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THE HEART OF
LONDON

BY
H. V. MORTON

An ever-muttering prisoned storm,
The heart of London beating warm.
John Davidson, "Ballads and Songs"

THIRD EDITION

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON


First Published ... June 11th 1925
Second Edition ... January 1926
Third Edition ... 1926

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN


BY THE SAME AUTHOR
THE SPELL OF LONDON
THE LITTLE GUIDE TO LONDON
THE LONDON YEAR

LONDON'S GROWTH
Here Herbs did grow
And Flowers sweet
But now 'tis called
Saint George's Street.
?An 18th century inscription on a London tavern




NOTE TO THE THIRD EDITION
These essays were written day after day, week after week, to keep pace with the relentless machines of the "Daily Express." Since this book was published many kind unknown friends have written to tell me that here they have found something that is London; but they should not thank me: they should thank the great city which, written to death generation by generation, is an undying topic, discovered age by age is still inexhaustible; stripped bare of mystery by many writers has never lost its magic.
H. V. M.
LONDON


When a man is tired of London he is tired of life: for there is in London all that life can afford.
?Dr. Johnson

CONTENTS

THE NEW ROMANCE
WHERE THE EAGLES SLEEP
ORIENTAL (Petticoat Lane)
SHIPS COME HOME (The Docks)
TREASURE TROVE (Caledonian Market)
CENOTAPH
ROMANCE ON WHEELS
GHOSTS OF THE FOG
BATTLE (Free Cancer Hospital)
BABIES IN THE SUN (Kensington Gardens)
FACES IN THE STRAND
WOMEN AND TEA
AN OPEN DOOR (St. Martin's Church in the Fields)
A BIT OF BAGDAD (Club Row)
"PRISONERS ONLY" (Bow Street)
BOYS ON THE BRIDGE
NIGHT BIRDS
AT THE WHEEL
UNDER THE DOME (St. Paul's)
HEARTBREAK HOUSE
MADONNA OF THE PAVEMENT
SWORD AND CROSS (Temple Church)
KNOCKOUT LAND
GHOSTS (Soane Museum)
ALADDIN'S CAVE
THAT SAD STONE (Cleopatra's Needle)
SUN OR SNOW
ROMANTIC MUTTON (Shepherd's Market)
LONDON LOVERS
IN UNCLE'S SHOP
HORSEY MEN
FROM BOW TO EALING
MARRIAGE
KINGS AND QUEENS (Westminster Abbey Waxworks)
LOST HEIRS (Record Office)
FISH (Billingsgate Market)
HAUNTED (Old Devonshire House)
ABOUT HOMES IN BONDAGE
ROYAL SATIN (London Museum)
AMONG THE FUR MEN
APPEAL TO CÆSAR (Privy Council)
TONS OF MONEY (The Royal Mint)
WHERE TIME STANDS STILL
MY LADY'S DRESS
ST. ANTHOLIN'S
NOT FOR WOMEN
OUR ROMAN BATH (The Strand)
LEFT BEHIND (Lost Property Office)
THE "GIRLS" (Piccadilly Circus)