INDEX
Reading edition
The titles of the writings of Dickens are printed in italics.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
Adelaide Street, Strand, 32.
Adelphi, 30.
Ainsworth, H., 54.
Alamode beef-houses, 31.
Alderbury, 100.
Aldwych, 80.
Allonby, 144.
“All the Year Round,” 78, 79, 222.
Amesbury, 100.
Anderson, Hans Christian, 70, 210.
“Animal Magnetism,” 172.
Athenæum Club, 80.
Austin, Henry, 49;
and Tavistock House, 66.
B
Bagstock, Major, and Brighton, 106.
Bangor, 169.
Barnaby Rudge, 60, 103.
Barnard Castle, 125.
Barnet, 55, 173.
Bath, 85, 87-93.
Battle of Life, 63.
Beard, Thomas, 82.
Beckhampton, 87.
Birkenhead, 169.
Birmingham, 163-166.
Black Country, the, 163.
Blackfriars Bridge, 35.
Blanchard, E. Laman, 211.
Bleak House, 27, 42, 56, 69, 71, 82, 103, 172, 176, 195.
Blimber’s, Dr., establishment at Brighton, 106.
Blimber, Dr., original of, 106.
Blunderstone, original of, 16, 117, 120.
Blundeston, original of Blunderstone, 16, 117, 120.
Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, 107-111.
Bowes, 126.
Boyle, Mary, 72, 107.
Bridgnorth, 163.
Brighton, 63, 103-107.
Bristol, 83.
Broadstairs, 54, 64, 188-197.
Brompton, New, 8.
Browdie, John, original of, 126.
Budden, James, original of Fat Boy, 12.
Burnett, Henry, 137.
Bury St. Edmunds, 114, 115.
226
C
Canterbury, 190, 202, 203, 205, 210
Capel Curig, 169.
Carlisle, 146.
Carlyle, Thomas, 72.
Carracross, a village of Peggotty Huts, 119.
Carrock Fell, 142.
Cassell and Co., 28.
Chalk, 186, 187, 211.
Chandos Street, Covent Garden, 37, 39.
Charing Cross Hospital, 38.
Charing Cross railway-bridge, 30.
Charlotte Street, Blackfriars, 35.
Chatham, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 25, 26, 183, 185, 186, 204, 205, 214, 215.
Cheadle, 169.
Cheeryble Brothers, originals of, 138.
Chelmsford, 49.
Chertsey, 55.
Chesney Wold, 172, 173.
Chester, 163.
Child’s Dream of a Star, 17.
Child’s Story, 18.
Chimes, The, 62, 82.
Cholmeley, original of Tony Weller, 22.
Christmas Carol, 60, 73, 171.
Clare Market, 80.
Clatford, 86.
Clifton, 84.
Cloisterham (Rochester), 214.
Coaches:
“Brighton Era,” 103.
“Commodore,” 20, 22.
Cooper Company’s, Bristol, 85.
“Glasgow Mail,” 124.
Timpson’s “Blue-eyed Maid,” 21.
Cobham, 20, 186, 208, 210.
Cobham Hall, 211.
Cob-Tree Hall, Aylesford, 201.
Coketown, original of, 133.
Collins, Wilkie, 72, 141.
Conway, 169.
Cook, Eliza, 69.
Cooling, 212-214.
Cornwall, trip into, with Stanfield, Maclise, and Forster, 95.
Covent Garden, 30.
Coventry, 170.
Cricket on the Hearth, 60.
Cumberland, 141.
D
“Daily News,” 81.
David Copperfield, 3, 8, 9, 12, 16, 19, 29, 30, 31, 36, 37, 40, 42, 44, 45, 50, 60, 63, 103, 108, 110, 117-122, 193, 195, 199, 200, 202.
Dawson, Dr., at school with Dickens, 40.
Debtors’ prison, Southwark, 28.
Dedlock Arms, original of, 173.
Dibabses, home of, 95.
Dickens, Alfred Tennyson, 61.
