London's Survey
WHAT William the Conqueror did for England in his compila- tion of the Domesday Book is, with a fine sense of historical preservation, being done for London by the L.C.C., and in pursuance and continuation of that great task comes Part I. of the Tenth Volume of the Survey of London (Botsford. 42s.). This particular section of the work deals with a part of the Parish of Westminster. Those who know what the preceding volumes are like will not need to be told of the character and scope of this one. But to those who do not this volume will be a revelation of the architectural richness, exterior and interior, which London still contains, and they will be shown how- much stateliness and beauty of, building, principally in Great George Street and Queen Anne's Gate, yet remain to delight the appreciative eye. Of every house of any age in these and some other thoroughfarei the most complete possible account is given—of its history, its appear- ance within and without, of the people distinguished and undistinguished who have lived in it. This in the text ; while the sumptuoas illustrations and measured drawings set Outevery-detail that the heart of man could desire—elevations, beautifully embossed leaden cisterns, delicately ornamented ceilings, noble staircases, and a hundred things else of
eighteenth-century beanty- and charm; - - -
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