Victorian London - Directories - Dickens's Dictionary of London, by Charles

Dickens, Jr., 1879 - "BIC-BUS"

Bicycling, the youngest of the athletic sports which occupy so much of the
time and thoughts of junior London, has assumed, in a very few years,
extraordinary proportions, and that notwithstanding the ridicule which has
been so lavishly showered upon its disciples, and the actual persecution
which they have in some quarters undergone. A great city is, perhaps, not
the most favour able arena for the bicyclist, but if he be careful and
considerate in the streets, and does not put on the pace until he gets to the
open country roads, there is no good reason why he should not be left to
enjoy himself in peace. The annual muster of clubs at Hampton Court has
been for some years a very successful and attractive show, marred only by
the over.eagerness of the public, who are much too apt to spoil such affairs,
and their own pleasure as well, by too much crowding and too little regard
for the preservation of order. The list of London clubs is something amazing
seeing that the oldest the Pickwickonly dates from 1870. The following
are the names and headquarters of those numbering forty members and
upwards: Amateur H. N. Custance, Hon.Sec., 34, Tregunter-road. Clapham,
Alexandra Hotel. Guys Hospital, The Plough, Clapham. Kingston,Assize
Courts. London, 44 Pall Mall. Lombard, 7, St. St. Mildreds-court, E.C.
Middlesex, 8 Kensington - square. Pickwick, Albion Hotel, Albion-road, Stoke
Newington. Stanley, Athenaeum, Camden Town. Star, Downs Hotel, Clapton.
Surrey, The Oval, Kennington. Temple, H. Ponitt, Hon. Sec., 18, The Crescent,
-Victoria-pk. Wanderers, Windmill, Clapham - common. West Kent, -City
Terminus Hotel. The want of some sort of organisation for keeping the clubs
together, and for the regulation of bicycling matters generally, led to the
formation, in 1878 of the Bicycle Union. The objects of the association,
among others are declared to be To secure a fair and equitable
administration of Justice as regards the right of bicyclists to the public
roads. To watch -the course of any legislative proposals in Parliament or
elsewhere affecting the interests of the bicycling public, and to make such
representations on the subject as the occasion may demand. An excellent
set of recommendations to riders has been issued by the Council of the
Union, and it is made abundantly clear from the remarks by which they are
prefaced (and which are quoted below) that, if the principles of the Union
are carried out, there will be very little further trouble between the bicyclists
and the public: In placing before the general body of bicyclists the
accompanying recommendations in reference to road riding, which have
been made as concise as possible, the Council of the Union would specially
urge on every individual rider the desirability of extending to all that
courtesy which be would have shown to himself. The present prejudice
against bicycling has been partly caused (and cannot but be fostered and
increased) by a disregard to the feelings of other passengers on the road;
and although the right of the bicyclist to the free use of the public highway
should be at all times maintained, any needless altercation should be
studiously avoided. Bicyclists who are addicted to furious riding should
carefully consider the case of Taylor v. Goodwin (reported in theTimes of
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March 26, 1879), where Mr. Justice Mellor and Mr. Justice Lush, sitting in
banco in the Queens Bench Division, held that bicyclists are liable to the
pains and penalties imposed by the Furious Driving Act, 5 & 6 William IV,
cap. 50 sec. 78, although at the time of the passing of the Act bicycles were
not in existence. The principal races amongst London bicyclists take place at
Lillie-bridge, Stamford-bridge, and the Alexandra and Crystal Palaces. Every
kind of information of value to bicyclists will be found in the Bicycle
Annual, published at the office of the Bicycling Times, East Templechambers, White-friars-street. The Bicycling News is published at 13, Yorkstreet, Covent-garden.
Billiards.Amateurs of this game should remember that billiard sharps,
as well as billiard tables, abound in every quarter of London. As these gentry
get their living by infesting public tables, the unskilled amateur should avoid
playing or betting with strangers, whose form is apt to improve at critical
moments in the most unlooked-for fashion. Championship and other
important matches are usually played at St. James's Hall, and the recently
introduced American Tournaments have been played both there and at the
Westminster Aquarium. Tables are to be found in most of the chief
thoroughfares, and all hotels and the larger public-houses possess at least
one. The usual charges are 1s. an hour for daylight play or 1s. 6d. by
gaslight. If by the game, 6d. for 50 up.
Billingsgate so called, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth, after Belin King
of the Britons, who built the first water-gate here in 400 B.C., styled by Fuller
the Esculine gate of London, and has been for the last five centuries the
great fish-market of the metropolis. It is built of red brick, with stone
dressings and a campanile, and stands on the left bank of the river, a little
below London-bridge. The market opens at 5 a.m. throughout the year, the
fish being sold by tale, except in the case of salmon, which is sold by weight,
and shellfish, which are sold by measure. It is one of the curious sights of
London, but it is not well to go very elaborately dressed, or with too dainty
ears. It is only fair, however, to say that the good old days of the fish-fag
are now over, and nothing worse in the way of Billingsgate will be heard
than at any other place where rough work is being done in a hurry.
Nevertheless, it requires coolness and presence of mind to pay a visit to
Billingsgate with safety. Thames-street is narrow, crowded, and not over
savoury. The pavements are narrow, and men are hurrying across them with
boxes of oranges, for this is the centre of the Levant and Spanish fruit trade;
waggons from the docks block the street; costermongers carts dodge in and
out as best they may; everyone is intent upon business, and a man who
comes on pleasure must shift for himself. Billingsgate is smelt before it is
seen: there is a whiff of fresh fish and of red herrings, a tarry seaside smell
which is not altogether disagreeable. Perhaps upon first visiting Bilhingsgate
the feeling is one of disappointment: the show of fish is not great, for there
is but little retail trade, but a little examination shows how immense is the
trade carried on. At the river side are taut steamers which have just come in
from the North Sea; piled up in thousands are boxes with fish from Yarmouth
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and Lowestoft and the eastern fishing places, and from the southern ports.
There are hundreds of baskets and hampers of sprats, of herrings, of
mackerel, boxes of soles and of flat fish, tons of cod, thousands of lordly
turbot, and any quantity of whiting, plaice, and mullet. Besides all these
there are quantities of shrimps, and, if it be the season, baskets upon basket
of delicate smelt and whitebait. The river fish are represented only by
salmon, and perhaps a few trout, but what a magnificent representation it
is! Hundreds, nay thousands, of splendid fish which have come in ice, from
Scotland principally, but some from Wales, some from Galway and the Irish
rivers, some even from Norway. It is in the early morning or in the evening
that Billingsgate is seen at its fullest, and perhaps the scene at night is the
most characteristic. The market is well lighted, is thronged by a crowd of
fishmongers and costermongers, and the din of the shouting salesmen is
bewildering. If the weather has been stormy, the supply poor, the fish
consequently dear, the costermonger element will soon thin out. There is no
chance at such a time for them to buy fish at such a price as will enable
them to sell to the working classes, and accordingly they all turn their
attention to oranges, or if these are out of season, will go off for the night,
and start for Covent-garden at daybreak to get a load of vegetables
perhaps even go down to a market-garden miles out, and buy the barrowload there. Of all the population of London there are none who work longer
hours for a living than do these itinerant vendors; their labour commencing
at daybreak, and extending until eleven or twelve at night. NEARESTRailway
Stats. ,Mansion House (Dist.), Cannon-st (S.E.), and Fenchurch.
street; Omnibus Routes, Cannon-street, King William-street, Gracechurchstreet, Fenchurch. street, and London-bridge; Cab Rank, Fish-street-hill
Bill-posting The ordinary charge for hoardings is from a penny to
twopence per sheet of double crown or double demy, but very great
judgment is required both in selecting stations and composing the bill itself.
One chief point to bear in mind is to have as little in your bill as possible.
Another is to have something novel and striking to the eye. All the best
stations are in private hands, and must be treated for in detail. Be careful in
all cases to have a written agreement. Fly posting ie. Bills placed
broadcast on unprotected stations may be done very cheaply.
Births (See REGISTERS)
Black Eye -- Should any reader of the DICTIONARY be afflicted with an
accidental black and find himself at the same obliged to go into society, he
may be recommended to apply to Mr. George Paul, 47, James-Street, who
describes himself as an artist in black eye, and the resources of whose art
are supposed to be equal to concealing the most aggravated case at a cost
of 2s 6d., and 5s. if the patient has to be visited at home. Mr,Clarkson, 45,
Wellington-street, the well-known theatrical perruquier, may also be relied
upon for assistance under similar circumstances, and at about the same
charges.

