Chapter 15
And to what have these old-world splendours given place? Splendid gin-shops, plate-glass palaces, into which squalor and misery rush and drown the remembrance of their wretchedness in drowsy and poisonous potations of an inferior quality of liquor. Such splendour and squalor is the very contrast which makes thinking men pause, and pause again.
The Whitechapel butcher was of the old school. He delighted in a blue livery, and wore his "steel" with as much satisfaction as a young ensign does his sword. He neither spurned the worsted leggins nor duck apron; but with bare muscular arms, and knife keen enough to sever the hamstring of a bull, took his stand proudly at the front of his shop, and looked "lovingly" on the well-fed joints above his head. The gutters before his door literally ran with blood: pass by whenever you would, there the crimson current constantly flowed; and the smell the passenger inhaled was not that of "Araby." A "Whitechapel bird" and a "Whitechapel butcher" were once synonymous phrases, used to denote a character the very reverse of a gentleman; but, says a writer of the fifties, "in the manners of the latter we believe there is a great improvement, and that more than one 'knight of the cleaver' who here in the daytime manufacture sheep into mutton chops, keeps his country house."
The viands offered for sale augur well for the strength of the stomachs of the Whitechapel populace. The sheep's trotters look as if they had scarcely had time enough to kick off the dirt before they were potted; and as for the ham, it appears bleached, instead of salted; and to look at the sandwiches, you would think they were anything except what they are called. As for the fried fish, it resembles coarse red sand-paper; and you would sooner think of purchasing a penny-worth to polish the handle of a cricket bat or racket, than of trying its qualities in any other way. The "black puddings" resemble great fossil ammonites, cut up lengthwise. What the "faggots" are made of, which form such a popular dish in this neighbourhood, we have yet to learn. We have heard rumours of chopped lights, liver, suet, and onions as being the components of these dusky dainties; but he must be a daring man who would convince himself by tasting: for our part, it would seem that there was a great mystery to be unravelled before the innumerable strata which form these smoking hillocks will ever be made known. The pork pies which you see in these windows contain no such effeminate morsels as lean meat, but have the appearance of good substantial bladders of lard shoved into a strong crust, and "done brown" in a superheated oven.
Such, crudely, is an impression of certain aspects of "trade" in Whitechapel, but its most characteristic feature outside of the innumerable hawkers of nearly everything under the sun, new or old, which can be sold at a relatively low price, is the famous "Rag Fair," a sort of "old clo's" mart, whose presiding geniuses are invariably of the Jewish persuasion, either male or female. Rags which may have clothed the fair person of a duchess have here so fallen as to be fit only for dusting cloths. The insistent vender will assure you that they have been worn but "werry leetle, werry leetle, indeed.... Vell, vot of it, look at the pryshe!"
Dank and fetid boxes and barrows, to say naught of the more ambitious shops, fill the Whitechapel Road and Petticoat Lane (now changed to Middlesex Street, but some measure of the old activities may still be seen of a Sunday morning).
A rummaging around will bring to light, likely enough, something that may once have been a court dress, a bridal costume, or a ball gown; a pair of small satin slippers, once white; a rusty crêpe, a "topper of a manifestly early vintage, or what not, all may be found here. One might almost fancy that Pride, in some material personification, might indeed be found buried beneath the mass of dross, or having shuffled off its last vestiges of respectability, its corse might at least be found to have left its shroud behind; and such these tattered habiliments really are. Rag Fair to-day is still the great graveyard of Fashion; the last cemetery to which cast-off clothes are borne before they enter upon another state of existence, and are spirited into dusters and dish-clouts.
Of all modern cities, London, perhaps more than any other, is justly celebrated for the number and variety of its suburbs.
