Transcribed from the 1873 William Collins, Sons and Companyedition ,

Cover of book

Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Hall, Crimean and Canning Monuments.  Penitentiary, Vauxhall Bridge, Lambeth Suspension Bridge, Lambeth Place, and Bethlehem Hospital in the distance

COLLINS’
ILLUSTRATED
GUIDE TO LONDON
AND
NEIGHBOURHOOD:

BEINGA

CONCISEDESCRIPTION OF THE CHIEF PLACES OF INTEREST IN THE
METROPOLIS, AND THE BEST MODES OFOBTAINING ACCESS
TO THEM: WITH INFORMATION RELATINGTO

RAILWAYS, OMNIBUSES, STEAMERS,&c.

 

With fifty-eight Illustrations bySargent and others,
AND
A CLUE-MAP BY BARTHOLOMEW.

 

LONDON:
WILLIAM COLLINS, SONS, AND COMPANY,
17 WARWICK SQUARE, PATERNOSTERROW.
1873.

p.vPREFACE.

In this work an attempt is made tofurnish Strangers with a handy and useful Guide to the chiefobjects of interest in the Metropolis and its Environs:comprising also much that will be interesting to permanentResidents.  After a few pages of General Description, thevarious Buildings and other places of attraction are treated inconvenient groups or sections, according to their nature. Short Excursions from the Metropolis are then noticed. Tables, lists, and serviceable information concerning railways,tramways, omnibuses, cabs, telegraphs, postal rules, and otherspecial matters, follow these sections.  An Alphabetical Index at the end furnishes themeans of easy reference.

The information is brought down to the latest date, either inthe Text or in the Appendix at the end.  And the Clue-maphas, in like manner, been filled in with the recently openedlines of Railway, &c., as well as with indications of theRailways sanctioned, but not yet completed.

p.viCONTENTS.

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Hotel Charges

viii

General Description

9

A First Glance at the City

15