Blackfriars Bridge is one of the handsomest in London, and would have a

still better effect were not its appearance so seriously marred by the
proximity of its neighbour, the Alexandra (London Chatham and Dover
Railway) bridge. It was built in 1864-9 by Mr. William Cubitt from the designs
of Mr. Page, architect also of Westminster-bridge, and though showing a
tendency towards the same defects in design which occur in that structure,
is beyond all question an immense advance upon it. It crosses the river in
five spans, the centre span being 185 ft. The piers are of granite,
surmounted by recesses resting on short pillars of polished red Aberdeen
granite, and with ornamental stone parapets. The parapet of the bridge
itself is very low, which, with the extreme shortness of the ornamental
pillars at the pier ends, gives the whole structure rather a dwarfed and
stunted look; but the general outline is bold and the ensemble rich, if
perhaps a trifle gaudy, especially when the gilding, of which there is an
unusual proportion, has been freshly renewed.
Blackheath. Now practically part of London. A fine open space, lying high
and gravelly soil, and considered one of the healthiest spots in the outskirts,
close to Greenwich-Park and river. Rents about average or a little over. From
Charing.cross (SE., 33 min.), 1st, 1/4, 2/2 ; 2nd, 1/-, 1/8; 3rd, -/6 .
Blackwall Here are the East India-docks, where the principal sailing ships
trading from the port of London load and discharge. The visitor may in these
docks inspect long tiers of China tea-clippersnow almost run off the line by
fast steamersand the fine passenger ships trading to the Australasian
ports. Adjoining the docks is the spacious ship-building yard of Messrs.
Green, and farther down the river is the Trinity House head-quarters, beyond
which again are the Victoria-docks. The Brunswick Hotel, once famous for
fish-dinners, has recently been transformed into an emigration office. There
is a railway-station on the steamboat-pier. Fares from Fenchurch-street (17
min.), 1st, -/6, ./10; 2nd -/4, -/6; trains running each way every 15 minutes.
Steamers from Westminster, Charing-cross, Temple, and London-bridge
every half-hour. Fares: aft, -/6; forward, -/4. Omnibus from Bank of England.
Bloomsbury is the district bounded on the south by New Oxford Street, on
the west by Tottenham.Court Road, on the north by the Euston-Road, and on
the east by Grays-inn. It was at one time a fashionable quarter of the town,
and contains several good squares, among them Bedford, Russell, Brunswick
and Tavistock Squares. The houses in the two former of these are large,
roomy, and substantially built; whilst both for houses and garden Russellsquare is incomparably the finest in London. Rents, very moderate; but the
Bedford Estate leases are rather stringent. To strangers its chief interest is
that in Russell-street, Bloomsbury, stands the British Museum. Although no
longer a fashionable, it is still an eminently respectable district of London,
and as it is not traversed by any main thoroughfares, its streets and
squares, with the exception of some few which are still paved with the old
heavy stones, are remarkably quiet, and free from noise and bustle.

NEAREST Railway Station, Gower.street; Omnibus Routes, Marylebone-road.