On the northwest are Hampstead, with its noble Heath reminiscent of "highwaymen and scoundrels," and its charming variety of landscape scenery; and Harrow, with its famous old school, associated with the memory of Byron, Peel, and many other eminent men, to the churchyard of which Byron was a frequent visitor. "There is," he wrote to a friend in after years, "a spot in the churchyard, near the footpath on the brow of the hill looking toward Windsor, and a tomb (bearing the name of Peachey) under a large tree, where I used to sit for hours and hours when a boy." Nearly northward are Highgate, with its fringe of woods, and its remarkable series of ponds; Finchley, also once celebrated for its highwaymen, but now for its cemeteries; Hornsey, with its ivy-clad church, and its pretty winding New River; and Barnet, with its great annual fair, still an institution attended largely by costers and horse-traders. On the northeast are Edmonton, with its tavern, which the readers of "John Gilpin" will of course never forget; Enfield, where the government manufactures rifles on a vast scale; Waltham, notable for its ancient abbey church; and Epping Forest, a boon to picnic parties from the east end of London.
South of the Thames, likewise, there are many pretty spots, quite distinct from those which border upon the river's bank. Wimbledon, with its furze-clad common and picturesque windmill; Mitcham, with its herb gardens; Norwood, a pleasant bit of high ground, from which a view of London from the south can be had; Lewisham and Bromley, surrounded by many pretty bits of scenery; Blackheath, a famous place for golf and other outdoor games; Eltham, where a bit of King John's palace is still left to view; the Crays, a string of picturesque villages on the banks of the River Cray, etc. Dulwich is a village about five miles south of London Bridge. Here Edward Alleyn, or Allen, a distinguished actor in the reign of James I., founded and endowed an hospital or college, called Dulwich College, for the residence and support of poor persons, under certain limitations.
THE END.
A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF LONDON DURING THE LIFETIME OF CHARLES DICKENS.
1812 Oct. 10. Present Drury Lane Theatre opened.
1814 Nov. 29. The Times newspaper first printed by steam.
1816 Vauxhall Bridge opened.
1817 Waterloo Bridge opened.
1818 Furnival's Inn rebuilt.
1820 Jan. 29. George III. died.
Cabs came in.
1821 Bank of England completed by Sir John Soane.
1824 March 15. First pile of London Bridge driven.
First stone of new Post-office laid.
May 10. National Gallery first opened.
1825 Thames Tunnel commenced.
Toll-house at Hyde Park Corner removed.
1828 St. Katherine Docks opened.
Birdcage Walk made a public way.
1829 King's College in the Strand commenced.
New police service established by Sir Robert Peel.
1830 June 26. George IV. died.
Omnibuses first introduced by Shillibeer; the first ran between Paddington and the Bank.
Covent Garden Market rebuilt.
1831 Hungerford Market commenced.
The Hay Market in Pall Mall removed to Regent's Park.
Exeter Hall opened.
1834 Houses of Parliament burned down.
1835 Duke of York's Column completed.
1837 William IV. died. Accession of Queen Victoria.
Buckingham Palace first occupied.
1838 First Royal Academy Exhibition in Trafalgar Square.
1841 Great Fire at the Tower of London.
1843 Nelson Column placed in Trafalgar Square.
1845 Hungerford Bridge opened.
Lincoln's Inn New Hall opened by Queen Victoria.
1847 Covent Garden Theatre opened as Italian Opera House.
New House of Lords opened.
New Portico and Hall of British Museum opened.
1848 April 10. Great Chartist Demonstration.
1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park.
1852 Nov. 18. Duke of Wellington's Funeral.
1855 April 19. Visit of Emperor and Empress of French.
Nov. 30. Visit of King of Sardinia.
1858 Jan. 31. Steamship "Great Eastern" launched.
1860 Underground Railway begun.
1862 March 12. Mr. George Peabody, the American merchant, gives £150,000 to ameliorate the condition of London poor.
May 1. Second International Exhibition opened.
1863 Jan. 10. Underground Railway opened.
March 7. Princess Alexandra, of Denmark, enters London.
1864 Jan. 1. New street opened between Blackfriars' and London Bridge.
Feb. 29. First block of Peabody Buildings opened in Spitalfields.
April 21. Garibaldi receives the freedom of the city.
1866 Jan. 29. Mr. Peabody adds £100,000 to his gift to the London poor.
May 10. Black Friday, commercial panic.
