Map of District
covered by
Wanderings in Piccadilly
Mayfair & Pall Mall
Eastern Section
Scale:- 8 Inches to 1 Mile.
Wanderings in Piccadilly
Mayfair and
Pall Mall
GARDENS OF CARLTON HOUSE IN 1784.
Wanderings in London
Piccadilly, Mayfair
and Pall Mall
By
E. BERESFORD CHANCELLOR, M.A.
F.R. Hist: Soc:
Author of
“The Squares of London,” ETC.
WITH
TWENTY ILLUSTRATIONS OF OLD LONDON
(Four of them in Colour)
JAMES POTT & CO.
New York
1909
WANDERINGS IN LONDON
PICCADILLY, MAYFAIR
AND PALL MALL
To facilitate the “Wanderings”
of inexperienced pilgrims, more
especially of those from America, a
MAP OF THE DISTRICT
will be found within the two covers
of the book; that in the front giving
the more eastern, and that in the
back the more western limits of the
district concerned.
WARD & CO.
Colour Printers
33 & 34 Craven Street
Charing Cross
London, W.C.
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PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
Old London vanishes, another London takes its place;the interesting old spots associated with the leisurelylife and refinement of the century that has gone, are beingswept away one by one. In many ways we would welcomea return of those dear old days, with their appreciation ofthe belles lettres and the fine arts, and with all their odditiesand quaint customs, but they have gone for ever. Theyplayed their part in the development of the national life:to us they are but memories.
We owe no small debt of gratitude, however, to thosewho—like the author—amidst all the changes that aretaking place, have tried to keep alive for us with pen andpencil, a remembrance of a period so different from ourown. Especially, perhaps, will many of our Americancousins recognise this debt when in their migrations theytry to hunt up places of interest connected with their Englishforbears.
Mr. Chancellor is most happy as he takes us round theold streets and houses, and gives—as it were—almost personalintroductions to the quaint and interesting peoplewho inhabited them. His pages a