Category: Travel Writing
Sir Richard Grosvenor and the Westminster Property--Origin of “Mayfair”--Davies Street--Grosvenor Square--North and South Audley Streets--Park Street--Norfolk Street--Upper Brook Street--Upper Grosvenor Street--Mount Street--Charles Street--Curzon Street--Curzon Chapel--Hertfo...
Sir Richard Grosvenor and the Westminster Property--Origin of “Mayfair”--Davies Street--Grosvenor Square--North and South Audley Streets--Park Street--Norfolk Street--Upper Broo...
6. CHAPTER I.Dr. Johnson in one of his rhetorical flights said that Charing Cross was practically the centre of the universe. “I think,” he observed to Boswell, on a celebrated occasion, “th...
7. CHAPTER II.Can we do better, after the surfeit of bricks and mortar which we have just undergone, than relax our jaded senses and relieve our wearied eyes by loitering for a few moments in...
8. CHAPTER III.The Haymarket is one of those thoroughfares whose names speak for themselves. To-day, it is true, it has little the appearance of that which its title indicates, and it is, ther...
9. CHAPTER IV.Bond Street is really as much the centre of the charms of London to-day, as it was when Lord Lytton wrote the lines quoted above; if by charms we mean fine shops, about which Lo...
10. CHAPTER V.Compared with London as a whole, Mayfair is quite a small quarter; but regarded as a congeries of innumerable streets, and two large squares, it is an extensive and intricate ar...