LONDON:

Printed by Spottiswoode & Co.,

New-street-Square.

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Ancient and Modern London. - -The black Thames and the white

Thames. Suburbs. - Fashion in Drury Lane. — Noblemen.

Gates and Walls. — Village of St. Giles. — Fleet

River. Moorfields.

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Whitehall. Houses on London Bridge.

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- Fountains.

City Gardens.

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Gresham's Exchange.

-City Ta-

verns. Bedlam. Thieves' Quarters. - Prisons. Localities of

Trade. Wells and Springs. Celebrated Tradesmen of the Day.

Processions.

Funerals. Thieves going to

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Marriages.

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Apo-

Tyburn. Royal Visits. - Ambassadors. Pageants.-'Prentice

Riots. The old Street Cries. - A Citizen's Amusements.-Shops

and Penthouses. Sketch of the Crowds. Barber and Apo-

thecary. Characters of the Day. Street Rows. Extinct

Trades. - Foreign Shops.-Manners of the 'Prentices.

thecary's Shop. System of Medicine. — Scenes in a Crowd.

Gaoler, Lawyer, and Informer. -The Pawnbroker. The Barber-

Surgeons. The Tailor's Shop. Bookseller's Shop. The

Tinker. - Foreign Workmen. The Goldsmith - Vintner — Their

Frauds. Colliers. The Thames Watermen. The Saddler

and Butcher. Prices. The Tanner and Shoemaker. - The

Chirurgeon. - Puritans' Attacks on the Tricks of Trade. Have

we improved?

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CHAP. II.

THE MANSIONS AND PALACES.

Characteristics of the Elizabethan House. - The Chase and Terrace.

Court-Yards. - Fountains. Bowling-Greens. — Magnificence

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Mansion. The Hall and Garden. - Fittings. - Tudor Building.

- Somersetshire. - Henry VIII.'s Palace at Shene.-His Luxury.

-Wolsey and Buckingham. Existing Elizabethan Houses. -

Ornamental Brick Work. - Italian Decoration. Court Yards.

Oriels. — Cinque Cento. - Architectural Works. Timber Work.

-John Thorpe.—His Works. —Architects of the Age. - Palatial

Houses. Anecdote of Gresham. James's Reign. Description

of Lord North's House at Kirtling. Hawstead House. — Apart-

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ments of Elizabeth's Palace at Richmond.Elizabethan Gardens.

Bacon's Description. - Aviaries. Gardens at Theobald's..

The Gardens at Kenilworth.

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CHAP. III.

A DAY'S AMUSEMENT.

The Walk in Paul's. The Ordinary. Bear Garden and Bartholo

mew Fair. - Elizabethan Amusements. - Qualifications of a Cour-

tier. Hardy Training. Versatility of Character. Sociality

of Elizabethan Life. -No Jealousy of Class. Distinctions of

Class. The Gallant's Morning. - Promenade in St. Paul's.

Si quis? Wall. Serving-Man's Pillar. Ordinary. — Dinner.—

Theatre. Seat on the Stage. Characters in Paul's Walk.

THE FIRST VOLUME.

Courtier and Templar. - Country Gentlemen. - Adventurers.

Duke Humphrey's Dinner. - Poor Curates — and Scholars.

Quack Doctor. The Noise of Paul's.

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- Exchange of News.

The Lawyer's Pillar. Thieves. — History of St. Paul's. — Fire.

Poet and Player. - Country Vicar.

Paul's Cross.

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- Citizen

and Wife. - Master. Description of Paul's Walk. - Varieties

of Ordinaries. Characters. Manners. Cards. Tavern Life.

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Parting. Watches. - Interior of a Prison. Scenes at City

Gates. - Bear Garden. - Baiting. Names of Bears. · Bear-

Baiting at Kenilworth.- Puritans attack the Abuse. — Whipping

Blind Bears. - Ape on Horseback. - Allusions to Paris Gardens

in Shakspere. Gaming. Tricks of Gamesters. - False Dice.

Bowling. Fleet Prisoners. - Cock-Fighting. - Rules and Max-

ims. The Jugglers of the Day. - Head of St. John the Baptist.

-Various Tricks. - Banks and his Horse Morocco. Jugglers'

Language. Bartholomew Fair. - Roast Pig and Bottle Ale.

Ballad Sellers. - Cries and Stalls.- Diversions. Kindheart the

Dentist. Tarleton and Cuckoo. Scenes in the Crowd. A

Tavern. Stories of the Plague, or "Stop Gallant." Poor Tutor.

-The Apparitor.- Song Seller. Smoking. No Allusion to it

in Shakspere. Abuse of it.- Eulogies. Methods of taking it.

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King James's Pamphlet. - Extracts.

CHAP. IV.

THE LAWS OF THE DUELLE.

The Sands of Calais. - Fencing Masters.

Frequency of Duelling.

- Introduction of the Rapier. Duels at Taverns. Saviolo's

Books. Causes of Duels. Challenge. · Conditional Lie.

The Lie in General.- The Foolish Lie. Proud and Civil Proof.

Causes that stayed Duels. Time for the Duel. The Combat.

The Apology.—Morality of the Duellists. Art of Fence. -

Parries. Terms.