Visitors are, at any time, welcome to view the Cellars. These are very Extensive, and contain a Large and Valuable Stock.

THE SUMMER EXHIBITION OF HIGH-CLASS ENGLISH & CONTINENTAL PICTURES AT ARTHUR TOOTH AND SONS' New Galleries, 5 &6, H A Y M A R K E T (Opposite Her Majesty's Theatre), IS NOW OPEN. ADMISSION-ONE SHILLING, INCLUDING CATALOGUE.

A SUGGESTION FOR A SATUR- DAY-TO- MONDAY TRIP. THE FOREST HOTEL AT EPPING FOREST. [See next page.

THE ROYAL FOREST HOTEL AT CHINGFORD.

A SUGGESTION for a Saturday-to-Monday trip will be acceptable to many a reader of this little book. The ways of spending that brief period of rest away from London, and yet near London, are neither so many or various that one should spare himself the trouble of tendering a hint to a busy man. We lately made an excursion to Epping Forest. The forest is little known to west-end Londoners and visitors to London, and we commend it to their notice. It is easily accessible by rail from Liverpool Street to Chingford direct, or by road by way of the northern outskirts-Regent's Park, Camden Road, Seven Sisters Road, Tottenham High Road (crossing the Lea at the ferry), and so past Chingford Old Church to Chingford Green. In the spring, summer, and autumn months, the Londoner weary awhile of the hubbub and confusion of the town, will find in Epping Forest as peaceful seclusion, as picturesque scenery and pleasant woodland walks, and as bracing air as he will find anywhere round London.

Let him make note of the Forest Hotel, and he need be under no apprehension of not finding comfortable quarters. We have stayed there, and can testify of its comfort, quiet, and rural attractiveness. It is remote from well-worn paths and the " madding crowd's ignoble Advertisments strife;" and, save on great festival occasions, such as Bank Holiday, is as peaceful a retreat as a tired wayfarer need wish for. It stands on high ground overlooking a wide extent of country; and with its broad balconies, bay windows, high gables, red steep roof, and pretty and charmingly decorated rooms, is most picturesque. There is a garden reserved to the more contemplative visitor, where, under summer skies, all the joys of sense (which, by the way, according to Pope, lie in three words-health, peace, and competence) may be passively revelled in; and the most active man also will find ample opportunity of gratifying his hobby, whether it be riding, driving, or walking.

We doubt not that a comfortable room, fresh country food, that is to say, good butter, eggs, milk, and bread (which we take leave to consider the essentials at a country hotel), good meat well cooked, a good bottle of wine, and a moderate bill, will have a marked influence in attracting west-end Londoners and their friends to the Forest Hotel at Chingford for a little rest and country air from Saturday to Monday.

The reader will do well to consult a little book, which costs but sixpence, and which affords a vast amount of interesting and useful information respecting Epping Forest and the adjacent country-"Walks in Epping Forest," by Percy Lindley-and then to make his way to the Forest Hotel at Chingford, and set about turning that information to practical account.

BENTLEY PRIORY.

THIS charming Country Mansion, formerly the seat of the Marquis of Abercorn, and the residence of the late Queen Adelaide, continues to maintain its high reputation as a first-class residential Hotel, affording all the comforts of an English nobleman's house at very moderate expense.

It is situated in the midst of a most beautiful demesne of 250 acres, facing south, and is sheltered from the north and east winds.

Tennis Lawns, Cricket and Football Grounds, and four and a half acres of Ornamental Water for Boating and Fishing, magnificent Conservatory or Winter Garden, Cedar Gardens, and Deer Park.

The Hotel Stables contain some of the finest boxes in England, with every accommodation. There is a frequent and rapid service of trains by the London and North Western Railway from Broad Street or Euston to Harrow. The Hotel Omnibus meets certain trains, and Carriages can be had on notice being given.

All necessary information can be obtained from the Secretary, Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex.