Tottenham.Court Road, Grays-inn-road, and Oxford-street.
Blue Coat School (See CHRISTS HOSPITAL.)
Board of Green Cloth. Buckingham Palace, is a branch of the Lord
Stewards Department. Hours 11 to 4. NEAREST Railway
Station, Victoria Omnibus Routes, Victoria-street and Grosvenor-place; Cab
Rank, James-street.
Bohemia.It may be taken as an axiom, that if the English adapter from
the French is good at anything, it is in losing whatever of subtlety
or chic there may be in the original work. An excellent example of this may
be found in the way in which journalists and magazine writers innumerable
have carefully missed the point of Henri Murgers admirable Vie de
Bohme, a book which, like Burtons Anatomy, or the works of
Rochefoucauld, is incessantly referred to, and, it would seem, but seldom
read. It was for a long time the favourite theory among London writers on
this subject, that to be a true Bohemian it was necessary to be drunken,
disorderly, dirty, and dissipated. A chronic atrophy of the purse was another
symptom of the disease, while a free indulgence in borrowing and
promising, without their correlatives, paying and performing, were held to
be indispensable to the character of the true Bohemian. As a matter of fact,
the animal here described is not indigenous to Bohemia. He belongs rather
to the class bmmler of Germany, and the loafer of New York, and has
nothing in common with the careless, reckless, but joyous inhabitant of M.
de Murgers Utopia. In process of time the London writers type of Bohemian
changed. Cleanliness, order, a respect for the outward observances of
society, combined with an absolute disregard of every moral law and
obligation, has been held up in many recent novels as the qualifications of a
genuine Bohemian. Both these monsters, who have usually been described
as belonging to the literary, artistic, or dramatic professions, arc far from
representing the truth. Bohemianisfli may be said to be confined to no
district, to no pro. fession, and to no class. The hallmark of your true
Bohemian is that he declines to own himself a subject of Mrs. Grundy. He
has emancipated himself from conventionalities and shams, and does his
own work in his own way; neither seeking nor wishing, on the one hand, to
interfere with his fellow creatures who may hold different views, nor
allowing, on the other, any undue interference with his own actions. In fact,
it may boldly be said that tolerance and charity are among the leading
characteristics of Bohemiaof the genuine and not of the sham country, be
it understood. The sham Bohemia is peopled by nothing but Gorgon and
Chimaera dire, and by hordes of other monsters who have never yet existed
in fact, and never will.
Bolivia. CONSULATE, 11 Billiter-square. NEAREST Railway
Stations, Bishopsgate and Cannon -street (S. E.); Omnibus
Routes, Bishopsgate-street and Leadenhall - street; Cab Rank,Leadenhallstreet.
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Bond Street is, next only to Regent-street, the main artery between the
great thoroughfares of Oxford-street and Piccadilly. It was once, par
excellence, the fashionable street of London. Here the beaux of one period
and the bucks of another strolled up and down, criticising the exterior of
others, and showing off their own. In those days a man was made or marred
by the fold of his neck-cloth or the set of his Coat, and men took more pains
then, and spent as much thought on their attire as did women. In this
respect Bond-street is entirely changed; it is no longer a lounge, and those
who would see the lounger of the present day must look for him in the
Row. Except, indeed, in Pall Mall, there is too much traffic and bustle for
the languid walk which appears to be one of the marked characteristics of
beaux of all times and of all nations; and the ghost of Brummel would sigh
over a Bond-street occupied by a busy throng of foot-passengers, and
invaded by omnibuses. As a fashionable Street it has been eclipsed by
Regent-street, but in point of high-class shops it can still hold its own against
its younger rival, and It is strong in exhibitions and art galleries. In this
respect a great addition has been made by the erection by Sir Coutts
Lindsay of the Grosvenor Gallery, a handsome building on the western side
of the street. On the same side of the Street are the Belgian and Danish
Galleries, while on the eastern side is the Dore Gallery, devoted solely to the
pictures of the great French artist. NEAREST Railway Stations,St. Jamesspark and Portland-road; Omnibus Routes, Oxford-street, Piccadilly, Park-lane,
Bond-street, and Regent-street; Cab Ranks, Woodstock-street and St.
Jamess Street.
Boodles Club, 28, St. Jamess. street.Repeated applications have failed
to elicit any reply from the secretary.
Books of Reference. The first and most universally useful of London
hooks of reference is, of course, Messrs. Kellys Post Office Directory. In
this gigantic annual, extending this year to 2,500 pages, will be found every
kind of information as to the local habitation of Londoners of every class.
Collingridges City Directory does the same service with regard to the
more limited area with which it deals, giving at the same time a large
amount of very interesting information with regard to other matters
affecting the City and its Corporation. Websters Royal Red Book deals in
similar fashion as does also the Court Guide, with the West-end of the
town, and is a much more manageable volume in point of size; whilst Dean
& Sons Export Merchant Shippers of London, &c., gives in comparatively
small compass a vast amount of information as to the commercial
operations of the great metropolitan market. As a companion to the picture
galleries of London nothing better could be desired than Miss Thompsons
compact little Handbook to the Picture Galleries of Europe (Macmillan &
Co.), which gives catalogues of all the principal galleries, with critical notices
both of paintings and masters. To those more particularly interested in the
ecclesiological aspect of London may be recommended Mackesons Guide
to the London Churches and Chapels ; the Rev. J. H. Sperlings Church
Walks in Middlesex (Masters); the very compact little Tourists Church
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Guide issued by the English Church Union, with detailed information as to

