Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . oung woman conductingthe party ? She is one of the lad)- guidesof London. One hears but little of them,but the) are very much sought after—forone thing, for instance, b\- folk who wishgirls from the provinces met at the station, Ho _\-i)u know the keynote i)f London?he askeel inc as lie ran his c_\e over theglorious tree. Her ruralit). I ne\er saw amore rural citv ; siie is a succession of countrjvillages, and the \erdure of her is striking. Ican well understand that London is the mostli\able, lo\
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . oung woman conductingthe party ? She is one of the lad)- guidesof London. One hears but little of them,but the) are very much sought after—forone thing, for instance, b\- folk who wishgirls from the provinces met at the station, Ho _\-i)u know the keynote i)f London?he askeel inc as lie ran his c_\e over theglorious tree. Her ruralit). I ne\er saw amore rural citv ; siie is a succession of countrjvillages, and the \erdure of her is striking. Ican well understand that London is the mostli\able, lo\-abIe cit_\ in the world. ]W this time I thought we had walked along wa\-, but m\- robust friend strode on. LONDON BKmGE AND THE KnER AS SEEN FROM THE TOP OF THE MONUMENT. shown through London, and safely sent ontheir way. Londoners know but little of theseladies, for they are quiet and unobtrusive, yetsafe and pleasant guardians and guides. Now, if }-ou can tear )ourself away, I willshow you where for so many years the Blue-coat boys were schooled. My Colonial would not spend time inlooking at the General Post Office build-ings. The\ struck him as too modern tobe interesting in London ; and consequentlywe pushed on along Cheapside. To be sure,his eyes could not miss the famous plane treeof Wood He insisted on remaining till Bow Bellschimed, and then we spent a quarter of anhour waiting for the figures above a watch-makers shop hard by to strike. As he hadset his mind upon seeing the Monument,I hurried him past the Mansion House andBank, past King Williams statue, and whenwe reached the foot of the great shaft, to myconsternation, I learned that he wanted toclimb to the top. My k
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