A well-appointed four-horse Coach leaves the Hotel Metropole daily at 11:30 a.m., calling at the "White Horse Cellars," due at Bentley Priory at 1:15 p.m., returning at 4:30 p.m.

THE BEST HANDBOOK TO MODERN LONDON.

PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL SKETCHES BY WELL-KNOWN ARTISTS.

"LONDON OF TO-DAY."

" Our Little Village would you view, And all its sights and lions do, Without the least delay; Or if you're anxious to divine The restauants where you should dine- Where best the food is and the wine-- The inns where you should stay; If all about the Town you'd know, I'd counsel you at once to go Straight off to Messrs. SAMPSON Low, And buy a book, by EYRE PASCOE, Called London of To-day."

Punch, or the London Charivari, April 3, 1886.

Copies of this entertaining and gossipy little volume for 1887 may be had, price 3s. 6d., on application to the Clerk at the Desk, Coffee Room, Tavistock Hotel.

"Sir Peter Lely first brought it in repute. In the angle of the Piazza, which now forms a part of the Tavistock Hotel, lived this successor of Vandyck in England, 'the most capital painter' of the reign of Charles II." See page 16.

Under the North Piazza, on the very spot as described above, is carried on the old-established business of!

G. R. MILES, TEA AND COFFEE MERCHANT, ESTABLISHED 1815.

This firm retains its well-known reputation, and sells the choicest qualities and various growths of China, Assam, and Ceylon Teas.

Moning, Souchong, Pekoe, Darjeeling, Kaisow, Oolong, Assam, Green.

Long experience in tea-tasting, and unwearied attention to that delicate work, enables this firm to offer great advantages to small as well as large consumers.

Coffee of various countries-Ceylon, Mysore, East India Mocha, Costa Rica, &c.

A well-selected stock, both of Teas and Coffees, duty paid, or in bond, can always be sampled.

This house has been long noted for the Navy Cocoa, which is held in much esteem by invalids and delicate persons.

R. DIEPPE, BUTCHER,

54 & 54 1/2, LONG ACRE, LONDON. Established upwards of Seventy Years, during which period the firm has supplied the following among the old Taverns of Covent Garden:

THE TAVISTOCK, RICHARDSON'S, CLUNN'S, EVANS'S, THE BEDFORD, AND THE Hummums.

Visitors and Country Customers can be Supplied with the Primest Meat in Season.

HAUNCHES OF MUTTON, BARONS, AND THE ROUND OF BEEF, SADDLES OF MUTTON, VENISON, AND HOUSE LAMB. ALL KINDS OF POULTRY AND GAME.

" No saddle can I get worth having outside ' The Tavistock.'" --Extract from a Letter to the Manager of the Tavistock Hotel.

Telegraphic Address - DIEPPE, LONG ACRE.

Telephone No. 3753.

SHERSTON & CO., JOB AND POST MASTER TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. FIRST CLASS DRAGS, BRAKES, AND OMNIBUSES. SUPERIOR JOB AND POST HORSES, LANDAUS, BROUGHAMS, VICTORIAS, ETC., SET FOR ANY PERIOD, Chief Office:-40, HAYMARKET. 68, HAYMARKET, 38, WHITCOMB STREET. HORSES TAKEN IN TO STAND AT LIVERY.

JAMES SHOOLBRED & CO., TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD, LONDON, For CARPETS, UPHOLSTERY, CABINET FURNITURE.

H. J. TOWELL, FISHMONGER, POULTERER, AND DEALER IN GAME, 33, STRAND,

Next door to Charing Cross Station. One of the Largest Businesses in London.

Country Orders carefully packed and despatched to any Railway Station on the shortest notice.