every church where Holy Communion is celebrated weekly; and the (Roman)
Catholic Directory, Ecclesiastical Register, and Almanac (Burns and Oates).
Mitchells Newspaper Directory gives a very comprehensive list of the
newspapers daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, and othersnot only of
London, but of the entire kingdom, with particulars of their politics,
circulation, &c., in the ispsissima verba of the several proprietors. The same
may be said an respect of the charities of the metropolis with regard to Mr.
Herbert Frys admirable little work, the Royal Guide to the London
Charities, wherein will be found at full length the nature and object of each
institution dealt with, the names of its various officers, the mode in which
application for assistance from it is to be made, the amount collected by it in
the preceding year, and the purposes to which that amount has been
applied. Of guide books proper we have the usual threeMurray, Black, and
Baedekereach in his own peculiar style doing for strangers in London the
useful work he has so often done for Londoners elsewhere; whilst Messrs.
Cook & Son provide their especial clientelle with a small paper-covered
handbook of a very condensed and practical kind. Messrs. Nelson & Co., on
the other hand, provide us with a number of little volumes of the descriptive
and pictorial class, one devoted to lithographic illustrations of the principal
places of interest at the West-end, with brief historical and descriptive
paragraphs; another with effectively executed coloured illustrations of
picturesque and interesting localities near London and so forth. Lieut-Col.
Iveys Club Directory contains a good deal of information concerning, not
only most of the London, but a large number of foreign and colonial clubs.
Messrs. Taunt & Co. send us a capital little pocket guide to the Thames,
containing inter alia a most useful table of distances measured (a) from Folly
to Putney-bridge, (J) from Putney to Folly-bridge, and (c) from place to place
along the route. Every place too has its concise but exhaustive paragraph
with every information as to inns, fishing, fishermen, &c. and the book winds
up with a short paper by the Editor on camping out, an experience which
visitors to London may find for a time an agreeable change. The Tourists
Guide Round about London (Edward Stanford, Charing Cross) deals
generally with the historical, architectural, archaeological, and picturesque
aspect of the environs within a circle of 12 miles. It does not, however,
confine itself strictly within those limits, outlines of a few walking excursions
being given to places such as Hatfield, Windsor, &c. The book is arranged,
alphabetically, and divided into two sections; one dealing with the places
within, the other with those beyond, the four mile circle. As might be
anticipated, a prominent feature in the book is its map, which extends from
Southall to Crayford, and from Potters Bar to Caterham Junction, and is one
of the clearest we have ever seen, so clear that it might be used even for
the streets of the town itself. Messrs. Bemrose and Sons send us a whole
series of handbooks, one for each of the railways, and printed uniform with
the time-books issued by the companies. They are compiled on the
panoramic plan, each page being vertically bisected by a little railway, with
two little trains running, the one up to, the other down from, town, and with
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all the stations, tunnels, nver-crossings, &c., duly marked. On either side is a
brief description of the various places lying on that side of the road, and the
whole forms a handy companion on any of those country excursions which
are probably never so thoroughly enjoyed as after a long spell of London.
Borough (The).The Borough lies on the Surrey side of London-bridge,
and is one of the busiest and most crowded parts of London. The scene at
the open space at the foot of the bridge, where innumerable streets seem
coming up from the lower grounder side, others emerging from under
railway arches, and all contributing their share to the great flow of traffic, is
bewildering. The traffic here is of a different character from that at that
other great centre in front of the Mansion House. There are comparatively
few hansom cabs, except those which come down from the great group of
railway stations; there are omnibuses, but not in very great numbers; the
bulk of the traffic is in great wagons and vans and in carts of all kinds. The
beautiful church of St. Saviouss, close to the western corner of the southern
approach to the bridge, although externally spoilt and dwarfed the high level
line of railway which runs by its side, is one of the ecclesiastical gems of
London.
Botanic Society Gardens (Royal), Regents Park occupy about 18 acres
in the Inner Circle. There is a large conservatory, well stocked with fine
plants. During the season promenades are held, and there are also splendid
exhibitions of fruits and flowers, which, though possibly not quite so much
the fashion as those of the Horticultural Society at Kensington-gore are in
point of picturesqueness of site and general effect decidedly superior, and
at which prizes to a large amount are distributed. The gardens are
supported by the subscriptions of fellows and members
(see LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES), and in respect of natural
beauty are unequalled by any in London. NEAREST Railway
Station, Portland-road; Omnibus Routes, Marylebone-road and
Albany.street; Cab Rank, Portland-road Station.
Box HillA pretty country place among the Surrey hills, of which it
commands beautiful views. Chalk soil, and very healthy, but houses almost
impossible to obtain. An excellent place for picnics, and well known to
travellers by the Dorking and Box-hill coaches. From Victoria or Londonbridge (1h. 10m.), 1st,3/8 5/2; 2nd, 2/10, 4/-; 3rd, 1/10, 2/10. Charing-cross
(1h 18m.), 1st, 4/-, 6/-; 2nd, 3/-, 4/6; 3rd, 2/1, 3/3.
