A Book About London: Its Memorable Place

Excerpt from A Book About London: Its Memorable Places, Its Men and Women, and Its Historical and Literary AssociationsT is hoped that in the voluminous literature which London has gathered around it this Book about London, in its two parts, may find a place of its own.It is not intended as a guide-book, nor as a topographical indicator. It is narrative rather than descriptive. As a rule, people do not care much for minute descriptions of places or buildings; what they chiey want to know is, the special interest that attaches to them - historical, romantic, literary, or artistic.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.