HUDSON BROTHERS, PROVISION MERCHANTS, Have served the Tavistock Hotel for many years. Chief Depot:- 52, LUDGATE HILL. I Wholesale Warehouse :- 7 AND 9, ST. BRIDE STREET, E.C. LONDON BRANCHES:- 160, New Bond Street. 444, Strand. Cannon Street, Railway Approach. Islington, 9, High Street. Liverpool Street, 45, 46, and 47. Fenchurch Street, 3, Railway Place. Great Eastern Railway, on the Platform. Gresham Buildings, Blackfriars. Victoria Station, 6, Wilton Road. Dowgate Hill, opposite Walbrook. COUNTRY BRANCHES:- Brighton, 67, East Street. Eastbourne, 62, Terminus Road. Surbiton Hill, The Pavement.

DENT'S WATCHES, CLOCKS, AND CHRONOMETERS, E. DENT & CO., 61, STRAND,

(OPPOSITE BEDFORD STREET, AND CLOSE TO THE TAVISTOCK HOTEL.) City House: 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE, CORNHILL. Factory: 4, HANWAY PLACE, W.

MAKERS to H. M. the Queen, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and the principal Foreign and Colonial Governments.

MAKERS of the Great Clock (Big Ben) of the Houses of Parliament.

MAKERS of the Standard Clock of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

ALL articles of E. DENT & Co.'s manufacture bear their Trade Mark, as shown above. Without this none are genuine.

New Illustrated Catalogue of Watches and Clocks at reduced prices sent free on application.

E. DENT & Co., 61, Strand, & 4, Royal Exchange, London.

The Estate Offices, No. 28, CADOGAN PLACE, BELGRAVE SQUARE.

Visitors to the metropoolis desirous of securing Furnished or Unfurnished Residences in the best positions in

BELGRAVIA, KENSINGTON, MAYFAIR, ST. JAMES'S, &c., will find their labours very materially lightened by calling at the old-established offices of MESSRS. GODWIN AND BASLEY, the well-known Estate Agents, who have on their books particulars of all the finest Houses in the market.

Their carefully revised and explicit Index to Register of Town Properties is published every Month, and forwarded to applicants free of cost.

Sales by Auction are held at the Mart, Tokenhouse Yard, E. C., twice a month.

GODWIN & BASLEY, Auctioneers, Valuers, Estate Agents, Surveyors, Architects, Assessors, aud Arbitrators, SURVEYORS tO THE HOLLAND ESTATE IN CHELSEA, No. 28, CADOGAN PLACE, S.W.

BANKERS: -THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY AND THE ALLIANCE BANK.

FELIXSTOWE TIDAL DOCK, WITHIN THE PORT OF HARWICH. VESSELS ARE NOT CHARGED DOCK DUES.

THIS OPEN I)OCK is of the most perfect character, having 23 feet of water at low water ordinary spring tides. A branch railway enables waggons to go alongside the vessels, and communication is established direct from the water side by railway with all parts of Great Britain.

The Company undertakes to Discharge or Load Vessels entering the Dock; also the Warehousing, Storage and Delivery from Warehouse or Quay into Railway Waggons, or Delivery to Quay for Export.

Information as to Dues and Charges may be obtained from J. BUCKNALL COOPER, Secretary and Manager.

Felixstowe, Suffolk.

PIER HOTEL AND RAILWAY STATION ADJOIN THE DOCK.

HOTEL DU NORD, COLOGNE.

Directors - J. FRIEDRICH, ESQ. LEWIS JEFFERIS, ESQ. THOMAS SHARPE, ESQ. CHARLES T. TAYLOR, ESQ.

This Hotel is one of the most important Hotels in Europe, and has been visited by all the Crowned Heads of Europe. The arrangements of the Hotel are perfect. The Rooms are Magnificently Furnished, and the Public Rooms are all that can be de- sired. The Hotel is close to the Railway Station.

ROUGEMONT HOTEL, EXETER. DEVON AND EXETER HOTEL CO:, LIMITED. THE LARGEST AND ONLY MODERN HOTEL IN EXETER. Replete with every Comfort for Families and Gentlemen. MAGNIFICENT BILLIARD SALOON. TABLE D'HOTE, 7 O'CLOCK. NIGHT PORTER ON PATROL. T. W. HUSSEY, Manager.

