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      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       PREFACE.

       HOTEL CHARGES.

       COLLINS’ ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO LONDON.

       GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

       A FIRST GLANCE AT THE CITY.

       A FIRST GLANCE AT THE WEST END.

       PALACES AND MANSIONS, ROYAL AND NOBLE.

       HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT; WESTMINSTER HALL; GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

       ST. PAUL’S; WESTMINSTER ABBEY; CHURCHES; CHAPELS; CEMETERIES.

       BRITISH AND SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUMS; SCIENTIFIC ESTABLISHMENTS.

       NATIONAL GALLERY; ROYAL ACADEMY; ART EXHIBITIONS.

       COLLEGES; SCHOOLS; HOSPITALS; CHARITIES.

       THE TOWER; THE MINT; THE CUSTOM HOUSE; THE GENERAL POST OFFICE.

       THE CORPORATION; MANSION HOUSE; GUILDHALL; MONUMENT; ROYAL EXCHANGE.

       THE TEMPLE; INNS OF COURT; COURTS OF JUSTICE; PRISONS.

       BANKS; INSURANCE OFFICES; STOCK EXCHANGE; CITY COMPANIES.

       THE RIVER; DOCKS; THAMES TUNNEL; BRIDGES; PIERS.

       FOOD SUPPLY; MARKETS; BAZAARS; SHOPS.

       CLUBS; HOTELS; INNS; CHOP-HOUSES; TAVERNS; COFFEE-HOUSES; COFFEE-SHOPS.

       THEATRES, CONCERTS, AND OTHER PLACES OF AMUSEMENT.

       PARKS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS; ZOOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL, AND HORTICULTURAL GARDENS.

       OMNIBUSES; TRAMWAYS; CABS; RAILWAYS; STEAMERS.

       SHORT EXCURSIONS.

       UP THE RIVER.

       DOWN THE RIVER.

       CRYSTAL PALACE, &c.

       APPENDIX. TABLES, LISTS, AND USEFUL HINTS.

       Suburban Towns and Villages within Twelve Miles’ Railway-distance.

       CHIEF OMNIBUS ROUTES.

       LONDON TRAMWAYS.

       CLUBS AND CLUB HOUSES.

       THE LONDON PARCELS DELIVERY COMPANY.

       MONEY-ORDER OFFICES, AND POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.

       LONDON LETTERS, POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SYSTEM.

       READING AND NEWS-ROOMS.

       CHESS ROOMS.

       THEATRES.

       CONCERT ROOMS.

       MUSIC HALLS.

       MODES OF ADMISSION TO VARIOUS INTERESTING PLACES.

       PRINCIPAL PUBLIC AND TURKISH BATHS.

       CABS.

       HINTS TO STRANGERS.

       COMMISSIONAIRES OR MESSENGERS.

       THE GREAT INTERCEPTS MAIN DRAINAGE SYSTEM OF LONDON.

       INDEX

PREFACE.

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      In this work an attempt is made to furnish Strangers with a handy and useful Guide to the chief objects of interest in the Metropolis and its Environs: comprising also much that will be interesting to permanent Residents. After a few pages of General Description, the various Buildings and