. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. ets in Europe. Great improvements have been made on the north side of theStrand from Charing Cross to Burleigh Street, by taking down an immense mass of smalland old houses, partly in narrow streets and courts, and erecting others of large dimensionsand forming wide and handsome streets. Here also has been erected the elegant and com-I modious structure of Hungcrford ^^ ^ Market. Another improvement is that of opening a line northwardfrom Bridge Street, Blackfriars,thro
. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. ets in Europe. Great improvements have been made on the north side of theStrand from Charing Cross to Burleigh Street, by taking down an immense mass of smalland old houses, partly in narrow streets and courts, and erecting others of large dimensionsand forming wide and handsome streets. Here also has been erected the elegant and com-I modious structure of Hungcrford ^^ ^ Market. Another improvement is that of opening a line northwardfrom Bridge Street, Blackfriars,through the site of Fleet Marketand across Clerkenvvell, to Isling-ton : it is intended that a parallelline should extend from WaterlooBridge across the Strand, past theportico of Co vent Garden Theatre,and into the northern district ofthe metropolis. St. Pauls Cathedral ^fiff. 149.), the masterpiece of Sir Christopher Wren, is the finest specimen of modern architecture in the king- ^ ^ dom, and, after at Rome, may rank as the finest ecclesiastical structure in Christendom ; but it is so surrounded with Vol. I. 32. 374 DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY. Part UI. 150 buildings that the beauty of its exterior cannot be appreciated. The style, which is Grecian, unites grandeur of design with just- 1^1 III
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