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THE CHRONICLE UP TO DATE.


	has a remarkable and distinguished record. Earlier in the century it was known by the name of a district. Then , after struggling as the organ of a foreign potentate, virtually ceased to exist. Then , eminently successful as a local, blossomed forth into an equally successful London daily, under the title of . It has flourished from the first. If it has any fault, it can be found in its politics. But I may be wrong, the more especially as my sympathies are enlisted with the other side. But from a journalistic point of view the paper is first rate. And this opinion of mine-not offered after the fashion of Sir Hubert Stanley- is endorsed in the most practicable manner imaginable by the public.

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Edwin C. Bolles papers

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London (England)--Description and Travel

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1900

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	Title Page
	Dedication
	PREFACE
	CHAPTER I: LONDON AT THE END OF THE CENTURY THE POSITION OF THE PRESS JUPITER OF PRINTING HOUSE SQUARE THE STANDARD AND ITS PARTNER CONCERNING The Morning Post STATE RECOGNITION OF JOURNALISM THE ORIGIN OF THE DAILY NEWS THE CHRONICLE UP TO DATE PICTURES TO THE FRONT THE GROWTH OF THE EVENING PAPER CHEAP JOURNALISM THE PRESS AS A PROFESSION
	CHAPTER II: STRANGERS IN LONDON STRANGERS IN LONDON SOHO AND LEICESTER SQUARE WAR SONGS PAST AND PRESENT THE FOREIGNER AT HOME IN TOWN THE AMERICAN COLONY PROVINCIALS, COLONIALS, AND ORIENTALS ANCIENT AND MODERN
	CHAPTER III: RELIGION IN LONDON RELIGION IN LONDON THE FOUNDERS OF THE ORATORIO LONDON CHURCHGOERS RELIGIOUS ARMIES TWO LEADERS OF RELIGIOUS THOUGHT THE POSITION OF THE JEWS
	CHAPTER IV: A PEEP INTO STAGELAND A PEEP INTO STAGELAND FIRST NIGHTS AT THE PLAY PLAYHOUSES, OLD AND NEW PROGRESS BEFORE AND BEHIND THE CURTAIN THE PROFESSION AT THE CLOSE OF THE CENTURY
	CHAPTER V: PARLIAMENT UP TO DATE PARLIAMENT UP TO DATE. THE WORK OF THE HOUSE A MEMBER'S MORNING AN M.P.'S CORRESPONDENCE IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM WHO GOES HOME?
	CHAPTER VI: A NIGHT IN THE HOUSE A NIGHT IN THE HOUSE AFTER PRAYERS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BEGINNING BUSINESS AFTER DINNER IN THE HOUSE
	CHAPTER VII: THE PREMIER CLUB OF ENGLAND THE PREMIER CLUB OF ENGLAND. THE KITCHEN COMMITTEE COFFEE ROOM CHARGES THE COFFEE ROOMS THE LIBRARY AND THE SMOKING ROOMS A SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENT
	CHAPTER VIII: LONDONERS HOLDING HOLIDAY LONDONERS HOLDING HOLIDAY. MIND AND LEAVE THE BABY MR. PUNCH ON ROYAL MARRIAGES NUPTIAL PRESENTS WEDDING DECORATIONS CONCLUSION
	CHAPTER IX: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLUB THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLUB. POLITICAL CLUBS AND THEIR JUNIORS A COUPLE OF CELEBRATED REVIVALS THE SAVAGE AND THE ARUNDEL A RECIPE FOR CLUB-MAKING
	CHAPTER X: IN RATHER MIXED CLUBLAND IN RATHER MIXED CLUBLAND CLOSED FOR ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS THE CLUB THAT IS ALWAYS OPEN EVANS'S THE EXCELLENT SUBSTITUTE THE WORK OF THE HALL-PORTER THE EXCHANGE OF CLUB COURTESIES