Boxing.Professiona1 pugilism has died out, as much choked by the
malpractices of its followers as strangled by public opinion; and the publichouses kept by such men as Ben Caunt, Nat Langham, or Jem Ward, are no
longer among the attractions London life has to offer to the Corinthian Toms
or Jerry Hawthorns of the day, whose manner of enjoying themselves would
indeed somewhat astonish their prototypes. The noble art of self-defence
is not, however, a altogether neglected, but finds its place among the
athletic sports, and the clubs by which it is encouraged may be
congratulated on keeping alive one of the oldest institutions, in the way
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of manly exercise, on record. Perhaps the two most important of these clubs
are the Clapton Boxing Club with over 100 members, and the London Boxing
Club; the former of which was originally started a couple of years ago
among the oarsmen of the River Lea, the latter being an offshoot of the
West London Rowing Club. Boxing, it may be noted, has always been
popular with rowing men as a capital exercise for keeping up some sort of
condition during the winter months. The Clapton Boxing Club requires an
entrance-fee of 5s.and an annual subscription of 5s. the election is by ballot
at a general meeting, one black ball in five to exclude. The season is from
October to March, and the practice-nights are Mondays and Thursdays,
when a professional instructor attends. Valuable prizes are from time to time
offered for competition among gentlemen amateurs. The head-quarters of
the club are at the Swan Hotel, Upper Clapton, where the hon. Sec. may be
addressed. With a, perhaps unconscious, touch of humour, the club has
adopted scarlet as its distinctive colourdelicately suggestive of the
claret which is occasionally tapped at its meetings. The members of the
West London Boxing Club meet at the Bedford Head, Maiden-lane, Strand.
Some few years ago the Marquis of Queensberry presented three handsome
challenge cups for the encouragement of amateur boxers, and the light,
middle, and heavy weights compete for these at Lillie-bridge once a year.
The entrance fee is 10s. for each candidate, and the winners receive silver
medals. There is the further inducement that if the prize be won three years
in succession the holder will receive a handsome silver cup. The judging is in
the hands of the committee of the Amateur Athletic Club, the secretary of
which may be applied to for further information, and there is an important
clause in the rules that the committee reserve the right of requiring a
reference or of refusing an entry. The London Athletic Club and the German
Gymnastic Society also have boxing clubs during the winter
months (see ATHLETICS).
BrazilMINISTRY, 32, Grosvenor-gardens. NEAREST Railway
Station, Victoria; Omnibus Routes, Buckingham Palace-road, Grosvenorplace, and Victoria-street; Cab Rank Victoria Station. CONSULATE, 6, Great
Winchester-street. NEARESTRailway Station, Bishopsgate; Omnibus
Route, Old Broad-street; Cab Rank, New Broad-street.
Brethren, Places of Worship The following information has been kindly
furnished by the respective ministers, the terms of membership being
given in their own words:
BETHESDA GOSPEL HALL, 1a, New North-road, Hoxton. Terms of
membership: Life in Christ, with consistency of walk. Seats all free.
MOSCOW ROAD HALL, 23, Moscow-road, Bayswater.Terms of
membership: Belief in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Eternal
salvation in no other name. Seats all free.
THE ROOM. 346 Goswell-road. Terms of mem6ership: To be a Christian
truly, and no connection with systems; and if we do anything dishonouring
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to His name we are censured, and even put out of communion. Seats all
free; supported by collections after breaking of bread; after expenses are
paid the rest is for the poor. Meet on the Lords Day to break bread in
remembrance of His death. No paid minister.
Bricabrac.in London as everywhere else, the bricabrac hunter and
collector of works of art must very carefully bear in mind the old
maxim, caveat emptor. While among the London dealers in such goods
there are many most respectable and trustworthy men, there are many of
quite different class; and, unfortunately, as a rule, the power of
discriminating between them is only to be obtained by possibly disastrous,
experience. Let the buyer, to begin with, bear in mind that there are only
three courses open to him, if he would buy with satisfaction to himself and
credit to his collection. The first and simplest, as well as the rarest, is that
he shall go to market thoroughly understanding what he is about;. the
second, which is occasionally dangerous, is to trust to a well-informed
friend; and the third, is to know where to find a straight-forward dealer in
what he wants, who will treat him well and openly. In the last case it is well
not to pretend to any more knowledge than you may actually possess. The
expert will infallibly find you out, and the temptation to take advantage of
you will be unmeasurably increased. The following list includes most of the
leading houses in London:
ANNOOT & Co., Old Bond-st. Furniture.
BOORE, W., Strand. Gold and silver.
DAVIS, FREDERICK, 49, Pail Mall. Sevres. French Furniture, &c.
DAVIS, Mrs. Charles-street, Soho. Antique lace. Silver knick-nacks.
DURLACHER, H, 7, King-street, St. Jamess. Expert of all kinds of works of
art.
JOSEPH, E., 158, New Bond. Street. Dresden china.
MARKS, DURLACHER BROS., 395 Oxford-st. China, tapestry, antique leather,
&c.
MYERS, A., & Son, Bond-street. Oriental and Persian.
PHILLIPS, New Bond-street. Gold and silver.
REYNOLDS, W., 18, Broad-street, W.C. Wedgwood ware.
WAREHAM, Castle-street, Leicester-square. Oriental china and enamels.
WERTHEIMER, S., 154, New Bond-st. Ormolu, furniture, Sevres.
WHITEHEAD, T., 8, Duke-street, St. Jamess. Bronzes, silver, prints, enamels,
majolica, &c.

