BOOKS ABOUT LONDON
A NUMBER of books dealing with special buildings, institutions, and districts of London are mentioned in the text of this volume. In addition, a few books of more general scope are here grouped under several heads. The date is usually that of the last edition.
TOPOGRAPHY. 'Survey of London,' by John Stow, reprinted from the text of 1603, with introduction and notes by C. L. Kingsford (2 vols.; 1908); published also in the 'Everyman Library' (1912). - 'Survey of London' published by the London County Council and edited by Sir Laurence, Gomme and Philip Norman, on a very comprehensive plan; vols. 1-8, illus. (1912-23), comprising the parishes of Bromley-by-Bow, Chelsea, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Hammersmith, and Shoreditch. - 'Survey of London,' edited by Sir Walter Besant, in 10 large illustrated vols. (1902-12); also numerous other books edited or written by the same. - 'London Past and Present,' by H. B. Wheatley, 3 vols. (1891), a valuable alphabetical encyclopï¾µdia, to be checked by later authorities. - 'Old and New London,' by W. Thornbury and E. Walford, 6 vols., illus. (1879-85; new edition 1898). - 'London Topographical Record,' 13 vols. (1900-24) dealing with special districts, published by the London Topographical Society. - 'London,' vol. i. of English Topography, edited by Sir Laurence Gomme (1914). - 'A Dictionary of London' (i.e. the City), by H. H. Harben (1917).
The following are shorter descriptive works: 'Highways and Byways in London,' by Mrs. E. T. Cook (1911). - 'A Wanderer in London.' (1913), 'London Revisited' (1916), and 'Introducing London' (1925), all by E. V. Lucas. - 'A Londoner's London,' by Wilfred Whitten (1913). - 'London Vanished and Vanishing,' by Philip Norman, illustrated.
(1905). - 'Walks in London,' by A. J. C. Hare, 2 vols., illus. (new edition, 1924).
HISTORY. 'Victoria History of London,' edited by W. Page, vol. i. (1909). - 'History of London,' 2 vols., illus. (2nd edition 1884), and 'London' in the 'Historic Towns Series' (1887), both by W. J. Loftie.- 'Story of London,' in the 'Medieval Towns Series,' by H. B. Wheatley 1904). - 'London in the Reign of Victoria' (1898), 'Making of London' (1914), 'London' (1914), all by Sir Laurence Gomme. - 'History of London,' by Claud Mullins (1920). - 'London, its origin and early development,' by W. Page (1923). - 'The Great Plague in London in 1665' (1920) and 'The Great Fire of London in 1666' (1923), both by W. G. Bell. - 'London Life in the 14th century,' by Charles Pendrill (1925). - 'London Life in the 18th century,' by M. Dorothy George (1925). - 'The XVI Century in London,' by E. Beresford Chancellor (1921). - 'Roman London,' by Gordon Home (1926).
HISTORIC HOUSES AND SITES. 'West London,' vol. ii. of an inventory of the historical monuments in London, issued by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (1926). -'Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of London' (1912), and the 'Booklover's London' (1913), both by A. St. John Adcock. -'London in English Literature,' by P. H. Boynton (1913). - 'Shakespeare's London,' by T. F. Ordish (1904). - 'Shakespeare's London,' by H. T. Stephenson (1905). -'Hogarth's London,' by H. B. Wheatley, illustrated (1909). The London County Council publishes a series of pamphlets at 1d.-3d. on Houses of Historical Interest in London.
SPECIAL ASPECTS AND DISTRICTS. 'A History of Architecture in London,' by W. H. Godfrey (1911). - 'London Churches, Ancient and Modern,' by T. F. Bumpus, 2 vols., illus. (1908). -'London City Churches' (1895) and 'London Riverside Churches' (1897), both by A. E. Daniell. - 'The City Churches,' by Margaret E. Tabor (1917). - 'Churches of the City of London,' by Herbert Reynolds, illus. (1922). - 'London Catholic Churches,' by Alex. Rottmann (1926). - 'The Private Palaces of London,' illus. (1908), 'The History of the Squares of London,' illus. (1907), and 'Pleasure Haunts of London during Four Centuries ' (1925), all by E. Beresford Chancellor. - 'London Parks and Gardens,' by the Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil (1907). - 'The London Burial Grounds,' by Isabella Holmes (1896). -'Old London's Spas, Baths, and Wells,' by Sept. Sutherland, illus. (1915). - 'The River of London,' by Hilaire Belloc (1913). -'Springs, Streams, and Spas of London,' by A. S. Foord (1910). - 'An American's London,' by Louise Closser Hale (1920). - 'London Days,' by Arthur Warren (1920). - 'Memorials of Old London,' (1908), 'London Survivals' (1914), and 'London's West End' (1925), all by P. H. Ditchfield. - 'Early History of Piccadilly, Leicester Square, Soho, and their Neighbourhood,' by C. L. Kingsford (1926). - 'Relics and Memorials of London City,' by J. S. Ogilvy (1909). -'London in Song,' edited by west Whitten (1898). - 'Unknown London' (1919) and 'More about Unknown London' (1921), by W. G. Bell. - 'A New Book about London,' by L. Wagner (1921), with much tavernlore. - 'Londinium: Architecture and the Crafts,' by W. R. Lethaby (1923); 'River Thames,' by F. V. Morley (1926).-'American Shrines on English Soil,' by J. F. Muirhead (1924).
Among recent literary studies of places, scenes, and people in London may be mentioned 'London Films' by W. D. Howells (1905). - 'Nights in Town' (1915), 'The Outer Circle' (1921), and other books by Thomas Burke. - 'London Nights' (1926), by Stephen Graham. - 'The Heart of London' (1925) and 'The Spell of London' (1926), by H. V. Morton.
ENVIRONS. 'Environs of London,' by Daniel Lysons, 5 vols. (1792- 1811). - 'Handbook to the Environs of London,' by James Thorne, 2 vols. (1876). - 'Greater London,' by E. Walford, 2 vols., illus. (1898).
- 'Country Rambles round London,' by Anthony Collett (1912).
