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KELLY’S GUIDE TO LONDON"— EUSTON" DISTRICT.

EUSTON DISTRICT.
' T ' H I S part o f L o n d o n is fa m ilia r to most p eo ple as th at a t w h ich the p rin cip al
I

ra ilw a y term in i are situ ated .

C lo se togeth er w e find th at (E uston) o f th e

L o n d o n and N o rth W estern K a ilw a y , that (S t. Paneras) o f th e M id la n d R a ilw a y ,
a n d th at ( K in g ’ s C ross) o f the G rea t N orth ern R a ilw a y .

In the v ic in it y o f these

te rm in i thé streets are narrow (w ith th e e xc ep tio n o f the E u ston R o a d ) and
a n y th in g but a ttra ctiv e in appearance.

B u t in the im m ed iate neigh bou rhood ,

there are a large num ber o f h o tels w h ich are m uch frequ en ted b y those w hom
business c a lls b rin g to th e M e tro p o lis, and q u ite close to th e station several fine
squares are to be fou n d , such as G ord o n and T a v is to c k S quares.

T h e re are, too,

a large num ber o f boardin g houses w h ich are m uch frequen ted, as the d istrict is
fa ir ly cen tral, and thus offers grea t a dvan tages to those w hose m eans are lim ited ,
o r w h o require to sta y w ith in a sh ort d istan ce o f the business quarters o f L ond on .
T h e h o tels a d jo in in g the term ini o f the L o n d o n and N orth W estern and th e
M id la n d

R a ilw a y s are o f a h igh -cla ss character, an d th at o f the la tte r— th e

M id la n d H o te l— is a n ob le p ile o f b u ild in g s, and ranks as on e o f the v e r y
best in the M etro p o lis.

W ith in a short d istan ce to th e N orth o f these term ini

an d in the M ary lèb o n e R oa d is

MADAME TUSSAUD’ S EXHIBITION o f w ax -w o rk figures, e tc .,
w h ich w as rem oved from France, to th is cou n try n e a rly a cen tury ago.
The
c o lle c tio n in clu d es groups o f K in g s and Q ueens from the N orm an Conquest
d ow n to the re ig n o f H e r present M a je s ty ; c e le b ritie s o f a ll n ations, etc.
N a p o le o n R o o m co n tain s som e re lic s o f the G rea t N a p o le o n ,
tra v e llin g ca rria ge w h ich w as captured a fte r the b a ttle o f W ate rlo o .
to the N orth w e com e t o —

REGENT’ S PARK,
la rger than H y d e P ark .

The

in clu d in g h is
Im m e d ia tely

w h ich , exte n d in g as it d oes over 470 acres, is a ctu a lly

N ash , the arch itect o f R egen t Street, la id the grounds,

out in the tim e o f the R e g e n c y o f G e o rg e I V ., bu t th e park w as opened to the
p u b lic o n ly in 1838.

W ith in its boundaries are the

BOTANIC GARDENS, w h ich are circu la r in shape and at w h ich im portant
flo w er show s and fêtes are h eld in M ay , Ju n e, and J u ly every year. T h e gard en s
a re w e ll k ep t and there are som e fine trees in them .

A d m issio n on M on d ays and

S atu rd ays, six p e n ce , and on o th er days b y an order from on e o f the F e llo w s .

THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS,

w h ich are a t the N orth ern end o f

R e g e n t’ s P ark, co n tain a c o lle ctio n o f an im als, e tc ., n u m berin g b etw een 2,000
an d 3,000, and sa id to h av e n o equal in this respect in the w orld .

T h e p rin cip al

attractio n s are th e rid es on the eleph an t and th e houses o f the lion s, tigers, etc.,
and also the bear-pits.

T h e w ild beasts are fe d about 4 p.m .

A d m issio n to th e

gard en s one s h illin g e v e ry d a y exc ep t on M on d ays w h en it is sixp en ce, and.
on S u n days, w h en a n order o f a m em ber o f the Z o o lo g ic a l S o cie ty is required.