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Bridges. After a long struggle the metropolitan bridges, as far west as

Westminster, are now all free. Beyond Westminster tolls are still in the
ascendant. There are 12 bridges in all, viz.: 8 for carriage and footpassenger traffic; 2 for railway traffic, with sidewalks for foot-passengers
only; and 2 exclusively or railway purposes. Commencing with the highest
up-stream they run as follows: Chelsea, Grosvenor (railway), Vauxhall,
Lambeth, Westminster, Charing-cross (railway and foot), Waterloo,
Blackfriars, Alexandra (railway), Southwark, Cannon-street (railway and
foot), and London; each of which, together with the Tower Subway, will be
found under its proper alphabetical heading.
Britannia Theatre, Hoxton-street, Hoxton.An unusually well built theatre,
and, apart from any critical estimate of the performances, one of the sights
which a visitor should on no account miss seeing. There is very little attempt
at decoration, the brick wall left bare. But the shape of the building is
perfect, there not being a single seat from pit to gallery which does not
command a good view of the stage. This latter, too, is one of the most
commodious in London. The performances are, of course, not of the Westend type, not being intended for a West-end audience. But they are almost
always good of their kind. The great point of interest for the visitor is the
audience itself; and the general arrangements in front, all intended for the
accommodation of those accustomed to the penny rather than the pound as
the basis of their calculations, are well worth noting. NEAREST Railway
Station, Shoreditch (N.L.); Omnibus Routes, Kingsland-road, Pitfield-street,
and Old-street, St. Lukes.
British Museum. (see MUSEUM, BRITISH.)
Bromley.A suburban village with pretty neighbourhood around; gravelly
soil; rents about average. At the station end of the town is the old palace of
the bishops of Rochester; at the other the low red brick buildings of Bromley
College for clergymens widows and unmarried daughters. Bickley, Bromley
Common, Southborough, and Shortlands are all outlying offshoots of Brom!
ey; the first and last having stations of their own, the former about three
minutes farther, the other about the same distance nearer town. From
Charing-cross (S.E., 45 min.), Victoria (38 min.), Holborn-viaduct (42 min.),
1st, 1/9, 2/3; 2nd, 1/4, 1/9; 3rd, -/10, 1/5. And from Cannon-street and
London-bridge.
Brompton.was at one time almost exclusively the artist quarter and is
still largely frequented by the votaries of the brush and chisel, though of late
years Belgravia has been encroaching upon its boundaries, and Belgravian
rents are stealing westward. Lies rather low, and on what was at one time
swampy ground, but thoroughly well drained, Climate mild, as evidenced by
its selection for the Consumption Hospital. Since the fields have been
covered with rows of splendid houses a considerable portion of what was
once Brompton has thrown off its former name, and taken that of South
Kensington. Thus South Kensington Museum is separated only by the
Oratory from Brompton Church. It may be questioned whether anything
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remains of Brompton except the name of its road, and of the row and square
and it is probable that even the inhabitants of Brompton-square, head their
letters South Kensington, while Thurloe-square, Onslow Square and Pelhamcrescent, once the heart of Brompton have all gone over to the more
fashionable quarter. The name, however, exists in West Brompton. This
locality, which was once called little Chelsea, took its new name just about
the time that Brompton assumed the name of South Kensington. In another
generation people will wonder why the church and road are called
Brompton, when the only Brompton known lies near Chatharn.
NEAREST Railway Stations, West Brompton, Gloucester-road, and South
Kensington Omnibus Routes, Brompton-road and Fulham-road.
Brookss Club, 60, St.Jamess-street. (See BOODLES CLUB)
Brookwood The station for Necropolis, in a pretty, healthy country, very
open and healthy. Villas are beginning to spring up about here, but the place
is still in its infancy. Rents moderate. From Waterloo (55 min.) 1st, 5/8,
8/6; 2nd, 4/-, 6/3; 3rd, 2/3, 4/Broxbourne. A favourite fishing quarter, but it is as well to remember
that the fishing, like almost all fishing of any value within reach of London, is
strictly reserved. Lies rather low and flat, and on clay soil. A special feature
in Broxbourne is the Crown inn, whither anglers resort, which has a good
reputation for creature comforts, and which rather goes in for exclusiveness
van-parties not being admissible to any share in its hospitalities. The
annual subscription for the fishing over between four and five miles of the
Lea, which just at this point begins to be picturesque, is 1 1s.; if for trout,
2 2s. Day tickets: for trout, 5s.; jack, 2s.; bottom fishing, 1s. Rents
moderate. From Liverpool-street (43 min.), 1st, 3/3, 4/9; 2nd, 2/3, 3/6; 3rd,
1/6, 2/6.
Buckhurst Hill. In the neighbourhood of Epping Forest; some very pretty
and wild country within easy walking distance. Rents moderate. There are
some big old inns about the place, which was the starting point of the old
Easter Hunt; the principal of them, the Roebuck, boasting upwards of 20
acres of pleasure ground, with a hall capable of dining 500 persons. From
Liverpool-street (43.), 1st, 1/10, 2/4; 2nd 2/2 1/9; 3rd, -/11, 1/3. Chalk Farm
(59 min.), 1st, 2/-, 3/-; 2nd, 1/6, 2/3.
Buckingham Palace is a building as devoid of architectural pretensions as
could well be found even in London. It is the only royal palace in London
ever used by the Queen as a residence, and until within the last few years
was confined exclusively to that purpose, both drawing-rooms
and levees being held at St. Jamess. Latterly the crush at the former has
been found unendurable, and they have been transferred to the larger
rooms of Buckingham Palace. The building itself has been considerably
enlarged since it was first built in the reigns of George IV and William IV., on
the site of old Buckingham House, and the interior arrangements are now
fairly handsome and tolerably commodious. It is not, however, nor can it
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ever be, a really fitting town palace for the sovereign of England. There are
some few good pictures, but no regular collection. The part of the
establishment best worth seeing is the Royal Stables, for which an order
must be obtained from the department of the Master of the Horse. The
gardens, occupying the space on the north frontwhere are Her Majestys
private apartmentsbetween Constitution-hill and Grosvenor-place, are
interesting. NEAREST Railway Stations, Victoria and St. Jamesspark; Omnibus Routes, Grosvenor-place, Victoria-street, Whitehall, and
Piccadilly; Cab Rank, James-street.
Buenos Ayres,(See ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.)
Building Societies.These are societies established for the purpose of
raising by subscription a fund for making advances to their members by way
of mortgage upon security of freehold, copyhold, or leasehold property,
repayable by periodical instalments. The first society on record was the
Greenwich Building Society, founded in the year 1809. From that time until
1836 several existed. In the latter year the Act of 6 & 7 William IV, C. 32,
was passed for the purpose of affording these societies encouragement and
protection, and this Act continues to regulate all societies established
previous to 1874 , and not registered under the Act passed in that year. In
1874 the Act of 37 & 38 Victoria, C. 42, was passed, which not only governs
those established after the passing of the Act, but also all the then existing
societies which should register themselves under its provisions. This statute
confers various powers upon building societies, treats them as bodies
corporate having a common seal, and declares the liability of members to
be limited in respect of any share upon which no advance has been made to
the amount already paid or in arrear on such share, and in respect of any
share upon which an advance has been made to the amount payable under
any mortgage to the society. Since 1836 it is estimated that building
societies have enabled more than 100,000 persons to become proprietors of
houses or land. They are especially advantageous in the case of members
purchasing the houses of which they are tenants, such members applying
the rents in repayment of the advance, and thus converting rent into capital.
Very little liability attaches to the society on account of any depreciation in
the value of any property, as the mortgage securities are constantly
improving as every instalment is paid. Members have the advantage of
knowing before they commence negociations the exact amount they will
have to pay for legal and survey charges, for which a moderate scale is
always provided and set forth in the rules. Building societies may be divided
into three classes, viz: (a) ~ Permanent; (b) Terminating; and (c) Bowkett
and Starr-Bowkett societies.
(a) Permanent societies consist of two classes of members, viz.:investing
and borrowing. Investing members, who take shares which can either be
paid up in full or by periodical payments, interest being allowed in the
meantime. Borrowing members who secure the amount borrowed by way of

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mortgage, the same being repayable by periodical instalments extending