Dickens, Charles:
Birth, 1;
baptism, 3;
childhood days, 6, 7;
at school in Chatham, 11, 14;
Chatham days, 18-20;
leaves Chatham for London, 20;
boyhood and youth in London, 23-48;
227
first employment, 29;
school again, 39;
clerk at a solicitor’s and then at attorneys’, 41;
takes to journalism, 44;
studies shorthand, 44;
reporter on the “True Sun,” “Mirror of Parliament,” and “Morning Chronicle,” 46;
first attempt at authorship, 47;
commences Pickwick, 50;
marriage, 51;
birth of his son Charles, 51;
of his daughters, Mary and Kate, 54;
of his sons, Walter Landor, Francis Jeffrey, Alfred Tennyson, Henry Fielding, and daughter, Dora Annie, 61;
and of Sidney Smith Haldemand, 63;
birth of son, Edward Bulwer Lytton, 71;
takes Gad’s Hill Place, 73;
return from America, 95;
death, June 9, 1870, 222.
Dickens, Mrs. Charles, 88, 166.
Dickens, Charles Culliford Boz, 51, 64.
Dickens, Dora Annie, 61.
Dickens, Edward Bulwer Lytton, 71.
Dickens, Elizabeth, mother of Charles, 3, 26, 33, 38.
Dickens Fellowship, 17.
Dickens, Francis Elizabeth, 3.
Dickens, Francis Jeffrey, 61.
Dickens, Henry Fielding, 61.
Dickens, John, 2, 5-20, 23, 26, 28, 33, 37, 39, 41, 43, 94.
Dickens, Kate, 54.
Dickens, Mary, 54, 59.
Dickens Road, 193.
Dickens, Sidney Smith Haldemand, 63.
Dickens Street, Portsmouth, 2.
Dickens, Walter Landor, 61.
Dingley Dell, 201.
Dinner at Poplar Walk, 47.
Doctors’ Commons, 44.
Dombey and Son, 33, 60, 63, 106, 162.
Dombey, burial of, 61.
Dombey, Mr., and Brighton, 106.
Dombey, Mr., marriage of, 61.
Dombey, original of, 138.
Dombey, Paul, at school in Brighton, 106.
Doncaster, 149, 153-5.
Dorrit, Fanny, original of, 138.
Dotheboys Hall, 126.
Dover, 8, 197, 198-199, 206, 219.
Drury Lane, 31, 80.
“Dullborough” (Chatham), 21, 185, 186.
E
Eastgate House, Rochester, 216.
“Eatanswill,” 114.
Edinburgh, 155-157, 159.
Egg, Augustus, 110.
Ellis and Blackmore, attorneys who employed Dickens, 41, 43.
Empty chair, 209.
Engelhart, 25.
228
Essex, 1, 49.
Everard, Dr., original of Dr. Blimber, 106.
Exeter, 93.
F
Fielding’s “Tom Thumb,” 71.
Fields, James T., 77.
Fildes, Luke, 78.
Fitzgerald, Percy, 81, 114.
Fleet Prison, 28.
Folkestone, 198, 199-200.
Folkestone, original of Pavilionstone, 199.
Frith, W. P., R.A., 73.
Frozen Deep, The, 72.
G
Gad’s Hill, 184, 201, 204-212, 218, 220, 221-224.
Gaiety Theatre, 80.
Garland Family, 35.
Genoa, 61, 62, 110.
George Silverman’s Explanation, 136.
Giles, William, 15, 21.
Glasgow, 158, 159.
Glencoe, 157.
“Golden dog licking a golden pot,” 35.
“Golden Lucy,” original of, 12.
Gounod, 74.
Grant, William and Daniel, Originals of the Cheeryble Brothers, 138.
Grantham, 124.
Gravesend, 184, 204, 206, 211.
Gray’s Inn, 50.
Great Expectations, 21, 71, 212, 220, 222.
Great North Road, 173.
Great Winglebury, 220.
Greta Bridge, 123.
Grewgious’s chambers in Staple Inn, 51.
Grip the raven, 60.
Guest, The, 13.
Guild of Literature and Art, 177.
Guy’s Hospital, 35.
H
Hackney churchyard, 179.
Hampshire, 1.
Hampstead, 39, 55.
Hard Times, 71, 132-136.
Hatfield, 174.
Haunted Man, 60, 104.
Hertford, 173.
Hesket-New-Market, 148.
Higham, 204.
Hogarth, Catherine Thomson, 51.
