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Title: The Children's Book of London

Author: Geraldine Edith Mitton

Release Date: June 15, 2008 [EBook #25804]

Language: English

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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

[Illustration: THE TOWER BRIDGE.]

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 G