City Scenes

About this eBook

Author

Taylor, Jane, 1783-1824

Title

City Scenes; or, a peep into London

Credits

Transcribed from the 1828 Harvey and Darton edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

London (England) -- Guidebooks -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

38612

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38612

Release Date

January 18, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.City Scenes . OR A PEEP INTO LONDON.
2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.CITY SCENES. — 1. Countryman on a Stage Coach. — 2. The Monument. — 3. Pie Corner, — 4. New London Bridge. — 5. Billingsgate, — 6. The Scavenger. — 7. The Bellman. — 8. A Wharf — 9. The Coal-ship and Barge. — 10. The Custom House. — 11. The Press-gang. — 12. The Tower of London — 13. The Armory. — 14. The Horse Armory. — 15. The Wild Beasts in the Tower. — 16. The Jewel Office. — 17. Rag Fair and Old Clothes. — 18. Ship-building. — 19. Nosegays. — 20. The Water-cress Girl, — 21. The Brewer’s Dray. — 22. The Twopenny-post Boy. — 23. The Dancing Bear and Dogs. — 24. The Camel and Monkey. — 25. The Royal Exchange. — 26. The Fire-engine. — 27. Drawing Goods in a Truck. — 28. The East India House. — 29. London Stone. — 30. Guildhall. — 32. The Mansion House, — 33. The Bank of England. — 34. St. Paul’s Cathedral. — 35. The Blue-coat School, called Christ’s Hospital. — 36. The enraged Ox. — 37. The Dustman. — 38. The taking of Guy Fawkes. — 39. Guy Fawkes in Effigy. — 40. Bartholomew’s Hospital, — 41. Smithfield Market — 42. St. Dunstan’s Church. — 43. The Postman and Letter-Carrier. — 44. The Temple — 45. The Knife-grinder. — 46. The Chair-mender. — 47. The News Boy and Flying Pieman. — 48. Blackfriars’ Bridge. — 49. Temple Bar. — 50. The Paviors. — 51. Westminster Abbey. — 52. The Tombs. — 53. Westminster Bridge — 54. Westminster Hall — 55. The Lamplighter. — 56. The Watchman. — 57. The Link-boy. — 58. The Sedan Chair. — 59. The Milkmaid. — 60. The Sailors and Ship. — 61. The Admiralty Office. — 62. The Sailing Match. — 63. The drowned Boy. — 64. The General Post-office, — 65. Southwark Bridge. — 66. Waterloo Bridge — 67. The Royal Academy, Somerset House. — 68. Covent Garden. — 69. The British Museum — 70. Charing Cross. — 71. Carleton House, — 72. The Quadrant, Regent Street. — 73. The Funeral. — 74. The Charity Children. — 75. Highgate Tunnel. — 76. Watering the Streets. — 77. Little Boy at the Crossing. — 78. The Flower-pot Man. — 79. The Waterman, the Ticket Porter, and Fellowship Porter. — 80. The Coach-stand. — 81. New Milk from the Cow. — .82 Skating. — 83. The hard Frost. — 84. The Fire-plug. — 85. The London Docks — 86, 87. Greenwich and Chelsea Hospitals, and Pensioners,
4. 4.Footnotes

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