Hogarth, George, 51.
Hogarth, Mary, 51.
Hogarth, Miss, 51, 63.
Holl, Frank, 25.
Holly Tree Inn, 13.
Horne, R. H., 9.
Hotels: see Inns.
“Household Words,” 79, 104, 141.
House of Commons Reporters, Gallery, 46.
Huffam, Christopher, 4.
Humphrey, Master, original of 126.
Hungerford Market, 30, 39.
Hungerford Stairs, Strand, 29 35, 39.
Hungerford Street, 32, 160.
229
Hungerford Suspension Bridge, 30.
Hunt, Leigh, 128, 137.
I
Inns and Hotels:
Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, 129.
Adelphi Hotel, Manchester, 169.
Albion Hotel, Broadstairs, 188.
Angel Inn, Bury St. Edmunds, 114.
Angel, Doncaster, 153.
Beaufort Arms, Bath, 93.
Bedford Hotel, Brighton, 104, 105, 106.
Black Prince, Chandos Street, 38.
Blue Boar, Rochester, 220.
Bull Hotel, Preston, 136.
Bull Hotel, Rochester, 218.
Bull Inn, Whitechapel, 113.
Bush Inn, Bristol, 84.
Castle Hotel, Coventry, 170.
Catherine Wheel, Beckhampton, 87.
Clarence Hotel, Chatham, 12.
Copp’s Royal Hotel, Leamington, 160.
County Inn, Canterbury, 202.
Cross Keys, London, 21.
Crozier Inn, Chatham, 13.
Down Hotel, Clifton, 85.
Fountain Hotel, Canterbury, 202.
Fox-under-the-Hill, Adelphi, 30.
George Hotel, Grantham, 124.
George Inn, Greta Bridge, 124.
Golden Cross, London, 22.
Great White Horse, Ipswich, 112.
Green Dragon, Alderbury, 100.
Hen and Chickens Inn, Birmingham, 164.
Horseshoe and Castle, Cooling, 212.
Hotel Cecil, London, 31.
Jack Straw’s Castle, Hampstead, 56.
Kennedy’s Hotel, Edinburgh, 156.
Kennett Inn, Beckhampton, 87.
King’s Arms, Lancaster, 149.
King’s Head, Barnard Castle, 126.
Leather Bottle, Cobham, 210.
Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, 167.
Lord Warden Hotel, Dover, 199.
Malt Shovel, Cheetham Hill, 136.
Marquis of Ailesbury’s Arms, Clatford, 86.
Mitre Inn, Chatham, 12.
New Inn, Greta Bridge, 124.
New London Inn, Exeter, 94.
230
Old Coach and Horses, Isleworth, 55.
Old Royal Hotel, Birmingham, 165.
Old Ship Hotel, Brighton, 103.
Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, 199.
Plough, Blundeston, 117.
Queen’s Head, Hesket-New-Market, 149.
Queen’s Hotel, Manchester, 131.
Queen’s Hotel, St. Albans, 176.
Radley’s Hotel, Liverpool, 129.
Red Lion Inn, Chatham, 12.
Red Lion, High Barnet, 173.
Red Lion, Parliament Street, 37.
Royal Hotel, Bath, 93.
Royal Hotel, Edinburgh, 157.
Royal Hotel, Glasgow, 159.
Royal Hotel, Norwich, 115.
Royal Hotel, Yarmouth, 120.
St. James’s (now Berkeley) Hotel, 78.
Salisbury Arms, Hatfield, 174, 175.
Saracen’s Head, Bath, 87.
Shepherd’s Shord Inn, 87.
Ship Inn, Allonby, 136.
Sondes Arms, Rockingham, 173.
Star and Garter, Richmond, 55.
Sun Hotel, Canterbury, 202.
Three Jolly Bargemen, Cooling, 214.
Unicorn, Bowes, 126.
Victoria Hotel, Euston, 63.
Waite’s Hotel, Gravesend, 207.
Waterloo Hotel, Edinburgh, 156.
West Hoe Hotel, Plymouth, 103.
White Hart, Bath, 89.
White Hart, Stevenage, 182.
White Lion, Wolverhampton, 167.
Wood’s Hotel (Furnival’s Inn), 52.
York House Hotel, Bath, 93.
