London in 1880: Illustrated With Bird''s-Eye Views of the Principal Streets (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from London in 1880: Illustrated With Bird's-Eye Views of the Principal StreetsIn the following pages I have endeavoured to provide, for one shilling, the most attractive and useful Handbook to London, which, after many years of labour and consideration, I could compress within a necessarily limited space. If it be compared with similar Handbooks, I think it may be found to possess some advantages over them. If, without comparison, it be accepted upon its own merits, I shall be the more fortunate and gratified.I have to express my thanks to Mr. Sulman for having successfully carried out my plan for the illustrations, which, being original, I hereby notify my intention to protect from piracy as far as I am able.I hope to publish a new edition of this book annually - as I do of the 'Royal Guide to the London Charities' - I therefore expect to have the opportunity of adding to, and improving hereafter, what I have herein written; and, with that view, I shall esteem it a great favour if any kind reader will forward to me, at the publishers', any data or corrections for future editions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.