QUEEN'S HOTEL, CHELTENHAM, It has within the last two years been entirely refurnished and decorated, and is one of the best hotels in the WEST OF ENGLAND. Sheltered by the Cotswold Hills, Cheltenham is at all times a favourite place as a health resort. It is a capital hunting centre, having the Cotswold, Duke of Beaufort's, Lord Fitzhardinge's, and other packs in the vicinity. The country around is charming for riding and driving, with numerous places of interest. The educational colleges are of the highest standard, and there is abundance of good society. TERMS MODERATE.

THE CLIFTONVILLE HOTEL, MARGATE. Situate on the High Cliffs facing and close to the Sea, accommodates more than 200 Visitors. LIBERAL TABLE. HIGH-CLASS CUISINE. Wines of the Finest Quality. ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST POPULAR HOTELS IN ENGLAND, GOOD STABLING. Tariff on Application to LEWIS JEFFERIS, Resident Managing Director. Advertisements. HARROGATE AS A HEALTH RESORT. THE QUEEN HOTEL, HARROGATE.

THE QUEEN, Harrogate, is one of the largest first-class Family Hotels in the North of England, and is as widely famed for its Cuisine as its Convenience. It was established in 1671, and has been recently considerably enlarged.

The accommodation comprises Elegant Public Drawing and Dining Rooms, Reading, Smoking and Billiard Rooms; twenty Private Sitting and Two Hundred Bedrooms, fitted up with good taste.

The Hotel has a South aspect, and stands in its own extensive and beautiful Pleasure Grounds; in which are six Lawn Tennis Courts for the use of the Visitors at the Hotel. The " Queen" being situate in the highest part of Harrogate, facing the Stray, commands a fine view of the surrounding country, and is only a few minutes' walk from the Sulphur, Chalybeate, and Kissengen Springs, Baths, and Public Gardens and Concert Rooms.

The "Old Sulphur" Water is supplied in a room in the Grounds every morning; but Visitors preferring it, are conveyed free of charge to and from the Old Sulphur Well, each morning, in private Carriages.

THE QUEEN HOTEL, HARROGATE. TARIFF. Board and table d'hote gs. 6d. per day.

Royal Mounnt Ephraim Hotel, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT. IF there be a place in England which may fairly lay claim to be described as picturesque, surely it is Tunbridge Wells. In itself justifiably renowned for its splendid common, with its noble masses of rock, its numberless walks, and its distant views, the district of which it is the centre is equally famous for natural beauties unusually attractive. There is charming Rusthall Common and its "happy valley," and, close at hand, picturesque Speldhurst; and there is Southborough Common, another lovely spot, the High Rocks, the Promenade called the Pantiles, a quaint and striking relic of a past age, all within a couple of miles. Other attractions, too, abound within easy reach; the historic Pevensey, the very interesting old and perfect specimen of a moated house, near Groombridge; Eridge Castle and Rocks, &c. Tunbridge Wells can be reached from Charing Cross in little more than an hour. At the above Hotel, under the able management of Miss Prouse, will be found excellent accommodation, with extreme cleanliness, and every home comfort.

BATT'S FAMILY HOTEL, 41 AND 42, DOVER STREET, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W. This long-established, First-Class Family Hotel is near the Palaces, Parks, Clubs, and West End Shops. Telegraphic Address:- "BATT'S HOTEL," London. FREDERIC SMITH, DOUGLAS-ISLE OF MAN. CASTLE MONA HOTEL, Situate within its own beautifully wooded and extensive grounds, and overlooking and within 1oo yards of the superb Bay of Douglas. The Hotel was built by the former Duke of Athole as his private Marine residence. There is magnificent Sea Bathing, Boating, and Fishing in the Bay. Omnibus and Servants attend the arrival of the various Steamers from Liverpool, Barrow, Fleetwood, &c. For Tariff, address- The Manager.

The Egyptian Cigarette and French Government Tobaccos Company, Limited. 86-88, LEADENHALL STREET, YENIDJEH AND CAIRO.