Ipswich, 49, 112, 115.
Isle of Wight, 107.
Italy, Dickens sojourn in, 62.
J
Jerrold, Douglas, 141, 176.
Joe the Fat Boy, original of, 12.
Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street, 48.
Jones, William, schoolmaster, 39.
Jonson’s “Every Man in His Humour,” 128.
K
Kean, Charles, 94.
Kenilworth, 160, 162.
Kent, 1, 183.
231
King’s Bench Prison, 28, 29.
King’s College School, 63.
Kingsgate Street, Holborn, 80.
Kingsway, 80.
Kit’s Coty House, 201.
Knebworth, 177, 179.
L
Lamert, Dr., original of Dr. Slammer, 16.
Lamert, James, 29, 39.
Lancaster, 149-153.
Landor, Walter Savage, 88.
Landseer, Sir E., 54, 61.
Land’s End, 95.
Lankester, Mrs. and Dr., 108.
Lausanne, 63.
Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices, 141-155.
Leamington, 160.
Leather Bottle, Cobham, 210.
Leech, John, 105, 108, 109, 110, 120.
Leeds, 140, 153.
“Leg o’ mutton swarry” located, 93.
Lemon, Mark, 71, 109, 120.
Lighthouse, The, 72.
Limehouse Hole, 4.
Lincoln’s Inn Fields (Forster’s residence and Tulkinghorn’s chambers), 62, 82, 190.
Linton, Mrs. Lynn, 206, 221.
Little Dorrit, 21, 29, 71, 72, 199, 222.
Little Nell, original of, 88.
Liverpool, 128.
Llangollen, 169.
London, 1, 20, 23.
Longfellow, H. W., 60, 222.
“Love Chase,” The, 169.
Lowestoft, 117.
Lowther Arcade, 33.
Lupin, Mrs., original of her “establishment,” 100.
Lynn, Rev. J., 206.
Lytton, Lord, 177.
M
Maclise, D., 54, 88.
Macready, 47, 61, 109.
“Mad Lucas,” 179.
Maidstone, 200, 201, 210.
Maidstone, original of Muggleton, 201.
Manchester, 131-140, 169.
Manchester, original of Coketown, 133.
Margate, 197.
Marlborough Downs, 85, 99.
Marshalsea Prison, 28, 29, 33, 35, 36.
Martin Chuzzlewit, 50, 60, 95, 98, 129.
Marylebone Church, 61.
Maryport, 147.
Master Humphreys Clock, 126.
Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street, 28.
Micawber, Mrs., 27.
Micawber, Mr., 28.
Millais, Sir John, 78.
Mitford, Mary Russell, 69.
Molloy, Mr., solicitor who employed Dickens, 41.
“Monthly Magazine,” 47.
Mopes, original of, 180.
“Morning Chronicle,” 46, 49, 51, 155.
Mount St. Michael, 96.
232
Mrs. Lirriper’s Lodgings, 174.
Mudfog Papers, 8.
Muggleton, original of, 201.
Murdstone and Grinby’s, 8, 30.
Mystery of Edwin Drood, 13, 51, 78, 201, 214, 216, 217.
N
Naples, 110.
New Inn, 80.
Newnham, Mrs., 12.
Newspaper Press Fund, 93.
New York, 110.
Nicholas Nickleby, 54, 57, 95, 123-127, 162, 168, 169.
Norfolk, 1.
North Foreland, 189, 191.
Norwich, 114, 115, 116.
No Thoroughfare, 103.
O
Old Curiosity Shop, 35, 60, 88, 163, 168, 169, 170, 188.
Oliver Twist, 51, 54, 57, 103, 167, 173.
One Man in a Dockyard, 9.
Our Mutual Friend, 4, 27, 77, 179, 222.
Our School, 39.
Our Watering-Place, 191, 197.
Out of Town, 199.
P
Parliament Street, 36.
Paris, 110.
Pavilionstone, original of, 199.
Paxton, Sir Joseph, 210.
Pearce, Mrs. Sarah, 3.
Peggotty, Dame, original of, 16.
Peggotty’s hut at Yarmouth, 119.
Petersham, 54.
“Phiz,” 120, 123, 124, 125, 160, 167, 168, 169, 174.
