. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. magnificent thoroughfare, adorned byimportant buildings and ornamented withparks and statuary. The river is held incontrol by a solid granite embankment,through which, at intervals, stej^s give accessto the steamers. Hyde Park, containingabout 400 acres, is surrounded by a carriagedrive two and one-half miles long. This isthe most fashionable of the royal parks and,together with Regents Park, Saint JamessPark and Green Park, is located
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. magnificent thoroughfare, adorned byimportant buildings and ornamented withparks and statuary. The river is held incontrol by a solid granite embankment,through which, at intervals, stej^s give accessto the steamers. Hyde Park, containingabout 400 acres, is surrounded by a carriagedrive two and one-half miles long. This isthe most fashionable of the royal parks and,together with Regents Park, Saint JamessPark and Green Park, is located in the WestEnd. Regents Park contains the gardens ofthe Zoological Society, with the largest col-lection of animals in the world, and thegardens of the Royal Botanic Society. Other parks are located in different partsof the city, and more are being provided foras places of rest and recreation for thecrowded inhabitants. On the southern sideof the city is Greenwich Park, naturally oneof the most beautiful, and famous as beingthe location of the Greenwich characteristic of London than its formalparks are the heaths, or commons, which are. TOWER BRIDGE preserved nearly in their natural conditionfor the use of the people. Hampstead Heath,to the north, and Black Heath and PlumsteadCommon, on the southeast, are the largest. Public Buildings, Monuments and Institu-tions. Saint Jamess Palace, erected byHenry VIII; Buckingham Palace, built by George IV; Marlborough House; Kensing-ton Palace, the birthplace of Queen Victoria,and others are among the royal palaces whichgrace the city. The imposing Houses ofParliament stand on the north bank of theThames, in the West End. The Tower ofLondon is farther east on the same side ofthe river. The Bank of England; the RoyalExchange; the Mansion House, which is theofficial residence of the lord mayor; GuildHall, the seat of municipal government, andthe four Inns of Court are noteworthy build-ings. The new Law Court is one of the mo
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