WEST, TORONTO INDIA MACMILLAN & COMPANY, LTD. MACMILLAN BUILDING, BOMBAY 309 BOW BAZAAR STREET, CALCUTTA [Illustration: THE WHITE TOWER (KEEP), WITH THE LANTHORN TOWER IN THE FOREGROUND, FROM THE TOWER BRIDGE] THE TOWER OF LONDON PAINTED BY JOHN FULLEYLOVE, R.I. DESCRIBED BY ARTHUR POYSER [Illustration] PUBLISHED BY A. & C. BLACK · LONDON · MCMVIII TO MY FATHER Thomas Cooper Poyser THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED Full in the midst a mighty pile arose, Where iron-grated gates their strength oppose To each invading step, and, strong and steep, The battled walls arose, the fosse sunk deep. Slow round the fortress rolled the sluggish stream, And high in middle air the warder’s turrets gleam. _Anonymous._ PREFACE