if interpolated with the directions, would prove a hindrance to his progress.

The author is not aware that any guide on the principle now introduced has yet been published. The numerous guides already before the public offer much more general information than is here given, but they appear to be framed on the supposition that visitors have unlimited time and money at their disposal, and they do not give that minute detail for proceeding from place to place which is so necessary to a stranger. Purchasers of these guides are therefore left to spend a considerable portion of their short holiday in making up their minds where to go to, and having done that, they are yet at a loss to know how to get there. A glance at a map of London only confuses them with its complexity, and if they do glean from it some idea as to the direction in which they should proceed, when they attempt to pursue it, the noise and bustle in the streets to which they are quite unaccustomed, soon drive them out of their reckoning, and after having spent their time

in wandering about in a perplexed manner, they return home thoroughly fatigued, without having seen a third of the places which they might have done under proper direction.

If the purchaser of this book will rely upon its guidance he will be relieved from all thought and anxiety as to where to go or what to do next. He will be able to go from place to place and return to his lodging without the disagreeable task of continually "asking the way," and he may retire to rest at night without taking any "thought of the morrow." To enable him to do this,

every turning in his daily route is minutely described, and in addition a little map of each route is given in the place where it is wanted, thus avoiding the necessity of consulting the general map, a process which is always awkward and troublesome in the crowded streets of London, and which besides is generally attended with unsatisfactory results; as, in the first place, much difficulty is experienced by a stranger in finding the required locality, and when found it is often so minutely shown that the details cannot be followed.

It is not pretended that every place in London worth seeing is included in this guide, but all the places usually visited by strangers, and many others, are described, and a classified list of all objects and places of public interest, with the situation of each, and where necessary, the means of reaching them, is appended, those selected being indicated, so that the visitor may make a further selection if time permits.

The author hopes and believes that this little volume will prove exceedingly useful to that class of visitors to "the great metropolis" for whom it is intended, and that in placing it in their hands, he is supplying a want which has been long felt.

INTRODUCTION.

It must be observed that this guide has been prepared for summer visitors to the Metropolis, and that therefore the routes have been taken through parks, gardens, and other pleasant places wherever practicable.

Charing Cross has been selected as the starting point, because—

1.-Railway, omnibus, and boat accommodation can be obtained there for almost every part of London, and vice versa, from early morning to late at night.

2. In the immediate neighbourhood are hundreds of notels of all descriptions, coffeehouses and private lodgings to suit every class of visitor.-—(See list, page 79.)

3. Although hotel and lodging accommodation is more expensive in central situations, this is more than compensated for

in the great saving of time and troubl which would be incurred by lodging in mor remote localities.

It is assumed that the person who pu poses using this guide will take up his abod somewhere in the locality indicated, and a glance at Map No. 2, page 1, will enable him to determine each day before setting out whether it is necessary for him to proceed to Charing Cross or not; possibly he may be already somewhere on, or near to, the line of march, in which case he will of course take up the route from that point.

The daily excursions are arranged to commence on a Monday; should the visitor, however, arrive in London on any other day, he can commence at any suitable time and work round to the place from which he started, but the route given for each particular day of the week should be adhered to, as some of the public buildings are not open every day of

the week.

With the view of enabling the visitor to see as much as possible of the streets of London, he has been advised to walk along