Wanderings in Piccadilly Mayfair and Pall Mall [Illustration: GARDENS OF CARLTON HOUSE IN 1784.] Wanderings in London Piccadilly, Mayfair and Pall Mall BY E. BERESFORD CHANCELLOR, M.A. F.R. Hist: Soc: Author of “THE SQUARES OF LONDON,” ETC. WITH TWENTY ILLUSTRATIONS OF OLD LONDON (Four of them in Colour) JAMES POTT & CO. NEW YORK 1909 WANDERINGS IN LONDON PICCADILLY, MAYFAIR AND PALL MALL To facilitate the “Wanderings” of inexperienced pilgrims, more especially of those from America, a MAP OF THE DISTRICT will be found within the two covers of the book; that in the front giving the more eastern, and that in the back the more western limits of the district concerned. WARD & CO. COLOUR PRINTERS 33 & 34 Craven Street CHARING CROSS LONDON, W.C. PUBLISHERS’ NOTE Old London vanishes, another London takes its place; the interesting old spots associated with the leisurely life and refinement of the century that has gone, are being swept away one by one. In many ways we would welcome a return of those dear old days, with their appreciation of the _belles lettres_ and the fine arts, and with all their oddities and quaint customs, but they have gone for ever. They played their part in the development of the national life: to us they are but memories. We owe no small debt of gratitude, however, to those who--like the author--amidst all the changes that are taking place, have tried to keep alive for us with pen and pencil, a remembrance of a period so different from our own. Especially, perhaps, will many of our American cousins recognise this debt when in their migrations they try to hunt up places of interest connected with their English forbears. Mr. Chancellor is most happy as he takes us round the old streets and houses, and gives--as it were--almost personal introductions to the quaint and interesting people who inhabited them. His pages are sentient with living personages, and as we read we forget the years that have rolled away, while we enjoy the laugh and quip with the interesting old characters which are met with at every turn and corner.