July 24. Riots in Hyde Park.
Sept. 1. Cannon Street Railway Station opened.
1867 Jan. 15. Severe frost; forty lives lost by the breaking of the ice in Regent's Park.
June 3. First stone of Holborn Viaduct laid.
1868 May 13. The Queen lays foundation of St. Thomas' Hospital.
Dec. 5. George Peabody gives another £100,000 to the poor of London.
1869 July 23. Statue of George Peabody unveiled by the Prince of Wales.
Nov. 6. Opening of Holborn Viaduct by the Queen.
1870 July 13. Opening of the Victoria Embankment by the Prince of Wales.
Index
Addison, 39, 211.
Adelphi Arches, 100, 101, 170.
Adelphi Terrace, 170.
Adelphi, The, 171.
"Advertiser, The," 65.
"A la mode beef shops," 201.
"All the Year Round," 52, 53, 54, 55.
Almanac Day, 187.
Alsatia, 29.
Alsatia, The Squire of, 70.
America, Dickens' first visit to, 49, 55; Dickens' second visit to, 54, 55, 89.
American Notes, 50.
Anderton's Hotel, 62.
Apothecaries Company, The, 184.
Apsley House, 130.
Athenæum Club, 77.
"Athenæum, The," 65.
Australia, 55.
Bacon, Lord, 36.
"Bag of Nails, The," 121.
Bank of England, 113, 235.
Barbican, The, 211.
"Barnaby Rudge," 40, 41, 48, 81, 94, 107.
Barnard (Fred), 80.
Barnard's Inn, 37, 107.
Barrow, Mrs., 89.
Barry, Sir John, 137.
Bath Road, The, 260.
"Battle of Life, The," 94.
Baynard Castle, 279.
Bayswater, 135.
Beaconsfield (Earl of), 215.
Bedford, Earl of, 208.
Beer and ale in London, 210.
Belfast, Dickens' visit to, 58.
Belgrave Square, 131.
Belgravia, 15, 122.
"Bell's Life in London," 47, 65.
"Bell" Tavern, 39.
Bell Yard, 62.
Bentley's Magazine, 26, 49.
Berger, Francesco, 91.
Berger, Rev. A. H., M. A., 89.
Besant, Sir Walter, 163.
Betterton, 71.
"Big Ben," 227.
Billingsgate, 172.
Bishop's Court, 108.
Bishopsgate Street, 279.
Bismarck, 95.
"Black Bull, The," 123.
Blackfriars Bridge, 176, 220.
Blackwall, 179.
Blanchard, 14, 57, 63.
"Bleak House," 53, 57, 86, 87, 95, 104, 114, 155, 240.
Bloomsbury, 100.
Bloomsbury Square, 275.
"Blue Boar, The," 44.
Boabdil, Captain, 89, 191.
"Bobby," The London (_see_ Policemen), 243.
Bohn's Library, 84.
Bolt Court, 25, 28, 62.
Boro' (Borough), The, 42.
Boston Bantam, The, 89.
Boston, Dickens' visit to, 58.
Boswell, 29.
Boulogne, 155, 158.
Boulogne, summers in, 55.
Bouverie Street, 28, 29, 66.
"Bow Bells," 272.
"Boy at the Nore, The," 163.
Boythorne, 95.
"Boz," 87, 93.
"Boz" Club, list of members who knew Dickens personally, 90, 115.
"Boz," first sketch, 80.
Bradbury and Evans, 56.
Brewers in London, 244.
Brick Court, 33.
Bridgewater Square, 120.
Brig Place, 114, 174.
Brighton, 155.
British Museum, 79, 182, 183, 227-229.
Broadstairs, 55, 86, 141, 155, 157, 180.
Browne, Hablôt K. (_see_ "Phiz"), 82, 86, 93.
Brownrigg, Mrs., 69.
Brunel, Sir I. K., 169.
Brunton, H. W., 80.
Budden, Major, 144.
"Bull and Mouth, The," 124.
