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Picturesque London

by Percy Fitzgerald

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Author
Fitzgerald, Percy, 1834-1925
Credits
Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
London (England) -- Description and travel
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 59188
Release Date
April 1, 2019
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Picturesque London
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5.INTRODUCTION. — PICTURESQUE LONDON.
  6. 6.CHAPTER I. ST. MARGARET’S CHURCH, WESTMINSTER.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II THE WESTMINSTER TOBACCO-BOX—THE WESTMINSTER PLAY.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. ASHBURNHAM HOUSE—THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, ETC.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. THE ADELPHI AND THE STRAND.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. THE ROMAN BATH.—COVENT GARDEN.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. THE NATIONAL GALLERY.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. SIR JOHN VANBRUGH AND ST. MARTIN’S LANE.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. PICCADILLY, BOND STREET, AND ALBERT GATE.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. THE OLD INNS—CLIFFORD’S, STAPLE, BARNARD’S, ETC.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. DICKENS IN LONDON.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. WATERLOO BRIDGE, THE LAW COURTS, ETC.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. OLD SUBURBAN MANSIONS.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. OLD TOWN MANSIONS.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. OLD SQUARES.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. THE OLD TAVERNS.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. TAVERNS.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. CITY WALKS.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX. THE OLD CITY HALLS
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. ALLHALLOWS, ST. OLAVE’S, ELY CHAPEL, ETC.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. OLD ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S, ST. HELEN’S, AND OTHER CHURCHES.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. WREN’S CHURCHES.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. MODERN CHURCHES.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. THE CHARTERHOUSE.—THE NEW RIVER.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. CANONBURY TOWER.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. THE QUEEN ANNE STYLE—OLD DOORWAYS.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. CHELSEA AND FULHAM.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. PUTNEY—FULHAM.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. CHISWICK, KEW, RICHMOND, AND THEIR SUBURBS.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. WILLIS’S ROOMS—THE PALACES.
  37. 37.INDEX.

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