attention of strangers, have become surrounded by ordinary buildings, and consequently hidden. It is the design of this little volume to assist the visitor in his exploration. What there is to see, and how it is to be seen, are here fully, yet concisely, explained. The manners and customs of this City are also noticed; and, for the information of strangers generally, many hints are embodied in the following pages, by attention to which, numerous dangers may be avoided.

Without any intention of reflecting disparagingly on any of the Guides and Pictures of London hitherto published, the compiler asserts, unhesitatingly, that no publication has yet appeared in which the useful is so fully blended with the interesting, as in the following pages. Care has been taken that no subject of interest should be omitted, and that each should be treated with sufficient distinctness, without either becoming tedious; or unduly enlarging the volume, so as to become bulky and inconvenient.

The principal object being to represent London as it is, the Editor has deviated from the plan of

former guides, and has refrained from presenting to his readers a mutilated chronology, which it would require volumes to illustrate with any degree of satisfaction. At the same time, to gratify rational curiosity, he has given a brief summary of the remarkable events connected with the City up to that period, when, breaking from the trammels of false policy, began that series of extensions by which London has become the Capital of the World.

To render this information tangible, and of prompt reference, the Editor has given a selection from the various objects of tasteful interest in the Metropolis; together with a summary of the principal places of Public Amusement, Exhibitions, &c., with the page of the work wherein each object is specially described; and from this list the visitor can at once select those objects best suited to his taste.

The work is liberally illustrated with views of all the Public Buildings of popular interest; in addition to which are ground-plans of St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey, and of the Aisles and Chapels of the latter; with a descriptive enumeration

attention of strangers, have become surrounded by ordinary buildings, and consequently hidden.

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Without any intention of reflecting disparagingly on any of the Guides and Pictures of London hitherto published, the compiler asserts, unhesitatingly, that no publication has yet appeared in which the useful is so fully blended with the interesting, as in the following pages. Care has been taken that no subject of interest should be omitted, and that each should be treated with sufficient distinctness, without either becoming tedious; or unduly enlarging the volume, so as to become bulky and inconvenient.

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of the Monuments in both edifices: hence, the Editor hopes his volume will not only be found an useful companion abroad, but an entertaining book of reference at home.

As this work is intended more particularly for the stranger, it is obviously desirable that its language should be that of general currency, to the exclusion of all technicalities and local expressions: no opportunity has been spared to render the present work plain and practical, so as to afford a ready answer to the reader's inquiry; with what degree of success must be left to his candid judgment to determine.

The Editor has also published a GUIDE TO LONDON in French, in compliance with the repeated inquiries and suggestions made by the numerous foreign gentlemen frequenting his establishment; and he hopes it will be found of equal utility with his English editions, and receive a like share of patronage.

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