Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . -M. -igiiifliw«.\ (CRYSTAL PALACE GKOUNDsl. low belt of murky ha/.e that bars the \ie\vto northward. Behind that curtain lies earthsgreatest city, all unseen. Yet not for the fretted face of earth glides bybelow, and soon in dim outline mights-Living London opens out. The ri\-er, flingingback the sunlight, shows its silver loops dottedover with moving objects — the first signsof active life. Then the larger buildings onbuth shores plant themselves prominently onthe fast unf
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . -M. -igiiifliw«.\ (CRYSTAL PALACE GKOUNDsl. low belt of murky ha/.e that bars the \ie\vto northward. Behind that curtain lies earthsgreatest city, all unseen. Yet not for the fretted face of earth glides bybelow, and soon in dim outline mights-Living London opens out. The ri\-er, flingingback the sunlight, shows its silver loops dottedover with moving objects — the first signsof active life. Then the larger buildings onbuth shores plant themselves prominently onthe fast unfolding map. Spires stand whiteand clear, and vacant spaces develop intosquares and parks. the interlacingthreads of grey among the dun broaden andlengthen out into familiar highways, andall the town lies etched in plan below. But before this there has been otherevidence than that of sight of the life withwhich the vast scene is instinct. The earcatches the pulse of the mighty city. Theair, lately so devoid of sound, palpitates witha harsh discordant murmur, growing everymoment till it be
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