"Bull Inn, The," 40, 116, 139.
Burke and M'Dougal, 238.
Buss (engraver), 85.
Byron on London, 269.
Cabs and coaches in London, 214.
Caine, Hall, Jr., 53.
Canning, 69.
Cannon Street, 121.
Canterbury, 180.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, 166.
Canterbury pilgrims, 141.
Carlyle (Thomas), 39, 56, 76, 96.
Carmelite Street, 69.
Cattermole, George, 94.
Cave, 71.
Cecil Hotel, The, 200.
Chalk, lodgings at, 27, 141.
Chancery, Inns of, 38.
Chancery Lane, 29, 62, 104, 105, 106.
Chandos Street, 104.
Chapman and Hall, 56, 86, 93, 96.
Chapman, Frederick (_see_ Chapman and Hall), 82.
Charing Cross railway bridge, 101, 167.
Charing Cross railway station, 12, 45.
Charles I., portrait by Van Dyke, 36.
Charles II., 258.
Chatham Dock Yard, 141.
Chatterton, 38, 211.
Chaucer, 40, 68, 231.
Cheapside, 269.
Cheeryble Bros., 119.
Chelsea, 39, 135.
Chelsea Hospital, 215.
"Cheshire Cheese, The," 28, 201.
Chess rooms, 203.
Chichester rents, 108.
"Chicksey, Veneering, and Stobbles," 113.
Child's banking house, 67, 129.
Child's Dream of a Star, The, 52.
"Child's History of England, The," 53, 80.
"Chimes, The," 51, 56, 81, 105.
Chivery, Mrs., 112.
Chop-houses, 201.
"Christmas Carol, A," 14, 51, 94.
Christmas Stories, 51. The Chimes, 51, 56, 81, 150. Cricket on the Hearth, 51. Battle of Life, 51. The Haunted Man, 51.
Chronology of London events, 286.
Church St., Westminster, 103, 164.
"Cigar divans," 203.
City Companies, The, 184, 219.
City eating-houses, 202.
City guilds, 184.
"City, The," 15.
City and county of London, 249.
Clare Market, 42, 105, 126.
Claridge's Hotel, 200.
Clement's Inn, 37.
Clerkenwell, 135.
Clifford's Inn, 19, 107, 124.
Cloisterham, 151, 152.
Clubs. Brookes', 191. White's, 191. Athenæum, 191. Carleton, 191. Conservative, 191. Reform, 191. University, 191.
Cobham, 89.
Coffee-houses, 202, 203.
Coffee-stalls, 204.
Coke, Lord Chief Justice, 38.
Cold Bath Fields prison, 241.
Collins, Wilkie, 14, 76, 91.
Concert rooms. Exeter Hall, 195. St. James' Hall, 195. Floral Hall, 193, 195. Willis' Rooms, 195. The Queen's Concert Rooms, 195. Egyptian Hall, 196. The Gallery of Illustrations, 196. The Sacred Harmonic Society, 195. The Philharmonic Society, 195.
Cook's Court (_see_ Took's Court).
Copperfield and Steerforth, 100.
"Copperfield, David," 22, 24, 25, 46, 51, 80, 82, 83, 100, 101, 103, 104, 111, 112, 140, 164, 170, 171, 242, 244.
Copyright act, 187.
Corporation of the City of London, 243.
Covent Garden, 208.
Cowley (Abraham), 62.
Cowper, 39.
Crane Court, 62.
Craven St. (Charing Cross), 14, 104.
"Cricket on the Hearth, The," 94.
Cripple's dancing academy, 112.
Crook's rag and bottle shop, 108.
Crosby Hall, 279.
"Crowquill," 94.
Cruikshank, George, 14, 80, 93, 126.
Crystal Palace, The, 229.
Cuttle, Captain, 94, 114, 175.
Daily News, under Dickens' editorship, 51, 88.
Davenant, Lady, 72.
Davy, Sir Humphrey, 259.
De Cerjet, M., 147.
De Foe, 30.
De Lacy, Henry, 36.
