Over the Ocean; or, Sights and Scenes in Foreign Lands

CHAPTER VII.

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The Original Wax Works.--London Theatres.--Full Dress at the Opera.--Play Bills.--A Palace for the People.--Parks of London.--Zoölogical Gardens.--The Tower of London.--The Silver Key.--Site of the Scaffold.--Knights in Armor.-- Regalia of England.--St. Paul's.--The Whispering Gallery. --Up into the Ball.--Down into the Crypt.--Gog and Magog. --Bank of England.--Hampton Court Palace.--The Gardens and People.--Windsor Castle.--Windsor Parks.--London Newspapers.--The Times.--The British Museum.-- Bibliographical Curiosities.--Egyptian Galleries.--A Wealth of Antiquities.--Original Magna Charta.--Priceless Manuscripts. 185-246