Pickwick, Mr., original of, 89.
Pickwick Papers, 8, 10, 22, 28, 34, 42, 50 51, 54, 84, 86, 89, 112, 156, 164, 186, 188, 201, 210, 214, 215, 218-221.
Pipchin, Mrs., original of, 33.
Pipchin, Mrs., at Brighton, 106.
Plymouth, 94, 103.
Poor Man and his Beer, 175.
Portsea, 2.
Portsmouth, 2, 3, 5, 101, 102.
Portugal Street, 80.
Preston, 136.
Proctor (“Barry Cornwall”), 61.
Prudential Insurance Company, 52.
“Punch,” 109.
Q
Queen Victoria, 219.
R
Ramsgate, 110.
Readings in London, 78.
“Red Lions” Club, 109.
“Reporting” experiences, 83.
Reprinted Pieces, 199.
Residences of Dickens:
Bonchurch: Winterbourne, 107.
Brighton: Bedford Hotel, 104.
Junction House, 104.
Junction Parade, 104.
King’s Road, 104.
233
Broadstairs: 40, Albion Street, 188.
Fort House, 193.
12, High Street, 188.
Lawn House, 193.
Chatham: Ordnance Terrace, 7, 11, 14, 17.
St. Mary’s Place, The Brook, 14-17.
Dover: 10, Camden Crescent, 199.
Lord Warden Hotel, 199.
Edinburgh: Royal Hotel, 157.
Folkestone: 3, Albion Villas, 199.
Gad’s Hill, 73, 184, 201, 204-212, 221-224.
Gravesend: Waite’s Hotel, 207.
London: Bayham Street, Camden Town, 23.
Bentinck Street, Manchester Square, 43, 49.
Buckingham Street, Strand, 45, 49.
Cecil Street, Strand, 45.
Chester Place, Regent’s Park, 63.
Devonshire Terrace, 36, 58.
Doughty Street, W.C., 51, 53, 57, 61.
Fitzroy Street, W., 43.
Furnival’s Inn, 45, 49, 52.
Gloucester Place, Hyde Park, 77.
Gower Street, N., 26, 29, 33.
Hampstead, 39.
Hanover Terrace, Regent’s Park, 76.
Highgate, 43.
Hyde Park Place, 77.
Johnson Street, Somers Town, 39, 42.
Lant Street, Borough, 33.
Little College Street, N.W., 33, 38.
Norfolk Street, Fitzroy Square, 7, 45.
North End, 43.
Osnaburgh Terrace, Euston, 62.
Polygon, Somers Town, 42.
Somers Place, Hyde Park, 77.
Southwick Place, Hyde Park, 77.
Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, 64-76, 207.
Victoria Hotel, Euston, 63.
Wylde’s Farm, Hampstead, 56.
Lowestoft: Somerleyton Hall, 117.
Petersham: Elm Cottage, 54.
Portsmouth: Commercial Road, 2.
Hawke Street, 5.
Twickenham: Ailsa Park Villas, 54.
Restoration House, Rochester, 217.
Richmond, 54, 56.
Rochester, 1, 8, 20, 123, 184, 201, 202, 204, 208, 210, 211, 214-221.
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Rockingham Castle, 171, 172, 173.
Rogers, Samuel, 61.
Rokeby, 124.
“Roland for an Oliver,” 168.
Rolls, Charles, 25.
Rothamsted, 175.
Rowland Hill’s Chapel, 35.
Roylance, Mrs., original of Mrs. Pipchin, 33, 38.
S
St. Albans, 176.
St. George’s Church, Borough, 29, 35.
St. Luke’s Church, Chelsea, 51.
St. Martin’s Lane, 31.
St. Martin’s Church, 32, 33.
St. Mary’s Church, Somers Town, 40.
St. Wighton waterfall, 96.
Salem House, 40.
Salisbury, 99.
Sardinia Street, 80.
Satis House, Rochester, 217.
“Sea-Serpents” Club, 109
Selous, Angelo, 25.
Selous, Henry, 25.
Seven Poor Travellers, 7, 200, 216, 218.
Shanklin, Isle of Wight, 107.
Shaw, William, original of Squeers, 126.
Sheerness, 10.
Sheffield, 140.