De Worde, Wynken, 28.
Devonshire Terrace, house in, 54.
Dickens, Charles, the Senior, 20. Clerkship in Navy Pay Office, 21, 242. Home at Portsea, 20. Home at Chatham, 20. Home at Camdentown, 21. Home at Gower St., 21. Home at Lant St., 21. Imprisonment in Marshalsea, 21.
Dickens Fellowship, The, 78, 79, 88.
Dickens, Georgina, 87.
Dickens, Henry, K. C., 115.
"Dinner at Poplar Walk, A," 25.
Disraeli (Benjamin), 215.
District railway, 125.
Doctor's Commons, 112.
Dolby, George, 50, 89.
"Dombey and Son," 51, 52, 81, 113, 240.
Dorset, Countess of, 62.
Dorset House, 71.
Doughty Street, house in, 54.
Dover, 155, 158.
Dover Road, The, 139, 141.
Doyle, Dicky, 94.
Drayton, Michael, 62.
Drury Lane Court, 115.
Dryden, 68, 72.
Dublin, visit to, 58.
Duck Lane, 121.
Duke Street, 120.
Dulwich College, 285.
Dyce, 14.
Dyce and Forster collection, 79.
Eastcheap, 231.
Eastgate House, 150.
E. C., meaning of, 15, 262.
Edinburgh Review, The, 74.
Edmonton (John Gilpin of), 284.
Edward III., 185.
"Edwin Drood," 53, 96, 140, 149, 151.
Elgin marbles, 183.
Eliot, George, 73, 76.
Elizabeth, Queen, 62.
Epping Forest, 41, 285.
Epsom Derby, 260.
Essex coast, 180.
Essex Stairs, 165.
Evening Chronicle, The, 47.
"Every Man in His Humour," 191.
Exhibition of the works of the English humourists, 79.
Fagin (Fagan), 21.
Falcon Court, 62.
Falkland, Viscount, 62.
"Falstaff Inn, The," 143.
Favre, Jules, 95.
Felton, Professor, 87.
Fenchurch Street, 113.
Fenton's Hotel, 200.
Fetter Lane, 29, 62.
Fildes, Luke, 90, 94.
Fire of London, 177, 250, 255.
Fitzgerald, Percy, 53, 77, 90.
Fitzgerald, Percy (Mrs.), 80.
Fleet Ditch, 61, 271.
Fleet marriages, 26, 61.
Fleet Prison, 26, 61, 176, 241.
Fleet Street, 18, 25, 26, 27, 61, 63, 70, 100, 126, 202.
Fleet Street, old booksellers and printers of. Wynken de Worde, 66. Jacob Robinson, 67. Lawton Gulliver, 67. Edmund Curll, 67. Bernard Lintot, 67. W. Copeland, 67. Butterworth, 66. Richard Tottel, 66. Rastell, 66. Richard Pynson, 66. J. Robinson, 67. T. White, 67. H. Lowndes, 67. J. Murray, 67.
Fleet Street, taverns and coffee-houses. "The Bolt-in Inn," 68. "The Devil," 68. "The King's Head," 68. "The Mitre," 68. "The Cock," 68, 71. "The Rainbow," 68. "Nando's," 68. "Dick's," 68. "Peele's," 68. "The Horn Tavern," 68.
Flite, Miss, Garden of, 105.
Floral Hall, 209.
Flower-de-Luce Court, 68.
Forster and Dyce collection, 79.
Forster, John, 14, 56, 57, 82, 86, 114. House in Lincoln's Inn Fields, 19, 105, 223.
Fountain Court, 100.
Fountain Inn, 42.
Fox, 14.
Frith, W. P., 89.
"Frozen Deep, The," 91, 191.
Furnival's Inn, 13, 31, 124, 129.
Furnival's Inn, Dickens' lodgings in, 26.
"Gad's Hill Gasper, The," 89.
Gad's Hill Place, 141, 142, 143, 180.
Gaiety Theatre, The, 19.
Gainsborough (Thomas), 39.
