. Ireland in London. rations,until Steele shares with Goldsmith and CharlesLamb the praise of being one of the most belovedof English or Irish writers. Steele is not onlyconsidered the true founder of English periodicalliterature, but is also regarded as the originatorol the English novel, as, apart from his delightfullittle tales, it was his account of RobinsonCrusoe that led Defoe to write his famous work,the first of regular English stories. Steele wasbesides the first in England to write the genuinecritical essay, and from his Spectator, Tat-ler, and Guardian, many exquisite thingsmight be
. Ireland in London. rations,until Steele shares with Goldsmith and CharlesLamb the praise of being one of the most belovedof English or Irish writers. Steele is not onlyconsidered the true founder of English periodicalliterature, but is also regarded as the originatorol the English novel, as, apart from his delightfullittle tales, it was his account of RobinsonCrusoe that led Defoe to write his famous work,the first of regular English stories. Steele wasbesides the first in England to write the genuinecritical essay, and from his Spectator, Tat-ler, and Guardian, many exquisite thingsmight be quoted, all forming part of what maybe fairly claimed as Irish literature. Opposite the site of Shire-lane is Childs Bank,by the side of the Temple. Part of this bankstands on the site of the old Devil Tavern, affreat resort ot the writers of Shakespeares aB of Swifts time. Swift, as well as Steele, and. ut £later period, Goldsmith, were very frequea*visitors, as their workB no less than their dio-graphies IT. brides church, fleet street. Now let ns enter the quaint old place knowneverywhere as the Temple, and though in twoparts, with two separate entrances, we may takeit as a whole. It receives its name fioro theKnights Templar, who removed here from Hol-born in 1184, and who were succeeded by theKnights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem—when the estates of the former were taken over bythe Pope. The armorial bearings of the Middleand Inner Temples are carved over their respectivegateways. That of the first is a Lamb, of thelast a Horse. A wag once chalked on one ofthe gates some verses satirising the lawyers, ofwhich the following is a couplet:— The Lamb sets forth their innocence,The Horse their expedition. The Temple is one of the many relics of Catholie England that still exist in London, sometimes IN Ireland in London. in all their pristine beauty. Such names anBlackfriars, Whitefriars, Austinfriars, and thelike, with their obvious associations, yet lin
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