

Transcribed from the 1860 William Tinsley edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf.org





                              ABOUT LONDON.


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                                    BY

                            J. EWING RITCHIE,

          Author of "Night Side of London;" "The London Pulpit;"
                     "Here and There in London," &c.

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             "The boiling town keeps secrets ill."--AURORA LEIGH.

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                                 LONDON:
                      WILLIAM TINSLEY, 314, STRAND.
                                  1860.




ADVERTISEMENT.


The author of the following pages, must plead as his apology for again
trespassing on the good nature of the public, the success of his other
books.  He is aware that, owing to unavoidable circumstances, the volume
here and there bears marks of haste, but he trusts that on the whole it
may be considered reliable, and not altogether unworthy of the public
favour.

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FINCHLEY,
      _June_ 16_th_, 1860.




CONTENTS.

                      CHAPTER I.                             PAGE.
NEWSPAPER PEOPLE                                                 1
                     CHAPTER II.
SPIRITUALISM                                                    12
                     CHAPTER III.
ABOUT COAL                                                      23
                     CHAPTER IV.
HIGHGATE                                                        44
                      CHAPTER V.
TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND                                            60
                     CHAPTER VI.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY                                               68
                     CHAPTER VII.
LONDON CHARITIES                                                76
                    CHAPTER VIII.
PEDESTRIANISM                                                   84
                     CHAPTER IX.
OVER LONDON BRIDGE                                              92
                      CHAPTER X