over a fixed period of years.
Amongst the principal societies of this class may be mentioned the
following, viz.: Athenaeum, Birkbeck, Carlton, Liberator, Monarch, Planet,
Reliance, Standard, Sun, and Temperance.
(b) Terminating societies consist of members making a periodical
subscription during the existence of the society, the object being to continue
the society until every member shall have had an advance. When the
subscriptions amount to a sufficient sum to be advanced, the amount is lent
to one of the members upon mortgage, who then pays an increased
subscription so long as the society lasts. The chief difference between these
and permanent societies is that in these societies all the members must join
at the same time, or on joining afterwards will be required to make a back
payment equal to the subscriptions from the commencement of the society.
No member can with certainty calculate how long the society will last, or
how long he will have to subscribe but in permanent societies, membership
may commence and cease at any time.
(c)Bowkett and Starr-Bowkett societies are also terminating societies, and
differ but little from those last mentioned. They were originated by Dr.
Bowkett, and have been improved upon by Mr. Starr. Each of the members
of these societies subscribes a weekly sum, and when an amount sufficient
for an appropriation has been received a ballot or sale takes place, and
the member obtaining the appropriation secures the repayment amount
without by way of mortgage, by periodical instalments extended over 10 or
12 years. The instalments so repaid increase the funds out of which,
together with the other members subscriptions, future appropriations are
made. The member continues the weekly subscription on his shares till he
has paid the sum mentioned in the rules, and this is returned to him on the
termination of the society less a small deduction for working expense,. The
principle of these societies is, that the member lends the society annually a
small sum, to be repaid at its termination, inreturn for which the society
lends him a large sum without interest for a certain period.
The following are the principal Building Societies, with their objects mid
term, of subscription, according to the official returns furnished at the
Editors request by their respective secretaries. The societies omitted are
those from which his request for information has failed to elicit any reply:
BIRKBECK BUILDING SOCIETY, 29 and 30, Southampton-buildings, Chancerylane. Subscription: Amount varies according to the term for which money
is borrowed. Object: To enable its members to purchase their own houses by
advancing the value, and taking payments by monthly instalments
extending over any period not exceeding 21 years.
BIRKBECK FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY, 29 and 30, Southampton buildings,
Chancery-lane,- Subscription: According to value of land
purchased. Object: To enable its members to purchase freehold land in small
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plots for the erection of houses, or to cultivate as gardens; the owners thus
obtaining the county franchise.
BOROUGH OF LAMBETH No.3 PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY, 128
Westminster- bridge-road. Subscription: 5s. per month per share to
inveStors of 60 shares. Object: To enable persons to purchase house
property by making advances repayable by monthly instalments.
COMMERCIAL PERMANENT BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY, 32, East lndiadock.road1 Limehouse. Subscription (no information).Object:To enable
provident persons to invest large or small sums at a remunerative interest.
To lend the funds so invested upon mortgages of freehold and leasehold
property to members possessing or purchasing such property.
COMMERCIAL UNION BUILDING SOCIETY AND DEPOSIT BANK, 45, Fish-streethill. Subscription Shares, 25 each, payable in one sum or by subscription
of 2s. 6d. per share per month; 5 per cent. allowed on deposits, drawing
accounts, or shares. Object: To enable its members to purchase freehold or
leasehold house property or land.
EFFRA MUTUAL BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY, 3, Bellyard, Subscription: investing shares, 60, payable by monthly subscriptions
of 10s.; borrowing shares, 10 each. Object: To enable its members
profitably to invest their savings, or to erect or purchase their own dwellings
or other leasehold or freehold property.
GENERAL MUTUAL INVESTMENT BUILDING SOCIETY, 44,
Bedford~row. Subscription: 2s. 6d., 5s., and 10s. monthly. Object: To
advance the amount required to purchase houses for occupation, and
generally to assist the working classes to acquire real and leasehold estate.
GLANVILLE PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY, 1, Queen-street-place, Cannonstreet. Subscription: Investment shares, 25 each, payable in one sum, or
at a minimum rate of 5s. monthly. Object: To provide a safe means for
investment of large or small sums of money. Interest 5 per cent, and bonus.
Money only lent upon houses and land with a fair margin.
HATHERLEY PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY, 30, Great Smith-street,
- Subscription: 5s per month upon each share until 15 shall have been
paid, which is the price of a completed share. Object: To make advances to
its members upon security of freehold or leasehold property.
HOUSE AND LAND INVESTMENT TRUST LIMITED, 19 and 20, Wal.brook,
Cannon-street.-- Subscription : Any sums, from 5s. and upwards, received on
deposit Object: The purchase and development of approved freehold,
leasehold, and copyhold properties, and generally for the buying, selling,
and holding of lands and houses.
HOUSE PROPERTY AND INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED, 92 Cannonstreet.- Subscription : Shares, 25 each, now at 5 per share
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premium. Object: Purchase and sale of productive and progressive house

property, and improving the dwellings of the working classes on the selfsupporting principle.
KNIGHTSBRIDGE MUTUAL BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY, 180, Brompton-road.
Subscription: 2s weekly per share. Object: To advance sums from 250
and upwards on leasehold or freehold property, repayable in 10 years. The
appropriations are obtained by ballot (free of interest) or by sale (for a
bonus).
LAND LOAN AND ENFRANCHISEMENT COMPANY (Incorporated by special Act
of Parliament) 22, Great George-street, Westminster Subscription: (not
stated). Object: The improvement of landed estates.
LONDON AND GENERAL PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY, 337, Strand.
Subscription: Shares of 40 each, payable either in full or by sums of not
less than 5s monthly. Object: To enable the members to become possessors
of residential or other property upon easy terms.
LONDON BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY, 37 Queen-st, Cannon-st.
Subscription: Shares, 50 payments of 10s each. Object: To enable
members to purchase house property for occupation or investment.
LONDON CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL BUILDING SOCIETY, 13, Blomfield
Street, London Wall Subscription: Voluntary and vary in amount. Object: To
promote the erection of Congregational chapels in the metropolis (police
district). 138 have been thus erected.
LONDON PROVIDENT BUILDING SOCIETY AND BANK, 51, Moorgate-street.
Subscription: 10 paid-up shares can always be obtained. Dividend and
bonus have averaged 6 per cent. over sixteen years. Object: To provide a
good and safe investment for money, and to enable persons to buy houses
for their own occupation by instalments; also to assist persons generally to
buy freehold and leasehold properties.
MERCANTILE AND GENERAL PERMANENT BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY,
Myddleton Hall, Islington, and Ward Schools, 160a, Aldersgate-street.
Subscription: Shares 50 each, payable 5s. per month; last dividend, 6
per cent. Object: To advance to its members money for the purpose of
purchasing their own houses, or of acquiring freehold and leasehold
properties by their own rents.
MONARCH INVESTMENT BUILDING SOCIETY, 23 Finsbury-circus.
Subscription: Shares, 50, fully paid, or by subscription 5s. per
month. Object: To raise by the subscriptions of its members a fund for
making advances to members on security of freehold, leasehold, or
copyhold estates by way of mortgage.
MORNINGTON PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY, 158, KentishTown-road.
Subscription: 5s. per month until 10 share completed. Entrance fee, 2s. per
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share; or shares can be fully paid up at once; entrance fee in latter case, 7s.
6d. per share. Object: To enable its members to become owners of real or
leasehold property, either for occupation or investment, for which purpose
repayment of principal and interest can be spread over any term not
exceeding 15 years.
NATIONAL CONTRACT COMPANY LIMITED, AND ORDERS OF TEMPERANCE,
FIRE-PROOF, AND GENERAL BUILDING SOCIETY, 156, St. John-street-road.
Subscription: 5 and 10 shares respectively. Object: Both societies
established for the purpose of advancing money or procuring the same at
moderate rates of interest, and so enable the middle and working classes to
purchase their own dwellings by easy rents.
NATIONAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY (Established 1849), 25, Moorgate.
street, Subscription: 30 Sbares; entrance fee, 1s. per share of
30. Object: To receive money on deposit from members, shares may be
paid in full or by any sums at any time at option of member. Interest
allowed, 3 per cent. on uncompleted shares, 4 per cent. on completed
shares.
OCEAN PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY, 727, Commercial-road-east .
Subscription (no information). Object: To raise and maintain by the
subscription of members and loan, a stock or fund for making advances to
members upon the security of freehold, copyhold, or leasehold property by
way of mortgage, pursuant to the Building Societies Act, 1874.
OFFICIAL AND GENERAL PERMANENT BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY, 8, Dukestreet, Adelphi. Subscription: Shares, 50 each; entrance fee, 1s. per
share. Object: To afford its members means of investing capital, and of
procuring funds for the purchase of houses for their own occupation or of
other freehold and leasehold property.
PADDINGTON LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY LIMITED, 123, Edgware.road
Subscription: Shares, 10 each. Object: To advance money upon
mortgage of freehold, leasehold or copyhold property, and to receive cash
on deposit from shareholders and the general public.
PERPETUAL INVESTMENT BUILDING SOCIETY, 16, New Bridge.street,
Blackfriars. Object: The objects of the society are to enable persons to
invest money in large or small sums at a fair rate of interest, and to assist
persons to secure houses for their own occupation or investment.
PORTLAND INCORPORATED PERMAMENT BUILDING SOCIETY, 35, Great
Marylebone-street, Portland-place. Subscription: 25 shares, paid up in
full or by monthly payments of 5s., bearing interest at 5 per cent., and
participating in bonus two years after issue. Object: For the purpose of
raising by the subscription of its members a stock or fund for making
advances to members, out of the funds of the society, upon security of
freehold, copyhold, or leasehold estate, by way of mortgage.
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ROCK PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY, 52, Chancery-lane.

