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  Dickens' London
  BY FRANCIS MILTOUN

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[Illustration: CHARLES DICKENS]



  Dickens'
  London


  By
  Francis Miltoun


  _Author of "Dumas' Paris," "Cathedrals of
  France," "Rambles in Normandy," "Castles
  and Chateaux of Old Touraine," etc._


  Illustrated

  L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
  BOSTON PUBLISHERS



  _Copyright, 1903_
  BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
  (INCORPORATED)

  _All rights reserved_


  Fourth Impression, April, 1908
  Fifth Impression, April, 1910


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  _All sublunary things of death partake!_
  _What alteration does a cent'ry make!_
  _Kings and Comedians all are mortal found,_
  _Caesar and Pinkethman are underground._
  _What's not destroyed by time's devouring hand?_
  _Where's Troy, and where's the Maypole in the Strand?_
  _Pease, cabbages, and turnips once grew where_
  _Now stands New Bond Street and a newer square;_
  _Such piles of buildings now rise up and down,_
  _London itself seems going out of town._

  JAMES BRAMSTON, _The Art of Politicks_.




The attempt is herein made to present in an informal manner such facts of
historical, topographical, and literary moment as surrounded the
localities especially identified with the life and work of Charles Dickens
in the city of London, with naturally a not infrequent reference to such
scenes and incidents as he was wont to incorporate in the results of his
literary labours; believing that there are a considerable number of
persons, travellers, lovers of Dickens, enthusiasts _et als._, who might
be glad of a work which should present within a single pair of covers a
resume of the facts concerning the subject matter indicated by the title
of this book; to remind them in a way of what already exists to-day of the
London Dickens knew, as well as of the changes which have taken place
since the novelist's time.

To all such, then, the present work is offered, not necessarily as the
last word or even as an exhaustive resume, knowing full well the futility
for any chronicler to attempt to do such a subject full justice within the
confines of a moderate sized volume, where so many correlated facts of
history and side lights of contemporary information are thrown upon the
screen. The most that can be claimed is that every effort has been made to
present a truthful, correct, and not unduly sentimental account of the
sights and scenes of London connected with the life of Charles Dickens.




In Praise of London

"The inhabitants of St. James', notwithstanding they live under the same
laws and speak the same language, are as a people distinct from those who
live in the 'City.'"

_Addison._


"If you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of the City you must
not be satisfied with its streets and squares, but must survey the
innumerable little lanes and courts."

_Johnson._


"I have often amused myself with thinking how different a place London is
to different people."

_Boswell._


"I had rather be Countess of Puddle-Dock (in London) than Queen of
Sussex."

_S