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Excerpt from An Historical Guide to London The reader who desires to pursue the subject of Historical London, but has not the time or opportunity to examine contemporary sources, will find the most convenient and scholarly summary of the facts in Mr Loftie's two volumes of The History of London as the best general survey in Mr Lethaby's London before the Conquest, a masterly statement of the early City, based on a careful examination of original evidence, as distinguished from loose traditions; in Dr Reginald R. Sharpe's London and the Kingdom, for the general political situation. Mr Kingsford's two-volume edition of Stow's Survey of London, with very full notes, and a fine map by Mr Emery Walker, is by far the best issue of a book which remains the chief classic of London history. I have to thank my brother, Mr W. F. Taylor, not only for the judgment he has shown in producing pictures which most adequately represent what is left of historical London, but also for innumerable suggestions concerning the book itself. I am also indebted to Captain Charles E. Glad stone, r.n., for his kindness in allowing me to reproduce the four photographs of Westminster Abbey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.