FINEST BRANDS OF EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES: "EGYPTIAN BEAUTIES," "THE MOSLEM," AND "AU SOLEIL." Beware of worthless imitations of the above unrivalled Brands. All Cigarettes bear the Company's Trade Marks and are to be had of all Tobacconists.

"Taunus Water is all that can reasonably, or even by the most exacting, be expected from a Sparkling Table Water."-

A. HILL HASSELL, M.D. A GUARANTEED NATURAL SPARKLING MINERAL WATER TAUN US"

As supplied to Her Majesty the QUEEN, and H.R.H. the PRINCE OF WALES. The TAUNUS SPRING is at Grosskarben, Frankfort-on-the-Maine. PROPRIETORS:-The Taunus Spring Natural Mineral Water Company (Limited). HEAD OFFICES: 23, LIME STREET, LONDON, E.C.

BURROUGHES & WATTS.-Patent Billiard Tables. BURROUGHES & WATTS.- Have Patented Inventions BURROUGHES & WATTS.-Not contained in any others. BURROUGHES & WATTS.-The Patent Metal Frame Cushion BURROUGHES & WATTS.- -Far surpasses anything of the kind, BURROUGHES & WATTS.- Being noiseless and cold-resisting. BURROUGHES & WATTS.-The Patent Pockets are quite BURROUGHES & WATTS.-A boon, no metal projections. BURROUGHES & WATTS.-Patent Billiard Tables BURROUGHES & WATTS.-Have been awarded BURROUGHES & WATTS. -Highest Gold Medals BURROUGHES & WATTS.-Throughout the World. BURROUGHES & WATTS.-Are made of best materials, BURROUGHES & WATTS.-In perfect taste BURROUGHES & WATTS.- -And finish. BURROUGHES & WATTS.-May be hired BURROUGHES & WATTS.-For Three Years, BURROUGHES & WATTS.-After which time BURROUGHES & WATTS.-They become the property BURROUGHES & WATTS.--Of the hirer. BURROUGHES & WATTS.-Patent Convertible Tables. BURROUGHES & WATTS. -Patent Billiard Markers. BURROUGHES & WATTS.-Patent Universal Rest. BURROUGHES & WATTS.-Patent Metal Bridge. BURROUGHES & WATTS.-Patent Cigar Tray. BURROUGHES & WATTS.- Patent Jointed Cue. BURROUGHES & WATTS.-Patent Interchangeable Tips. BURROUGHES & WATTS.--Patent Cue Hanger. BURROUGHES & WATTS.-Patent Cue Tipper. BURROUGHES & WATTS.-Patent Ball Adjuster. BURROUGHES & WATTS.-Registered Sighting Angle. BURROUGHES & WATTS.-" Billiards," 10th Thousand. BURROUGHES & WATTS.-" Billiards, Simplified," 15th Thousand. BURROUGHES & WATTS.- Established over 50 years at BURROUGHES & WATTS.-Soho Square, London, W.

THREE GOLD MEDALS. HIGHEST AWARDS EVER OBTAINED BY ANY ARTIFICIAL STONE COMPANY, METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE. HER MAJESTYS WAR OFFICE. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. WILKES' METALLIC FLOORING AND EUREKA CONCRETE COMPANY, LIMITED. STABLE PAVIORS TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. GOLD MEDAL, INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXHIBITION, 1884. AWARDED ONLY GOLD MEDAL, 1884, Being the highest award given for Superiority in Paving. By Appointment to the International Inventions Exhibition, South Kensington, 1885. By Appointment to the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, South Kensington, 1886. CHIEF OFFICES:- 17, DEVONSHIRE SQUARE, BISHOPSGATE, E.C. Works: MIDLAND RAILWAY, WEST KENSINGTON, W. Depots: ST. PANCRAS AND BISHOPSGATE.

