Picturesque Sketches of London, Past and Present

John Stuart Mill · en
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                              PICTURESQUE
                          SKETCHES OF LONDON.

                                LONDON:

                PRINTED BY ROBSON, LEVEY, AND FRANKLYN,
                    Great New Street, Fetter Lane.

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                           DOMINE DIRIGENOS]

                              PICTURESQUE

                          SKETCHES OF LONDON,

                           Past and Present.

                            [Illustration]

                           BY THOMAS MILLER,

             AUTHOR OF THE "HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS,"
                         "LADY JANE GREY," &c.

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                          LONDON: 227 STRAND.

                              PICTURESQUE

                          SKETCHES OF LONDON

                           Past and Present.

                           BY THOMAS MILLER,

     AUTHOR OF A "HISTORY OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS," "LADY JANE GREY,"
           "FAIR ROSAMOND," "PICTURES OF COUNTRY LIFE," &c.

                       WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS

                                  OF

      CHURCHES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ANTIQUITIES, STREET VIEWS, &c.

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                                LONDON:

              OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY,

                              227 STRAND.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

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 ANCIENT LONDON--the dawn of history--Roman London--Saxon London--old
 London Bridge--remains of ancient London--old roads and streets.....17

 CHAPTER II.

 ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL--Anniversary meeting of charity
 children--interior of St. Paul's--the _Times'_
 office--Doctors Commons--Prerogative Court--Examiners of
 wills--Shakspeare's will--Porters of the neighbourhood--Paul's
 Wharf--Knightrider-street--Old London thieves--Church of
 St. Mary Somerset--Cromwell and the clergy--Saracen's
 Head, Friday-street--Baptism of John Milton--Gerard's
 Hall--Painter-stainers' Hall--Queenhithe--St. Mary, Aldermanbury--Bow
 Church.....29

 CHAPTER III.

 CHEAPSIDE--London thoroughfares--Southwark
 Bridge--Whittington--Bucklersbury--Walbrook--Roman remains found in
 Cannon-street--London Stone--The Mansion House--Lombard-street--London
 bankers--Bankers' clerks--The Monument.....56

 CHAPTER IV.

 LONDON BRIDGE WHARF--Billingsgate--Coal Exchange--Custom House--St.
 Dunstan's Church--Mark-lane--Church of Allhallows Barking--East India
 House.....78

 CHAPTER V.

 THE TOWER--The White Tower--Hentzner's description of the Tower
 in the reign of Queen Elizabeth--Anecdotes of lions--The Crown
 Jewels--The Armoury--Execution of Lady Jane Grey--Prisoners in the
 Tower--Regulations of the Tower.....103

 CHAPTER VI.