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K E L L Y ’ S G U ID E TO LONDON— STRAN D AN D C H ARIN G CROSS D IST R IC T .

p a in tin g , though u n dou b tedly it cannot b oast o f such m asterpieces as are to b e
fo u n d in the

D resd en . G a lle ry ,

th e L o u v re at P a ris, or in d eed m any other

n atio n al c o llec tio n s on the C o n tin e n t.

T h e b u ild in g itse lf suffers m uch from its

lo w e le v a tio n and in sign ifican t dom e, and its “ p e p p e r -b o x ” turrets w ere the
ob je cts o f m uch adverse criticism at the d ate o f its erection .
The

N a tio n a l G a lle ry is open to the p u b lic free o f ch arge on

M ondays,

T u esd ays, W ednesdays) and Saturdays, from 10 a.m . to 7 p.m . in the Sum m er
and 10 a .m . to 4 p.m . in the W in ter. O n S tu d en ts’ days (T h u rsd ays and F rid ays)
the p u b lic are adm itted a fter n a.m . on the paym en t o f sixpen ce.

THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT UALLEiRY, w h ich a d jo in s the N atio n a l
G a lle r y on the N .E ., w as o n ly com pleted at a cost o f abou t ¿ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 in 1896.
I t con tain s som e 1,200 portraits o f E n g lish m en and w om en, em in en t in history,
literature, art, and scien ce.

S om e o f the portraits h ave great a rtistic valu e, b ein g

the w o rk s o f H o lb e in , V a n D y c k , K n e lle r, H op p n er, R e yn o ld s, G ain sborough,
R o m n ey, etc. In R oom X X V I I . there is a fine series o f portraits b y W atts,
w h ich com pare fa vo u ra b ly w ith the w orks o f even th e greatest painters1— E n g lish
o r fo reig n — o f the past.

THE STRAND,
fares in

w h ic h is a ll d ay lo n g one o f the m ost crow d ed thorough­

L o n d o n , has m any handsom e shops,

an d also

in its e lf and in its

im m ed iate n eigh bourhood m ost o f th e p rin cip a l L o n d on T h eatres.

I t runs from

T ra fa lg a r S q u a re to F le e t S treet. O n the South sid e are the S a v o y T h eatre, the
H o te l C e c il, the S a v o y H o te l, and

SOMERSET HOUSE,

erected

1776-86.

Its E astern W in g , con tain in g

K i n g ’ s C o lle g e , w as erected in 1828, and its W estern in 1854-6.
b u ild in g is sa id to h ave cost ¿500,000.

T h e centre

I t con tain s several p u b lic offices— those

o f the In lan d R even u e, o f th e R egistrar G e n e ra l, e tc .— but possesses little interest
fo r the gen eral p u b lic. ‘ A lit t le further W est, on the S ou th sid e (at the p oin t at
w h ich w e reach.th e C i ty boundary) w e com e to

THE TEMPLE,

w h ich is the jo in t property o f the tw o S o cie tie s o f the

Inn er T e m p le and the M id d le T e m p le .

A t l barristers m ust be m em bers, either

o f one o f these Inns or of L in c o ln ’s Inn, o r G ra y ’ s Inn .
on e o f the in terestin g sights- in L o n d on .

T h e T e m p le C hurch is

It is one o f the four circu la r churches

b u ilt b y the K n ig h t T e m p la rs seven hundred years ago. .O n the floor o f the ,
c ircu la r part (60 ft. in diam eter) are several m onum ents o f T e m p la rs o f the 12th
a n d 13th cen turies.

T h e M id d le T e m p le H a ll is rem arkable as b e in g the o n ly

b u ild in g extan t in w h ich an y w o rk o f Sh akespeare w as acted, in h is life-tim e.

It

w a s.b u ilt in 1572. . T h e In n er T e m p le H a ll w as o n ly com pleted in 1870 ; it is a
v ery handsom e b u ild in g w ith a fine o pen -w o rk roof.

N e a rly opposite to the

T e m p le are the

ROY-A L' COURTS OF JUSTICE,

w hich' w ere com pleted in 1882 at a cost,

in clu d in g the site , o f ¿ 1 , 500,000.' T h is vast and m agnificent p ile o f'b u ild in g s
w h ich w as designed b y the late M r. G , E . S treet in the G o th ic style , h as fo r its