Subscription (no information). Object: For making advances on freehold,
leasehold, and copyhold estates.
SOCIETIES OF EQUALITY (Nos.6,7,8,9, & 10) (No. 1 established 1845), 13,
Pentonville-road. Subscription : 5s. per month per share. Object: To make
advances to its members for the purpose of purchasing houses, and as a
means of investment.
STEPNEY AND SUBURBAN PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY, 527,Commercialroad-east Subscription: 5s per share per month. Object: To raise a stock or
fund by monthly subscriptions for making advances to members out of the
funds of the society upon the security of freehold, copyhold, or leasehold
estates by way of mortgage.
SUN BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY, 12, Holborn.
Subscription: Realised shares 10 each; subscription shares, 5s. per
month. Object: To offer a channel for the investment of small savings at a
higher rate of interest than is obtained at ordinary savings banks.
SUN PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY, 4, New North-rd, Hoxton.
Subscription: 30 shares, payable at once, or by monthly
instalments. Object: To enable members to purchase house property for
occupation or investment.
TRAFALGAR PERMANENT BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY, 24, Salisbury-street,
Strand. Subscription: 10 shares; 2s. per month to be paid on account of
each share. Object: To make advances to persons to enable them to erect or
purchase one or more houses, or freehold, copyhold, or leasehold estate,
pursuant to 6 & 7 Will. IV., C. 32.
WEST LONDON ECONOMIC BUILDING SOCIETY, 214, Church-street,
Paddington. Subscription: For investors, 5s. per month per 6o share;
borrowers, as per table in rules or prospectus. Object: To raise a fund by
monthly subscriptions, far the purpose of making advances to members by
way of mortgage, to enable them to purchase freehold, leasehold, or
copyhold property. The society is a permanent one, established 1850.
Bunhill Fields.The great burial ground of Dissenters. Originally a chapel
of ease for the City charnel-houses, and later a common burial ground for
the victims of the Great Plague, Bunhill-fieids came into the possession of
the Dissenters about two hundred years ago. The prohibition of intramural
interments closed Bunhill-fields, as it closed many other places of burial,
and the ground is now planted and open to the public as a place of
recreation. It is to be feared that, as was the case with a Drury-lane burying
ground, which was similarly devoted to the public use and benefit, the
London rough has far too much to do in the old Dissenters ground.
Perhaps the associations of the place would have but little influence with
this class of people, even if they knew whose ghosts might haunt the place.
But no student of English literature can forget that Bunhill-fields received
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the bodies of John Bunyan and of Daniel Defoe. NEAREST Railway

Station, Moorgate -street; Omnibus Routes, City-road; Cab Rank,Old-street.
Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, near Old Bond-street. A double row of
shops, like a Parisian passage, principally tenanted by bonnet-makers,
ladies boot. makers, and sellers of knicknacks. NEAREST Railway
Station, St. Jamess-park; Omnibus RoutesRegent-street, Oxford-street anti
Piccadilly; Cab Rank, Piccadilly.
Burlington Fine Arts Club, 17, Savile-row, W. Is intended to bring
together amateurs, collectors, and others interested in art; to afford ready
means for consultation between persons of special knowledge and
experience in matters relating to the fine arts; and to provide
accommodation for showing and comparing rare works in the session of the
members and friends. To provide in the reading room periodicals, books, and
catalogues, foreign as well as English, having reference to art. To make
arrangements in the gallery and rooms of the club for the exhibition of
pictures, original drawings, engravings, and rare books, enamels ceramic
wares, coins, plate, and other valuable works. To hold, in addition to the
above, once in the year or oftener, special exhibitions which shall have for
their object the elucidation of some school, master, or specific art. Members
to have the privilege of introducing friends to these special collections. To
render the club a centre where occasionally conversazioni may be held of an
art-character. Members to have the power of introducing two visitors, ladies
or gentlemen. To provide, in addition to the above art objects, the ordinary
accommodation and advantages of a London club. The club possesses a
valuable library of books of reference on art. The entrance fee is 5 5s., and
the subscription 5 5s. The power of election is vested in the committee,
and is by ballot.
Bushey Park leads from the Teddington.road to Hampton Court Palace. One
of the most favourite resorts of picnic parties near London. But for one great
redeeming feature Bushey-park would be sufficiently uninteresting. The
mile-long avenue of horse chestnuts compensates for the flatness and
tameness of its surroundings. Except, perhaps, the Long Walk at Windsor,
the neighbourhood of London can boast no finer avenue than this; and in
springtime, when the trees are covered with their great pyramids of
blossom, they present a sight worth travelling a long distance to see. In odd
contrast to the lively groups of holiday makers, who crowd the park on a fine
summers day, is the fountain, a forlorn-looking basin which breaks the line
of the great avenue. NEAREST Railway Station, Hampton Court. From
Waterloo (42 min.), 1st, 2/-, 2/; 2nd, 1/6, 2/- ; 3rd, 1/3, 1/10.

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