"Gallery of Illustration, The," 191.
Gamp, Mrs., 124.
Gaskell, Mrs., 52.
Gay's "Trivia," 233.
General post-office, The, 261.
"Gentleman's Magazine, The," 63, 74.
George III., 183.
George IV., 183.
"George and Vulture, The," 44, 106.
George Street, 120.
"George Tavern, The" (Bouverie Street), 70.
Gersterhauer, J. G., 89.
Gibson (Charles Dana), 80.
Gilray, 245.
Globe Theatre, 19, 65.
"Goat and Compasses, The," 121.
"Golden Cross, The," 44, 45, 100, 139, 199.
Golden Square, 274.
Goldsmith, 29, 30, 33, 38.
Goldsmiths' Company, The, 184, 187.
Goldsmiths' Hall, 186.
Gondola, The, of London, 214.
"Good Words" offices, 19, 247.
"Goose and Gridiron, The," 124.
Gordon rioters, 177.
Gothic revival, 137.
Gough Square, 28.
Gower Street (north), 110.
Gravesend, 179.
Gray's Inn, 30.
Gray's Inn, Dickens' clerkship in, 23. The Hall, 36.
Gray's Inn, Mr. Perker's Chambers, 107.
"Great Boobee, The," 232.
Greater London, 249, 264.
Great Exhibition, The, 229.
"Great Expectations," 53, 150.
"Great International Walking Match, The," 89.
"Great North Road, The," 260.
Green Park, The, 130.
Greenwich, 179. The Fair, 173. Fish dinners at, 173.
Greenwich, Dickens' dinner at, 56.
Gresham, Sir Thomas, 280.
"Grewgious, Mr.," 108.
Grey, Lady Jane, 279.
Grey, Sir Richard, 70.
Grosvenor Square, 16.
Grub Street, 15, 60, 122.
Guildhall, The, 218. The Museum, 124.
Guild of Fishmongers, The, 172.
Guilds of the City of London. Merchant Tailors, 185. Mercers, 185. Grocers, 185. Drapers, 185. Fishmongers, 185. Haberdashers, 185. Salters, 185. Ironmongers, 185. Goldsmiths, 185. Skinners, 185. Vintners, 185. Cloth workers, etc., 185.
Guy's Hospital, 112, 204.
Guy, Thomas (_see_ Guy's Hospital), 271.
Hammersmith, 161.
Hampstead, 211.
Hampstead Heath, 14, 43, 229, 284.
Hampton Court, 272.
"Hard Times," 53, 96.
Harley, J. P., 82.
Harrow, 284.
"Haunted House, The," 53.
Hawkins, Anthony Hope, 28.
Hawkins, Rev. E. C., 28.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Description of Staple Inn, 37, 133.
Haxell's Hotel, 199.
Heep (Uriah), 119.
Henley regatta, 188.
Henry II., 185.
Hicks' Hall, 260.
Higham, 146.
High Holborn, 108.
High Street (Southwark), 110.
"Highway of Letters, The," 15, 17, 60, 66, 268.
Hogarth, 245.
Hogarth, Catherine, 31.
Hogarth, Mary, 86.
Hogarth's "Marriage _à la Mode_," 178.
Holborn, 30, 106, 211.
Holborn bars, 107, 108.
Holborn Court, 107.
Holborn Hill, 123.
Holborn Viaducts, 43, 108, 123, 222.
Holywell Street, 125, 126.
Hood, Tom, 49, 76, 163.
Hook, Theodore, 76, 93.
Hooper, Bishop, 62.
"Horn Tavern, The," 62.
Horsemonger Lane (Southwark), 112.
Hotels of various types, 200.
"Houghton Visitors, The," 267.
Hounslow Heath, 234.
House of Commons, Press Gallery, 23. Old buildings burned (1843), 23. New buildings begun, 23. Charles Dickens' engagement in the Reporters' Gallery, 24. Description of, 215.
House of Peers, 224.
Houses of entertainment, 40.
Houses of Parliament, 223, 224, 267.