THE NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE-72, KING WILLIAM STREET, London, E.C. WEST END-I2, PALL MALL, S.W. TRUSTEES. SIR HENRY ARTHUR HUNT, C.B., 45, Parliament Street, and 54, Eccleston Square. CHARLES HOARE, Esq. (Messrs. Hoare). DIRECTORS. SIR GABRIEL GOLDNEY, Bart., Beechfield, Chippenham, Wilts (Chairman). FOSTER MORTIMORE, Esq. (Boutcher, Mortimore and Co.), (Deputy- Chairman). H. W. HOARE, Esq., Oakfield, Crawley. HENRY LOFTS, Esq. (Messrs. Lofts and Warner), 130, Mount Street, Grosvenor Square. ROBERT OWEN WHITE, Esq. (late of J. Bazley White and Bros.). THE HON. R. W. GROSVENOR, 37, Park Lane, W., and The Lodge, Brackley. THOMAS A. H. HAMOND, Esq., 56, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C., and Swaffham, Norfolk. HENRY A. HUNT, Esq., 45, Parliament Street, S.W. BANKERS. MESSRS. HOARE, Fleet Street. MANAGER. WILLIAM COLLIS. SOLICITORS. Messrs. COPE AND CO., Great George Street, Westminster, S.W. HONORARY CONSULTING ARCHITECT. CHARLES BARRY, Esq., F.S.A. AUDITORS. Messrs. ROBERT A. McLEAN AND CO., I, Queen Victoria Street, E.C. FORMS OF PROPOSAL and all information can be obtained at the Head Office, at the Branch Offices, or from any of the Agents to the Corporation.

ESTABLISHED IN THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE III. C. HODGSON, 24, BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C., MANUFACTURER OF HIGH-CLASS AERATED MINERAL WATERS, SODA WATER, POTASS, LITHIA, SELTZER, LEMONADE, GINGER ALE, &c. As supplied to the following celebrated Hotels, &c., in Covent Garden :- THE TAVISTOCK (upwards of 70 years), The Piazza, The Hummums, Kilpack's, Evans's, Offley's, Clunn's, Ashley's, Beef Steak Club, The Royal Italian Opera, for many years, Besides many other important Hotels, Clubs, and Private Families in other parts of London and the Country.

SCOTCH WHISKY. "BONNIE DUNDEE." A Special Blend of the finest old Scotch Whiskies, extensively used in England, France, Germany, India, and the Colonies, and in much favour in the West End London Clubs, Hotels, and Private Families, as supplied by GEORGE LLOYD ALISON, 59, HAYMARKET, LONDON, AND 14, PANMURE STREET, DUNDEE. N.B. "The Tavistock Hotel has used this Special Blend of Whisky for now nearly a quarter of a century." Extract of a letter to Mr. C. T. Taylor, Managing-Director of "The Tavistock," dated 21st February, 1887:--"Will you please inform me where you get your Scotch Whisky; it is the best I get anywhere."

MESSRS. BELTON & SONS, HOTEL AND BREWERY VALUERS AND AUCTIONEERS 81, HATTON GARDEN, LONDON. ESTABLISHED BEST PART OF A CENTURY.

THE PERFECT EMPTY BAG. For Continental Traelling. THE PERFECT FITTED BAG. WONDERFUL For its Strength. CATALOGUES POST FREE. S. FISHER, 188, STRAND.

OPTICIAN TO

Her The Majesty's National Rifle Government, Association of The Great Britain War Office, and Admiralty, &c. America. By Appointment. J. H. STEWARD, 406, 66, 456, STRAND, AND 54, CORNHILL, LONDON.

BINOCULAR, OPERA, FIELD, and MARINE GLASSES of the Finest Quality. SPECTACLES and EYE- GLASSES scientifically adapted. THE £2 2S. BINOCULAR. Highest Awards: GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS, 1884, 1885.

THOMAS COLE, HAT AND CAP MANUFACTURER, 156, STRAND, W.C. (Four doors City side of Somerset House). HATS FOR HUNTIING, SHOOTING, FISHING, BOATING, RIDING, AND DRIVING, &C.