Shepherd’s Shord, 87.
Shorne, 187, 211.
Shrewsbury, 163, 167-169.
Sketches by Boz, 42, 44, 220.
Skimpole’s, Harold, residence, 42.
Slammer, Dr., original of, 16.
Smith, Sydney, 61.
Smithson, Mrs., 125.
Somerset House, 5, 37.
Squeers, original of, 126.
Stanfield, Clarkson, 61, 72.
Stanfield Hall, 116.
Staple Inn, 51.
Steerforth, James, original of, 12.
Stevenage, 177-182.
Stone, Frank, 64, 110.
Stone, Marcus, R.A., 64.
Stonehenge, 99.
Stonehouse, Devonport, 103.
Strand, 30.
Stratford-on-Avon, 161.
Strood, 8, 205.
Strougill, Lucy, original of Golden Lucy, 12, 16.
Suffolk, 1, 49.
“Suffolk Chronicle,” 112.
“Suffolk Times and Mercury,” 112.
Surrey, 1.
Sussex, 1.
Swiss châlet, 208.
T
Tagart, Edward, 58.
Tale of Two Cities, 71, 198, 222.
Talfourd, 54, 57, 61, 110.
Temple, The, 81.
Thackeray and Dickens, the reconciliation, 81.
Theatricals at Tavistock House, 71.
Tintagel, 96.
Tom Tiddler’s Ground, 180-182.
Tong, 169-170.
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Traddles’s apartments in Gray’s Inn, 50.
Trotwood, Betsy, original of, 193.
Tulkinghorn’s chambers in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, 62.
Twickenham, 54.
U
Uncommercial Traveller, 21, 58, 115, 130, 184, 185, 198, 222.
“Used Up,” 172.
W
Ward, E. M., R.A., 73.
Warren’s Blacking Manufactory, 29, 33, 39.
Warwick, 1, 161, 162.
Washington, 110.
Watson, Hon. Richard and Mrs., 171.
Watts’s (Richard) Charity, Rochester, 217.
Waugh, Rev. F. G., 80.
Weldon, Mrs. Georgina, 74;
as Serjeant Buzfuz, 76.
Weller, Mary, original of Dame Peggotty, 16.
Weller, Tony, original of, 22.
Wellington House Academy, 39.
Westgate House, original of, 115.
Westlock’s (John) apartments in Furnival’s Inn, 50, 51.
Westminster Bridge, 36.
White, Rev. James, 107.
Whitechapel, 113.
Wigton, 143.
Wilkie, Sir David, 61.
Wills, W. H., 205, 207, 221.
“Wiltshire Advertiser,” 87.
Winkle, Mr., the elder’s abode, 165.
Wolverhampton, 163, 167.
Wreck of the “Golden Mary,” 12.
Y
Yarmouth, 117, 119-122.
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THE NORTH SIDE.
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The Three Parts in One Volume, including the East Side Cloth. Price 2/6
For convenience, the Guide is divided into small pocket-books, each dealing with a different side of the country about London for some score of miles.
The ground so traversed falls into three zones:
1. The inner suburbs, as to which there is often little to be told but the best way of getting out of them.
2. The outer suburbs and quasi-independent towns a few miles off, among which may still be pointed out field-paths and patches of rural beauty. This zone, as within easy reach, we have described most fully.
WHERE GREAT MEN LIVED IN LONDON
By G. E. MITTON
Crown 8vo., Cloth. Price 1/6 net
The power of appreciating associations might almost take rank as a sixth sense, it is so keenly developed in some people and entirely lacking in others. The fact that Cromwell lived in this house and that Milton was born in the other, lifts the happy possessors of this sense into another region straightway; the aroma of the past is as perceptible to them as a fine scent or a beautiful scene. To such people the little handbook now published will give great delight. It is divided into two parts, the first containing the names of the great dead who once inhabited London and peopled its streets, with information regarding their houses; and the other giving a list of the streets in London wherein once lived any men or women whose names have not died with them. It is of great interest to see what distinguished inhabitants once occupied the streets wherein one lives or where one’s friends live. As a reference book this little volume will be indispensable to many, but it is much more than a mere reference book.
PUBLISHED BY ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK . SOHO SQUARE . LONDON, W.