"Household Words," 52, 53, 55, 87, 90, 91, 116, 147, 158, 176.
Huffam, John, 175.
Hughson's "Walks in London," 69.
Hungerford Bridge, 101, 168, 169.
Hungerford Market, 12, 30, 44, 101, 168.
Hungerford Stairs, 12, 168.
Hunt, Leigh, 76, 93, 95, 201.
Hyde Park, 130, 131, 196.
Hyde Park Corner, 234, 258, 261.
"Illustrated London News, The," 63.
Inner Temple, 31. The Hall, 33. Temple Church, 33.
Inns of Chancery, 38.
Inns of Court, 107. Benchers and barristers, 34. Benchers' dinner, 35.
International exhibition, 196, 259.
Ironmongers' Hall, 186.
Irving, Sir Henry, 193.
"Is She His Wife," 48.
Italian travels, 55; return from, 56.
James I., 31.
Jarley's Waxworks, Mrs., 196.
"Jasper's Secret," 96.
Jellyby, Mrs., 106.
Jerrold (Douglas), 14, 63, 83.
John, King, Palace at Eltham, 285.
Johnson's Court, 13, 25.
Johnson, Doctor, 15, 25, 60. Walk down Fleet St., 18. Dictionary, 28. and Boswell, 29.
Jones, Inigo, 36, 136, 208.
Jonson, Ben, 191.
"Jo's Crossing," 106.
Kean, Charles, 194.
Kensington, 135, 211.
Kent, County of, 139.
Kentish rebels, The, 109.
King's Bench Prison, 109.
King's Cross, 234.
"King's Head Inn, The" (Chigwell), 41.
"King's Head, The" (Southwark), 113.
"King's Library, The," 79.
Kingsley (Charles), 73.
Knight, Charles, 30, 202.
Knighten Guild, 184.
Knights Templars, 31, 33.
Lad Lane, 234.
Lady Guide Association, The, 115.
Landor (W. S.), 55, 95.
Landseer, Edwin, 57, 94.
Lant Street, 110, 112, 178, 204.
Lawrence, Samuel, 89.
"Leather Bottle, The" (Cobham), 89, 144, 145.
Leech (John), 80, 94.
Lemon, Mark, 14, 82, 191.
Leslie, C. R. (R. A.), 89, 191.
Lever, Charles, 53, 83.
Lewis, E. G., 89.
Limehouse, 175.
Limehouse Church, 114.
Limehouse Hole, 114.
Limehouse Reach, 114.
Limner's Hotel, 200.
Lincoln's Inn, 30, 31. Dickens' clerkship in solicitor's office there, 22. New hall and library, 36. Chapel, 36.
Lincoln's Inn Fields, 19, 100, 106, 126.
Linkman, trade of the, 122.
"Literary Gazette, The," 65.
"Little Dorrit," 53, 95, 110, 111, 242.
"Little Wooden Midshipman, The," 81, 113.
Lombard Street, 280.
London Bridge, 124, 176, 178, 280.
London Bridge (old), 41, 166.
London General Omnibus Co., 213.
London Stone, 180.
Lord Mayor's Day, 217.
Lord Mayor's procession, route of, 218-222.
Lovelace, 28.
Ludgate Hill, 61, 176, 223.
Lytton, Lord, 53.
Maclise (David), 14, 55, 57, 82, 87, 94, 224.
Macready, 86.
Macready (Mrs.), 87.
Macrone (John), 47.
"Magpie and Stump," The, 42, 44.
Main thoroughfares of London, 276, 277.
"Man of Ross," The, 89.
Mansion House, The, 280.
Markets of London. Covent Garden, 205, 207. Smithfield, 205, 207. Billingsgate, 205. Leadenhall, 207. Farringdon, 209. Borough, 209. Portman, 209. Spitalfields, 209.
Marley's ghost, 14, 104.
Marshalsea Prison, 13, 61, 81, 101, 102, 109, 111, 175, 178, 204, 242.
"Martin Chuzzlewit," 50, 51, 56, 85, 140.