Category: Travel Writing
Returning by Russell Street, we soon reach _Bow Street_, and on the left may observe an open space contiguous to the _Foreign Fruit Market_. On this space there stood No. 4, in recent times occupied by Mr. Stinchcombe, costumier. Some years since this was the situation of Bow...
Returning by Russell Street, we soon reach _Bow Street_, and on the left may observe an open space contiguous to the _Foreign Fruit Market_. On this space there stood No. 4, in...
2. chapter 35.) The bath itself is lined with white marble, and dates fromPassing Surrey Street, just beyond, we come (next on the right) to _Norfolk Street_, in which there may be noted the former whereabouts of MRS. LIRRIPER’S LODGINGS; and we may h...
3. chapter 40.) The old pump has been replaced by a drinking-fountain._Toby Veck_ surely must have known that pump; for though there is no precise location given by Dickens in “The Chimes” for the church near to which Toby waited for jobs, there i...
4. chapter 3 of “Little Dorrit.” We now soon come to St. Paul’s Churchyard,facing the dial by which _Ralph Nickleby_ corrected his watch on his way to the London Tavern, no doubt “stepping aside” into No. 1—Dakin’s—“doorway” to do it; and we may probab...
5. chapter 4, as being within hearing at the offices of that important firm.Passing on, and crossing to the north side of the thoroughfare, we arrive at King Street (turning by No. 92), at the top of which is The Guildhall. In the City Court attached th...
6. chapter 12.The first reference of our author to King’s Bench Prison will be found in “Nicholas Nickleby” (chapter 46), on the occasion of the hero’s first visit to _Madeline Bray_, who res...
7. chapter 14, as the Monk’s Vineyard, in which, near a wicket-gate in acorner, Edwin met the old woman from the opium-smoking den in the East end of London, from whom he received warning of a threatened danger. This is the last occasion that we rea...
8. Chapter 12, headed “A Night with Durdles,” contains a description of the“They go up the winding staircase . . . among the cobwebs and the dust. Twice or thrice they emerge into level low-arched galleries, whence they can look down into the moonlight...
9. chapter 8, Book 2.) It may be also remembered as the hotel at which wascelebrated the wedding dinner of _Mr. and Mrs. Rokesmith_ aforesaid, “dear little Pa” being the honoured guest of that blissful opportunity. We may here also recollect the digni...
10. chapter 18—“A Retrospect”—Copperfield writes as follows:—“There is a vague belief abroad that the beef suet with which he anoints his hair gives him unnatural strength, and that he is a match for a man. He is a broad-faced, bull-necke...
11. book 3 (in association with the burial of old Betty Higden), mention ismade of “_the little inn_,” at which Bella’s friends were then accommodated. This was _not_ the “Red Lion,” but, in all probability, was The Anchor Inn, a small, but very comfor...
12. book 4, as taking place previous to the catastrophe by which Wrayburnnearly lost his life. The path leads to Marsh Mill, about half a mile from Henley; a large and important paper mill, now in the occupation of Mr. Wells, situated near the weir,...
13. book 3, end of chapter 9)—“O, boofer lady, fascinating boofer lady! If I were but legally executor of Johnny’s will. If I had but the right to pay your legacy and take your receipt! Something to this pur...