	CHAPTER XI: IN AUXILIARY CLUBLAND IN AUXILIARY CLUBLAND. FIRSTS AND SECONDS CLUBS FOLLOW THE FLAG LAMBS AND LAMBKINS THE TWO PINS THE CHARIVARI CLUB TEST BY CLUB
	CHAPTER XII: A PANTOMIME AT DRURY LANE A PANTOMIME AT DRURY LANE. PANTOMIMES OF THE PAST JACK THE GIANT KILLER, AT THE PRINCESS'S A VISIT TO THE PROPERTY ROOM IN THE PAINTING ROOM PREPARATIONS FOR THE BALLETS READY TO BEGIN
	CHAPTER XIII: LONDON EXHIBITIONS LONDON EXHIBITIONS. STRAY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE GREAT ORIGINAL FROM KNIGHTSBRIDGE TO SYDENHAM THE EXPOSITION OF 1862 AND AFTER THE BAZAARS OF THE EARLY SEVENTIES
	CHAPTER XIV: COACHING THE UNIVERSITY CREW COACHING THE UNIVERSITY CREW. COACHING A CREW A LA BOUCICAULT FROM PUTNEY TO HAMMERSMITH INCIDENTS OF A TRAINING THE MORAL OF THE BOAT RACE ENGLAND AND FRANCE
	CHAPTER XV: THE SEQUEL TO THE DERBY THE SEQUEL TO THE DERBY. RACING UNDER THE EMPIRE THE TURF IN THE FRENCH THEATRES A RACE MEETING IN BRITTANY FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF THE FIFTH LANCERS FROM PARIS TO ISLINGTON
	CHAPTER XVI: THE LONDON GONDOLA THE LONDON GONDOLA. PARIS VOITURES AND LONDON CABS FROM THE CAB TO THE POLICE COURT A GRAIN OR TWO OF CHAFF CABS FOR BETTER OR WORSE
	CHAPTER XVII: LONDON ON STRIKE LONDON ON STRIKE. BOUCICAULT AND THE LONG STRIKE ON STRIKE WEST AND EAST CABBY ON STRIKE IN '94 CABBY ON THE SITUATION
	CHAPTER XVIII: LONDON FIRES LONDON FIRES. FIRE BRIGADES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FIRE DRILL FOR THE YOUNGSTERS WHY NOT ENGLISH POMPIERS? A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN AND THE L.C.C. THE GREAT FIRE IN THE OLD BAILEY PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
	CHAPTER XIX: PALL MALL AND PRIVATE THOMAS ATKINS PALL MALL AND PRIVATE THOMAS ATKINS. THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM KEELEY AND LEIGH MURRAY AT THE OLYMPIC THE MILITIA AT THE FIRST MANOEUVRES THE HONESTY OF THE OLD CONSTITUTIONAL MISTAKES IN THE PAST QUITE A LITTLE HOLIDAY FOR OFFICERS AND MEN
	CHAPTER XX: CONCERNING THE LONDON VOLUNTEERS CONCERNING THE LONDON VOLUNTEERS. THE DAYS OF THE FIRST VOLUNTEERS THE ANSWER TO THE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE SCARE THE REVIVAL OF 1860 THE BAPTISM OF HARD WORK VOLUNTEERS IN NAME AND DEED AMATEURS AND PROFESSIONALS
	CHAPTER XXI: SERVING WITH THE LONDON MILITIA SERVING WITH THE LONDON MILITIA. OBTAINING A COMMISSION TOWN V. COUNTRY A TRUE STORY OF THE MILISHY A FALSE STORY OF THE MILISHY TOMMY ATKINS IN RESERVE SUMMING UP
	CHAPTER XXII: LONDON GUNNERS AT SHOEBURYNESS LONDON GUNNERS AT SHOEBURYNESS. THE LATE LORD TENNYSON AS A VOLUNTEER ARTILLERYMAN GOING TO SCHOOL AT WOOLWICH A RECOLLECTION OF SHOEBURYNESS GUNS TO THE FRONT
	CHAPTER XXIII: BECOMING A SOCIETY LION BECOMING A SOCIETY LION. THE LITERARY LION THE LION ARTISTIC THE LION AND HIS SARTORIAL SURROUNDINGS FAME AND ITS VALUE
	CHAPTER XXIV: ENTERTAINING THE WORKING MAN ENTERTAINING THE WORKING MAN. THE EARLIEST CLUBS FOR THE WORKING MAN QUEEN VICTORIA'S OWN THEATRE QUITE A LITTLE HOLIDAY IN LUDGATE CIRCUS A DISCUSSION WITHOUT MUSIC ADVANCE THE WORKING MAN
