PICTURE OF LONDON, ENLARGED AND IMPROVED: BEING A CORRECT GUIDE FOR THE STRANGER, AS WELL AS FOR THE INHABITANT, TO THE METROPOLIS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONS. MONSTROUS, MARVELLOUS, PRODIGIOUS LONDON, - THE TWENTY-SIXTH EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED TO THE PRESENT TIME. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN, PREFACE V TO xii. CHAPTER I. - 1 TO 23. GENERAL Outlines of the Metropolis: Geographical and Relative Locality; Characteristic Features; Present Dimensions; Extent and Importance at different Periods, and gradual Augmentation; Population; Climate; CHAPTER II. - 24 TO 70. CHAPTER III. 71 TO 80. Public Buildings: including the principal Commercial Edifices; the Pa- Particular Architectural Ornaments: - The Squares, Statues, and most Charitable Institutions: comprehending Hospitals, Miscellaneous Chari- rities, chartered, endowed, and other Free and Parish Schools, Alms- CHAPTER IX.-278 TO 282. Institutions and Establishments connected with Science, Literature, and the Arts: comprehending those for their furtherance and encourage- ment; Lectures, Exhibitions, and principal Literary Associations. CHAPTER XI.-350 TO 363. |