PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

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.

APPENDIX. TABLES, LISTS, AND USEFUL HINTS. Suburban Towns and

INDEX

FOOTNOTES

Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Hall, Crimean and Canning Monuments. Penitentiary, Vauxhall Bridge, Lambeth Suspension Bridge, Lambeth Place, and Bethlehem Hospital in the distance

COLLINS’
ILLUSTRATED
GUIDE TO LONDON
AND
NEIGHBOURHOOD:

BEING A

CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE CHIEF PLACES OF INTEREST IN THE
METROPOLIS, AND THE BEST MODES OF OBTAINING ACCESS
TO THEM: WITH INFORMATION RELATING TO

RAILWAYS, OMNIBUSES, STEAMERS, &c.

With fifty-eight Illustrations by Sargent and others,
AND
A CLUE-MAP BY BARTHOLOMEW.

LONDON:
WILLIAM COLLINS, SONS, AND COMPANY,
17 WARWICK SQUARE, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1873.