The CHILDREN'S BOOK of LONDON
BY
G. E. MITTON
WITH EIGHT FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR
A. & C. BLACK, LTD., 4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.1
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
First Published 1903
TO
RENA, CU, AND ELFIE
CONTENTS
BOOK I
LONDON AS IT IS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. LONDON CHILDREN 3
II. LONDON 16
III. THE KING'S PALACES 29
IV. TRAINS AND HORSES 42
V. CHILDREN AT SCHOOL 52
VI. LONDON MARKETS 64
VII. CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS 77
VIII. STREETS AND SHOPS 89
IX. DOGS AND CATS 105
X. ODDS AND ENDS 115
BOOK II
HISTORICAL STORIES
XI. KING EDWARD V 131
XII. TOURNAMENTS AND PAGEANTS 154
XIII. SIR THOMAS MORE 165
XIV. LADY JANE GREY 182
XV. GUNPOWDER PLOT 196
XVI. CHARLES I 204
XVII. THE GREAT PLAGUE AND FIRE 222
BOOK III
THE SIGHTS OF LONDON
XVIII. THE TOWER OF LONDON 241
XIX. THE TOWER OF LONDON--continued 257
XX. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 270
XXI. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS--continued 289
XXII. THE BRITISH MUSEUM 303
XXIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM 311
XXIV. WESTMINSTER ABBEY, ST. PAUL'S, AND THE CENOTAPH 332
XXV. THE MINT, THE BANK, AND THE POST OFFICE 353
XXVI. THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW AND OTHER THINGS 370
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE TOWER BRIDGE Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL AND BUCKINGHAM PALACE 30
TRAFALGAR SQUARE 132
THE TRAITORS' GATE, TOWER OF LONDON 180
THE CENOTAPH, WHITEHALL 216
ST. MARY-LE-STRAND AND BUSH HOUSE 244
THE CORONATION CHAIR, WESTMINSTER ABBEY 340
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL 348