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Title: London Town
Author: Felix Leigh
Illustrator: Thomas Crane
Ellen Houghton
Release Date: May 31, 2007 [EBook #21650]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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ONE FOOT UP AND ONE FOOT DOWN?AND THAT'S THE WAY TO--
[Illustration: London Town]
LONDON TOWN
COME CHILDREN ALL,?BOTH GREAT AND SMALL,?WITH EAGER EYE AND EAR,?WHO DWELL AFAR OR NEAR?IN HOPE THAT SOME DAY YOU'LL CONTRIVE?TO VIEW GREAT LONDON'S BUSY HIVE,?AND HEAR THE MIGHTY HUM OF BEES?AT WORK ALIKE IN SUN OR SHOWER,?WHILE BUTTERFLIES BENEATH THE TREES?FLIT IDLY BY FROM FLOWER TO FLOWER?IN PARKS AND GARDENS BRIGHT AND GAY:?COME,--CLIMB SAINT PAUL'S WITH US TO-DAY,?AND WITH THIS BOOK IN HAND,?UPON THE DOME WE'LL STAND,?AND THENCE LOOK DOWN?O'ER LONDON TOWN.
London Town
Designed and Illustrated by
Thos. Crane & Ellen Houghton
LONDON?BELFAST MARCUS WARD & CO NEW YORK
[Illustration: PRINTED AND BOUND BY MARCUS WARD & CO. LONDON BELFAST]
Verses by
Felix Leigh
CONTENTS
THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
Page?THE TOWER OF LONDON 8, 9, 10, 11
THE OMNIBUS 12
THE PENNY-ICE MAN 13
COVENT GARDEN 14, 15
THE PENNY-TOY MAN 16
THE ORANGE GIRL 17
THE FIRST OF MAY 18
ST. JAMES' PARK 19, 20
WESTMINSTER ABBEY 21, 22, 23
CHARITY GIRLS 24
THE BRITISH MUSEUM 25, 26, 27
THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY 28, 29
THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 30, 31, 32
THE MILK WOMAN 33
THE MUFFIN MAN 34
THE SHOEBLACKS 35
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL 36, 37
GUILDHALL--GOG AND MAGOG 38, 39
THE CAT'S-MEAT MAN 40
THE NIGHT WATCH 41
THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL 42, 43
THE FLOWER WOMAN 44
CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE 45
THE CHESTNUT WOMAN