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INTRODUCTION.
O N D O N has fo r a lon g p erio d b een , and m ust, at a n y rate fo r som e cen turies,
L
rem ain, the forem ost
C ity o f
the
W o r ld - n o t so
m uch o w in g to its
enorm ous size and its huge p op u latio n as b y reason o f its boundless com m erce
and vast w ealth .
I t w o u ld , o f course, be id le to su ggest th at it can cla im e ith er
fo r the pleasure-seeker the charm s o f such b righ t and g a y ca p ita ls as P a ri
and V ie n n a ,
or fo r the m an o f cultu re the profou n d
the splen d id
h isto rica l a ssociation s o f such a c ity as R om e, b u t still it
safe to
assert
possessed
that, fo r
E n g lish -sp e a k in g
b y no o th er
c ity
b y the fact th at the stream
is ever on th e increase.
fo r
short
p eo p le, L o n d o n
in the universe.
has
from
is
a ttraction s
T h is is abu n d an tly
proved
o f v isito rs p ou rin g in to L o n d on y e a r a fter year
T h e se v isito rs are
v isits, others
in terest a risin g
fo r
len gth en ed
o f a ll classes, and com e, som e
perio ds, some from
hom es at no
great distance from L o n d o n , others from
the rem otest parts o f the U n ite d
K in g d o m or from
A m e ric a , o r
A u stra la sia.
the
U n ite d S tate s o f
B u t a v is it to L o n d o n
little dream of.
presents
in d eed
from
d ifficu lties w h ich
distan t
L o n d on ers
T h e d ifficu lty is not so m uch to get to the g rea t M etro p o lis
as to k n o w w h ere to choose a â restin g p lace and h o m e â
in it, and w hat to
see, so as not to m iss a n y one o f the great sigh ts, even though the v is ito râ s
tim e m ay preclud e any attem pt on h is part to see eve ry th in g w orth seein g.
The
upon
ch o ice o f 'a su itab le
the
real
o b je ct
â restin g p la ce â
m ust n ecessarily d ep end la rg e ly
o f the v is it, as a lso its
m eans at th e d ispo sal o f the visito r.
proposed
len gth
and
the
T h e la tte r w ill ga in no little assistance by
the plan adop ted in the fo llo w in g pages o f in d ic a tin g the b est hotels, e t c ., in
the seven
d ifferen t
d ivid e d .
S h o rt n otices o f the p rin cip al places
d istricts in to w h ich
L o n d o n fo r con ven ien ce has been
of
in terest
w ill b e
fou n d
u nder the d ifferen t d istricts, b ut these are in d eed g iv e n in a m anner so b rie f
as rather .to ad d to the v a lu e o f than in a n y w ay to supersede the ord in ary
tra ve lle rsâ guides.