Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . A.\ . SCKllTUKli KE.\UER .AT WOKK. 286. THE COMMERCIAL SALE ROOMS(MLVCING LANE). SCENES FROM EXCHANGE AND OFFICE LONDON. By CHARLES C. TURNER. BOUND for London, speeding under steamand sail from the far Antipodes andthe sweltering tropics, from north andeast and west, in infinite variety, comes theproduce of ever}- land and sea. But, swal-lowed up in the great citys prosaic greyness,the wonder and romance of this vast com-merce are .seldom appreciated. Yet thev are worth a thcnight. Considert
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . A.\ . SCKllTUKli KE.\UER .AT WOKK. 286. THE COMMERCIAL SALE ROOMS(MLVCING LANE). SCENES FROM EXCHANGE AND OFFICE LONDON. By CHARLES C. TURNER. BOUND for London, speeding under steamand sail from the far Antipodes andthe sweltering tropics, from north andeast and west, in infinite variety, comes theproduce of ever}- land and sea. But, swal-lowed up in the great citys prosaic greyness,the wonder and romance of this vast com-merce are .seldom appreciated. Yet thev are worth a thcnight. Considerthe varied labour and \ariuus labourersin ever) clime : black, brown, }-ellow, red,and white men and women, toiling underthe sun every minute of his twent_\-fourhours course ; undergoing peril and pri\-a-tion that we may eat and drink and clotheourselves comfortabh-, re\-el in luxuries, anddelight in things that are beautiful. Letus see for ourselves the process by whichLondons great commercial maw swallowsand digests the worlds tribute. We are in the London and India Dockswarehouse in Crutched Friars. On allsides of the big courtyard ar
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