Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . free, thoughthe readers are are 20,000volumes in the library,and ever) convictwho behaves himselfis permitted hischoice. It must notbe thought that allare religious homilies,for here on the sheKesare Scott, Thackera)-,Ballant)-ne, Ma)-neReid. amongst others,the fa\-ourite authorbeing, as he should be,Dr. Samuel there is a notablepeculiarit) about each109. 98 LIVING LONDON. the City of London ; and even now its privi-leges are extended only to those residingwithin the Metropoli
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . free, thoughthe readers are are 20,000volumes in the library,and ever) convictwho behaves himselfis permitted hischoice. It must notbe thought that allare religious homilies,for here on the sheKesare Scott, Thackera)-,Ballant)-ne, Ma)-neReid. amongst others,the fa\-ourite authorbeing, as he should be,Dr. Samuel there is a notablepeculiarit) about each109. 98 LIVING LONDON. the City of London ; and even now its privi-leges are extended only to those residingwithin the Metropolitan postal district. It isa common resort of prelates, and many a tiredparson is glad to seek in its sequestered shelvesa temporary forgetfulness of work-a-da)-scenes in communion with bygone saints andsages. A typical free librars, perhaps the busiest cian, the busy journalist, the foreign tourist, thecab tout, the costermonger, and the politicianon his wa\ to Westminster, may all be com-monl}- seen scrutinising Londons wonderfuldiurnal and weekly output, from the Timesdownwards. It is worthy of remark that these freelibrary newspaper rooms have quite replacedthe old news rooms, although one of the
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