	CHAPTER XXV: CHOOSING A FANCY DRESS CHOOSING A FANCY DRESS. INCONVENIENT COSTUMES SIMPLICITY VERSUS ECCENTRICITY BALS MASQUES IN THE TIME OF ALBERT SMITH REALISING PICTURES EASY, EFFECTIVE, AND NOT EXPENSIVE
	CHAPTER XXVI: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKING PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKING. EXTRA PARLIAMENTARY UTTERANCES SPEAKERS AT THE END OF THE CENTURY ARCHBISHOP MAGEE AND OTHERS SOME PERSONAGES IN THE LOWER HOUSE THE PARLIAMENTARY MANNER THE HOUSE IN THE THEATRE
	CHAPTER XXVII: ART IN LONDON ART IN LONDON. THE DIGNITY OF ART ART AND COMMERCE PAST AND PRESENT
	CHAPTER XXVIII: SPENDING BANK HOLIDAY IN LONDON SPENDING BANK HOLIDAY IN LONDON. BILLINGSGATE IN THE EARLY MORNING A LITTLE DINNER AT THE SHERIDAN CLUB A DRIVE IN A DESERTED CITY A PAUSE FOR REFRESHMENT SEEING THE (USUALLY) UNSEEN A LITTLE DINNER, AN HOUR'S RECREATION, AND SO TO BED
	CHAPTER XXIX: A BANK HOLIDAY WITHOUT 'ARRY A BANK HOLIDAY WITHOUT 'ARRY. THE SURVIVAL OF THE SNOB HOW TO AVOID THE PEST 'ARRY AND THE THEATRE A CLUB FOR 'ARRY A SUBSTITUTE FOR A DAY WITH 'ARRY
	CHAPTER XXX: LONDON OUT OF TOWN LONDON OUT OF TOWN. TRACTS FOR TOURISTS ON THE ROAD THE CHOICE OF A TRAVELLING COMPANION IS IT NECESSARY TO TAKE A COURIER? A FEW TIPS FOR THE THOUGHTLESS
	CHAPTER XXXI: LONDONERS AND THEIR SUMMER HOLIDAYS LONDONERS AND THEIR SUMMER HOLIDAYS. SEASIDE LODGING FOR YOUNG HOPEFUL YOUNG PHILANTHROPISTS ON THE COMMON GREEN THE DANGERS OF THE SANDS
	CHAPTER XXXII: LONDONERS AND THE CHANNEL LONDONERS AND THE CHANNEL. CONCERNING THE CHANNEL TUNNEL TRAVELLING OLD STYLE THE CURSE OF THE CHANNEL RIVALS ON THE SEA THE RIGHT OF SEARCH PROS AND CONS
	CHAPTER XXXIII: LONDON UNDER DOCTOR'S ORDERS LONDON UNDER DOCTOR'S ORDERS. RESULT OF NEGLECTING A SUGGESTION THE ROTTEN ROW CURE SHORT CUTS TO HEALTH CALAIS OR CAIRO? A PLEASANT JOURNEY A COUPLE OF HOURS IN FRANCE
	CHAPTER XXXIV: TWO CITIES IN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS TWO CITIES IN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS. A JOURNEY ABROAD.-PARIS FOR CHOICE WHAT TO TAKE AND HOW TO TAKE IT EN ROUTE BY THE 11 O'CLOCK EXPRESS VIEWS OF LIFE FROM AN EXALTED POSITION ENGLISH ACTORS IN PARIS BACK AGAIN TO TOWN
	CHAPTER XXXV: THE LONDONER'S SEARCH FOR HEALTH THE LONDONER'S SEARCH FOR HEALTH. DR. MAYFAIR AND HIS PATIENTS A SNAIL-WAY GUIDE, BY J. ASHBY STERRY ADVANTAGES OF THE BEAU OF WATERING-PLACES SOMETHING TO ANTICIPATE AND SOMETHING TO REMEMBER A RECOLLECTION OF THE LATE DAVID JAMES WHERE TO GO AFTER THE THEATRE
	CHAPTER XXXVI: THE PARISIAN PART OF THE LONDON DISTRICT THE PARISIAN PART OF THE LONDON DISTRICT. THE CHOICE OF AN HOTEL THE HOTEL DU LOUVRE AND ITS RIVALS A NIGHT WITH THE ELECTRIC LIGHT
	CHAPTER XXXVII: A NOVELTY IN LONDON RECREATIONS A NOVELTY IN LONDON RECREATIONS. FROM ST. PAUL'S TO WHITSTABLE A RECOLLECTION OF THE DOCKS A RECOLLECTION OF THE DOCKS ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS OF BIVALVES A MEMORY OF WRIGHT, THE LOW COMEDIAN THE WAY THE THING IS DONE
	CHAPTER XXXVIII: LONDON SCHOOLBOYS AT THE END OF THE CENTURY LONDON SCHOOLBOYS AT THE END OF THE CENTURY. AMATEUR ACTING AT THE UNIVERSITIES THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE POWERS THAT ARE THE NECESSITY OF CAREFUL REHEARSAL DR. LIDDEL AT WESTMINSTER FOR THE DEFENCE